People · Romania
Matei Tataru
Pyraminx · top 44.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024TATA04
Matei Tataru has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.94, set at Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025, puts him in the top 44.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 344th in Romania. Across 8 competitions since April 2024, he has put 147 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.43 in April 2024 to 22.40, a 39% improvement. Matei has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 8.94 | 11.43 | top 44.3% | 344 / 825 | |
| 3×3 | 22.40 | 30.41 | top 46.5% | 609 / 1,574 | |
| 2×2 | 5.98 | 11.91 | top 50.7% | 522 / 1,214 | |
| 4×4 | 1:32.98 | 1:55.09 | top 65.8% | 308 / 578 | |
| Skewb | 18.08 | 24.79 | top 86.3% | 336 / 401 | |
| 5×5 | 3:37.72 | 4:05.69 | top 88.0% | 173 / 225 |
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
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-30 3×3: 29.14 at Bucharest Cubing September 2024.
- 18 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Cubing May A 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024First competition: Bucharest Cubing April A 2024. A 36.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bucharest Cubing April 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Bucharest Cubing December 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing September 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Romanian National Championship 2025 · 21 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing September 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing May A 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing April A 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best 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.
- Bogdan Petru Negru — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anais Isabelle Necula — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Radu Mihai Stan — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.