People · Romania
Mateus Apostol
2×2 · top 38.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024APOS04
Mateus Apostol has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.92, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026, puts him in the top 38.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 398th in Romania. Across 18 competitions since September 2024, he has put 285 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.86 in September 2024 to 21.13, a 38% improvement. Mateus has entered 18 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 | 4.92 | 7.78 | top 38.4% | 398 / 1,219 | |
| 3×3 | 21.13 | 27.12 | top 43.2% | 552 / 1,581 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.43 | 12.31 | top 48.5% | 378 / 830 | |
| Skewb | 10.81 | 14.74 | top 59.8% | 222 / 401 | |
| Clock | 18.57 | 24.86 | top 60.5% | 105 / 190 | |
| 4×4 | 1:59.54 | — | top 81.6% | 400 / 582 | |
| Megaminx | 3:45.46 | — | early days — 3 solves | 170 / 243 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:56.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 400 / 415 |
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
- 25 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Hayange Open 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-30 3×3: 25.29 at Visé Open Saturday 2024.
- 7 Sep 2024First competition: Luxembourg Nationals 2024. A 33.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Waremme Open 2026 · 11 Oct 2026
- Visé Sunday Open 2026 · 13 Sep 2026
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hayange Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Stenay Que le Début 2026 · 31 Jan 2026
- Nilvange Open 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Leuven Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Hasselt Saturday Open 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Hayange Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Christmas Cubing Breda 2024 · 22 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Open the Door Moselle 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Flashback Collector Metz 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Zottegem Saturday Open 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Visé Open Saturday 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Luxembourg Nationals 2024 · 7 Sep 2024
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.
- Marcus Apostol — met in 69 rounds, never finished ahead · head to head
- Joran Pauwels — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lennert Smeets — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.