People · France
Iulian Mustata
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024MUST06
Iulian Mustata has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at Sorg'Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 267th in France. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2024, he has put 180 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.54 in May 2024 to 8.87, a 49% improvement. Iulian has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.87 | 11.52 | top 4.6% | 267 / 4,746 | |
| Megaminx | 54.37 | 58.43 | top 7.2% | 59 / 867 | |
| Skewb | 4.04 | 7.03 | top 11.2% | 166 / 1,291 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.43 | 20.39 | top 11.2% | 195 / 1,490 | |
| 2×2 | 3.48 | 4.15 | top 20.0% | 699 / 3,074 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.06 | 7.65 | top 20.4% | 515 / 2,148 | |
| Square-1 | 23.09 | 30.95 | top 34.9% | 181 / 540 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:17.23 | — | top 39.0% | 166 / 434 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.55 | 1:20.22 | top 45.4% | 813 / 1,817 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.87 at Sorg'Open 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Sorg'Open 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Barby Cube Autumn 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Camargue Open 2024.
- 6 Jul 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.04 at Rians Open Mini Edition 2024.
- 6 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Rians Open Mini Edition 2024.
Competitions
- Sorg'Open 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Barby Cube Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Camargue Open 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- GiocAosta Cube Open 2024 · 11 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rians Open Mini Edition 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Barby Cube 2024 · 18 May 2024
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.
- Marie Vincent — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Gabin Thiery — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Jonathan Dammann — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 4.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.