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Marin Matei Ioan

Skewb · top 5.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023IOAN02

Marin Matei Ioan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.01, set at Bucharest October Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in Romania. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2023, he has put 483 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.40 in July 2023 to 14.78, a 58% improvement. Marin has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 5.0% of 73,281 all-time
3.01
signature single · Bucharest October Cubing 2024
483
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
Skewb3.017.19
top 5.0%20 / 401
2×22.925.16
top 13.3%154 / 1,214
Pyraminx5.3210.68
top 15.2%120 / 825
3×314.7820.98
top 23.7%300 / 1,574
Clock10.6713.70
top 28.4%48 / 187
Square-135.4647.46
top 59.2%92 / 158
4×41:25.691:32.58
top 60.4%262 / 578
Megaminx2:28.583:01.93
top 60.5%105 / 243
3×3 one-handed40.3856.32
top 65.8%236 / 411
5×53:16.113:32.43
top 83.0%159 / 225
6×68:05.918:10.21
top 97.7%116 / 128

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

Bucharest You Only Need One 2023: 35.40Romanian National Championship 2023: 30.49Bucharest Autumn Cubing B 2023: 27.51Bucharest Cubing February B 2024: 21.66Bucharest Cubing March A 2024: 18.56Bucharest Cubing April B 2024: 20.54Romanian 24h Championship 2024: 23.94Bucharest Cubing May B 2024: 17.54Bucharest October Cubing 2024: 23.23Bucharest Cubing February 2025: 20.75Rubisian Speedcubing Iasi 2025: 24.88Ploiesti Cubing 2025: 24.89Marginea Cubing 2026: 14.7814.7835.4022 Jul 20231 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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.