People · Romania
Matei Alexandru Stroescu
3×3 · top 0.46% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017STRO02
Matei Alexandru Stroescu has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.95, set at U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019, puts him in the top 0.46% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Romania. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since February 2017, he has put 855 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.81 in February 2017 to 5.95, a 76% improvement. Matei has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 5.95 | 8.82 | top 0.46% | 10 / 1,574 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.74 | 8.26 | top 6.4% | 53 / 825 | |
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 4.77 | top 9.5% | 120 / 1,214 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.69 | 24.47 | top 14.3% | 45 / 411 | |
| Skewb | 4.75 | 11.31 | top 16.3% | 51 / 401 | |
| 4×4 | 44.00 | 45.23 | top 17.0% | 70 / 578 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.97 | 1:41.63 | top 26.4% | 48 / 225 | |
| Clock | 12.79 | 14.83 | top 38.7% | 66 / 187 | |
| Megaminx | 2:34.34 | — | top 63.3% | 114 / 243 | |
| 6×6 | 4:58.98 | 5:01.20 | top 81.4% | 80 / 128 | |
| 7×7 | 9:01.82 | — | early days — 1 solve | 79 / 95 |
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
- 15 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Botosani Cube Day 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017Four personal bests in one day at Craiova Rubik Open 2017.
- 28 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Back to School 2017.
- 2 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Botosani Rubik Open 2017.
- 19 Aug 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.54 at Constanța Cube Days 2017.
- 19 Aug 2017Seven personal bests in one day at Constanța Cube Days 2017.
Competitions
- Bucharest Cubing March 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- ASSIST Cubing 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
- Bacau Cubing Fall 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
- ICHB Cube Race 2019 · 20 Jul 2019
- Iasi Cubing Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Botosani Cube Day 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Constanta Cube Days 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2018 · 28 Apr 2018
- Bacau Easter Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Slobozia Winter Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Craiova Rubik Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Botosani Rubik Open 2017 · 2 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Constanța Cube Days 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Romanian Rubik Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Easter Open 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Slobozia Spring Open 2017 · 12 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubi-Xtreme Piatra Neamt 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 172 rounds, finished ahead 85 times
- Martin Fronescu — met in 142 rounds, never finished ahead
- Haluk Ulkusal — met in 125 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.