People · Romania
Matei Mălin Niţă
2×2 · top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2013 · 2013NITA01
Matei Mălin Niţă has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.54, set at U.R.A. Easter Open 2017, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 115th in Romania. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since May 2013, he has put 561 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:02.86 in May 2013 to 11.89, an 81% improvement. Matei has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 3.36 | top 9.3% | 115 / 1,214 | |
| Skewb | 4.05 | 8.31 | top 11.2% | 33 / 401 | |
| 3×3 | 11.89 | 16.18 | top 13.5% | 175 / 1,574 | |
| Square-1 | 15.38 | 19.80 | top 17.3% | 20 / 158 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.93 | 8.92 | top 19.5% | 150 / 825 | |
| 4×4 | 53.87 | 59.96 | top 29.4% | 115 / 578 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.15 | 31.93 | top 37.2% | 117 / 411 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.99 | 1:50.47 | top 37.6% | 74 / 225 | |
| Megaminx | 1:55.82 | 2:04.60 | top 43.6% | 80 / 243 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 38 / 98 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:53.84 | — | top 50.7% | 34 / 76 | |
| 6×6 | 6:23.24 | 6:52.03 | early days — 3 solves | 98 / 128 | |
| Clock | 51.70 | — | early days — 1 solve | 184 / 187 |
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
- 9 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Thessaloniki Open 2022.
- 8 Apr 2017Three personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Easter Open 2017.
- 20 Aug 2016Five personal bests in one day at Constanta Rubik Open 2016.
- 23 Apr 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.30 at U.R.A. Spring 2016.
- 23 Apr 2016Five personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Spring 2016.
- 16 Jan 2016Three personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016.
Competitions
- Thessaloniki Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Bucharest Back to Cube 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Constanta Cube Days 2019 · 10 Aug 2019
- Constanta Cube Days 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Constanța Cube Days 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Easter Open 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Slobozia Spring Open 2017 · 12 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Constanta Rubik Open 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Spring 2016 · 23 Apr 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016 · 16 Jan 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Mioveni Rubik's Open 2015 · 18 Apr 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Braila Rubik's Day 2014 · 4 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Constanta Cube Day 2014 · 30 Aug 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest Rubik Summer 2014 · 15 Jun 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Rubik Open 2014 · 23 Feb 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Constanta Rubik Open 2013 · 25 May 2013
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.
- Mihnea Andrei Panţu — met in 132 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Martin Fronescu — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.