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Ianis Costin Chele

3×3 · top 0.017% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2021 · 2021CHEL01

Ianis Costin Chele has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.07, set at Bucharest Cubing February B 2024, puts him in the top 0.017% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Romania. Until November 2018, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 103 competitions since July 2021, he has put 6,719 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.70 in July 2021 to 4.07, a 58% improvement. Ianis has entered 103 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.017% of 284,439 all-time
4.07
signature single · Bucharest Cubing February B 2024
6,719
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×34.075.33
top 0.017%1 / 1,574
3×3 one-handed6.358.37
top 0.022%1 / 411
2×20.591.26
top 0.035%2 / 1,214
Pyraminx1.001.81
top 0.039%1 / 825
4×420.1124.32
top 0.055%1 / 578
Skewb1.332.80
top 0.25%1 / 401
Megaminx30.7934.71
top 0.28%1 / 243
5×545.0150.10
top 0.67%2 / 225
Square-16.187.93
top 0.89%1 / 158
6×61:36.181:42.12
top 3.2%3 / 128
Clock5.315.90
top 5.2%13 / 187
7×72:40.612:47.98
top 5.6%5 / 95
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves33.33
top 12.2%7 / 98
3×3 blindfolded1:56.542:41.59
top 32.4%23 / 76

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

Lubelska Liga Speedcubingu II Biała Podlaska 2021: 9.70Bucharest Cubing Days 2021: 9.30Bologna Back from Holidays 2021: 9.32September Speedcubing Tour Rzeszów 2021: 8.97Estonian Open 2021: 8.93Dragon Cubing 2021: 9.80Seraing Open 2021: 7.38Novi Sad Autumn 2021: 9.11Paladiamante Open 2022: 8.52Ankara Winter 2022: 8.00Pesaro Open 2022: 8.70Back to İstanbul 2022: 8.23Osijek Open 2022: 8.30Serbian Championship 2022: 7.77Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022: 6.77SPQR Open 2022: 7.76Bucharest Back to Cube 2022: 7.23X-Madrid Open 2022: 5.27Banja Luka Open 2022: 5.90Warm Up Stockholm 2022: 6.64Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 7.41U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022: 7.00Tarnovo Open 2022: 6.70Castenaso Strikes Back 2022: 6.68AOpen in Rome 2022: 7.07U.R.A. Back to School 2022: 7.75ASSIST Cubing 2022: 7.49Alba Iulia Cubing 2022: 6.81U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022: 6.84Budapest ReOpen 2022: 6.24Novi Sad Winter 2022: 6.95Eretum 2: Easter Boogaloo 2023: 6.16U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023: 5.37It's Sarzana O'clock 2023: 5.58Timisoara Cube Days 2023: 5.18Bucharest Cubing A 2023: 5.91Edukent Weekend 2023: 5.94Big Blind Bucharest 2023: 5.91Belgrade Summer 2023: 6.26Cube4fun Bełżyce Multi Events 2023: 5.55Brasov Funky Cubes 2023: 4.92Arad Cubing 2023: 6.03Bucharest Funky Cubes 2023: 5.67Balkan Open 2023: 5.05Hungarian Open 2023: 4.98Romanian National Championship 2023: 5.14Bucharest Autumn Cubing A 2023: 4.93Bucharest Winter Cubing A 2023: 4.62New Year's in the Dolomites 2023: 5.50Dębica Cubing Winter 2024: 5.55Bucharest Cubing February B 2024: 4.07Osijek Open 2024: 5.81Bucharest Cubing March A 2024: 5.13Budapest Spring 2024: 5.56Bucharest Cubing April B 2024: 6.06Lodi Speedcubing 2024: 5.06Romanian 24h Championship 2024: 5.46Katerini Beach Open 2024: 5.85Bucharest Cubing June 2024: 5.23It's Sarzana O'Clock 2024: 5.63Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024: 5.64Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 4.84Romanian Breaking Records 2024: 5.82Bucharest Cubing September 2024: 4.60Bucharest October Cubing 2024: 5.03Bucharest November Cubing 2024: 5.68Bucharest December Cubing 2024: 5.22Bucharest Cubing January 2025: 5.34Bucharest Cubing February 2025: 5.56Cubing in Ružinov: February 2025: 6.16Bucharest Cubing March 2025: 5.26Cavarzere al Cubo 2025: 5.10Bucharest Cubing April 2025: 5.31Bucharest Cubing May 2025: 4.72Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2025: 5.44Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025: 4.49Cube Plan Baie 2025: 5.05Romanian National Championship 2025: 4.72Rubisian Speedcubing Iasi 2025: 5.56Bucharest Cubing September 2025: 5.18Andorran Championship 2025: 4.98Bucharest Cubing October 2025: 5.30Ploiesti Cubing 2025: 5.38Bucharest Cubing December 2025: 5.51Leersum Open 2026: 6.05Pi Cubing Hvidovre 2026: 4.71Bucharest Cubing March 2026: 4.42Bucharest Cubing April 2026: 5.15Warm Up Lent 2026: 5.31Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 4.51Bucharest Cubing July 2026: 5.13Romanian Nationals 2026: 4.974.079.8010 Jul 202121 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.