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Mihai Căpăţinescu

2×2 · top 0.54% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2012 · 2012CAPA01

Mihai Căpăţinescu has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.99, set at ICHB Back To School 2019, puts him in the top 0.54% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Romania. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 148 competitions since January 2012, he has put 6,060 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.56 in January 2012 to 8.40, a 74% improvement. Mihai has entered 148 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.54% of 186,767 all-time
0.99
signature single · ICHB Back To School 2019
6,060
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
2×20.993.88
top 0.54%13 / 1,214
Skewb2.246.06
top 2.0%8 / 401
3×38.4011.07
top 3.5%45 / 1,574
Pyraminx3.977.77
top 7.5%60 / 825
4×437.6846.30
top 9.4%39 / 578
3×3 one-handed16.0523.54
top 10.4%29 / 411
5×51:09.631:18.35
top 11.3%19 / 225
Clock8.3910.58
top 17.0%30 / 187
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves35.33
top 23.4%17 / 98
6×62:32.752:39.84
top 27.0%25 / 128
Megaminx1:29.471:41.96
top 27.9%50 / 243
7×73:54.654:07.57
top 28.7%21 / 95
Square-124.3143.98
top 37.5%55 / 158
3×3 blindfolded3:12.745:06.25
top 56.0%38 / 76

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

Bucharest Open 2012: 32.56Romanian Nationals 2012: 23.18Valcea Rubik Open 2013: 15.41Bucharest Rubik Open 2014: 16.93Bucharest Rubik Summer 2014: 14.58Constanta Cube Day 2014: 14.83Braila Rubik's Day 2014: 14.72Mioveni Rubik's Open 2015: 12.59Brasov Rubik's Open 2015: 14.59Suceava Rubik Open 2015: 12.03U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016: 11.06Romanian Rubik Open 2016: 13.31U.R.A. Spring 2016: 12.44Bay Area Speedcubin' 9 2016: 13.29U.R.A. Back to School 2016: 11.73Rubi-Xtreme Piatra Neamt 2017: 11.33Slobozia Spring Open 2017: 10.06U.R.A. Easter Open 2017: 12.19Romanian Rubik Open 2017: 12.25Constanța Cube Days 2017: 10.44Botosani Rubik Open 2017: 10.34U.R.A. Back to School 2017: 10.77Craiova Rubik Open 2017: 11.97Slobozia Winter Open 2018: 12.30Oradea Cubing Open 2018: 12.19Bulgarian Open 2018: 9.97Bacau Easter Open 2018: 12.94U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2018: 12.17Sofia Open 2018: 11.25Romanian Cubing Open 2018: 12.12Constanta Cube Days 2018: 10.62Baia Mare North Open 2018: 11.17Sofia Autumn 2018: 8.62Botosani Cube Day 2018: 11.41Sebes Autumn 2018: 10.71Macedonia Open 2018: 13.17Kosovo Open 2018: 11.35Romanian National Day 2018: 10.89Oradea Cubing Finals 2018: 10.99Transilvania Cubing Open 2019: 10.86Serbian Open 2019: 12.32U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019: 11.96Sofia Spring 2019: 11.33Iasi Cubing Open 2019: 11.79Romanian Cubing Open 2019: 10.82Vienna Cube Day 2019: 11.78Constanta Summer Open 2019: 11.74Israel Summer Open 2019: 12.08ICHB Cube Race 2019: 11.00Constanta Cube Days 2019: 9.76Baia Mare North Open 2019: 11.05Sofia Autumn 2019: 11.20Timisoara West Side Open 2019: 11.57Iasi Back To Cubing 2019: 11.10Speedcubing Paphos 2019: 11.69ICHB Back To School 2019: 10.99Sebes Autumn 2019: 9.61Bacau Cubing Fall 2019: 11.46Kosovo Open 2019: 10.13Lovech Winter 2019: 9.28Moldova Open 2020: 11.55Nicosia Cubers 2020: 11.12Bucharest Back to Cube 2022: 12.06We are Back Sofia 2022: 12.43U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022: 12.88Tarnovo Open 2022: 12.34Cyprus Championship 2022: 13.61U.R.A. Back to School 2022: 12.77ASSIST Cubing 2022: 12.22Alba Iulia Cubing 2022: 11.70U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022: 11.45Cyprus Winter Cup 2023: 11.63Bulgarian Aniversary 2023: 11.03U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023: 13.07Timisoara Cube Days 2023: 12.09Bucharest Summer Cubes B 2023: 11.75Bucharest You Only Need One 2023: 11.34Big Blind Bucharest 2023: 11.54Burgas Open 2023: 11.56Arad Cubing 2023: 10.83Bucharest Funky Cubes 2023: 11.34Iasi Cubing 2023: 11.45Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023: 11.18ASSIST Cubing in Suceava 2023: 10.66Romanian National Championship 2023: 11.79Bucharest Autumn Cubing B 2023: 10.58Bucharest Winter Cubing B 2023: 9.18Lovech Winter 2024: 10.16Bucharest Cubing February A 2024: 10.60Bucharest Cubing March A 2024: 10.71Bucharest Cubing April A 2024: 10.18Romanian 24h Championship 2024: 8.40Bucharest Cubing May A 2024: 10.29Silistra Open 2024: 10.39Bucharest Cubing June 2024: 10.21Varna Open 2024: 10.04Timisoara Cubing 2024: 10.24Bucharest Cubing July 2024: 10.32Burgas Summer 2024: 11.70Romanian Breaking Records 2024: 11.51Bucharest Cubing September 2024: 11.93Bucharest October Cubing 2024: 10.16Bucharest November Cubing 2024: 11.13Bucharest December Cubing 2024: 10.58Bucharest Cubing January 2025: 11.95Bucharest Cubing February 2025: 12.17Bucharest Cubing March 2025: 13.44Bucharest Cubing April 2025: 11.77Bucharest Cubing May 2025: 11.28Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2025: 12.77Bucharest Cubing June 2025: 12.48Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025: 13.04Romanian National Championship 2025: 11.16Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2026: 13.01Bucharest Cubing July 2026: 13.06Marginea Cubing 2026: 11.62Romanian Nationals 2026: 12.108.4032.5614 Jan 201221 Aug 2026

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 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.