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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.

2×2
best event — top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.54
signature single · U.R.A. Easter Open 2017
561
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
2×22.543.36
top 9.3%115 / 1,214
Skewb4.058.31
top 11.2%33 / 401
3×311.8916.18
top 13.5%175 / 1,574
Square-115.3819.80
top 17.3%20 / 158
Pyraminx5.938.92
top 19.5%150 / 825
4×453.8759.96
top 29.4%115 / 578
3×3 one-handed26.1531.93
top 37.2%117 / 411
5×51:42.991:50.47
top 37.6%74 / 225
Megaminx1:55.822:04.60
top 43.6%80 / 243
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves
early days — 2 solves38 / 98
3×3 blindfolded2:53.84
top 50.7%34 / 76
6×66:23.246:52.03
early days — 3 solves98 / 128
Clock51.70
early days — 1 solve184 / 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

Constanta Rubik Open 2013: 1:02.86Bucharest Rubik Open 2014: 22.72Bucharest Rubik Summer 2014: 21.16Constanta Cube Day 2014: 20.81Braila Rubik's Day 2014: 17.06Mioveni Rubik's Open 2015: 17.33U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016: 15.00U.R.A. Spring 2016: 14.30Constanta Rubik Open 2016: 13.03U.R.A. Back to School 2016: 13.68Slobozia Spring Open 2017: 13.74U.R.A. Easter Open 2017: 12.08Constanta Cube Days 2018: 13.59Constanta Cube Days 2019: 14.26Bucharest Back to Cube 2022: 13.81Thessaloniki Open 2022: 11.8911.891:02.8625 May 20139 Jul 2022

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-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.