People · Romania
Filip Mihail Nica
3×3 · top 21.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025NICA02
Filip Mihail Nica has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.24, set at Bucharest Cubing July 2026, puts him in the top 21.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 273rd in Romania. Across 5 competitions since December 2025, he has put 110 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.70 in December 2025 to 14.24, a 52% improvement. Filip has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.24 | 16.86 | top 21.9% | 273 / 1,581 | |
| 2×2 | 4.25 | 6.38 | top 29.8% | 312 / 1,219 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.25 | 12.33 | top 47.0% | 366 / 830 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.48 | 1:38.25 | top 56.4% | 243 / 582 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 47.01 | 1:05.21 | top 73.8% | 263 / 415 | |
| Skewb | 17.19 | 19.72 | top 84.5% | 324 / 401 | |
| Clock | 37.80 | 40.60 | top 91.9% | 173 / 190 | |
| Square-1 | 1:31.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 149 / 159 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Mar 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.00 at Bucharest Cubing March 2026.
- 28 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at Bucharest Cubing March 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025First competition: Bucharest Cubing December 2025. A 29.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Romanian Nationals 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing July 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Cubing April 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing March 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing December 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Codrin Zaharia — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ianis Costin Chele — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mihnea Andrei Panţu — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.24 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.