People · Romania
Mihai Catalin Mihalache
2×2 · top 36.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024MIHA05
Mihai Catalin Mihalache has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.74, set at Albania Open 2026, puts him in the top 36.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 375th in Romania. Across 20 competitions since June 2024, he has put 360 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.95 in June 2024 to 23.87, a 46% improvement. Mihai has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 4.74 | 6.66 | top 36.1% | 375 / 1,219 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.22 | 11.45 | top 46.8% | 365 / 830 | |
| 3×3 | 23.87 | 26.44 | top 50.1% | 676 / 1,581 | |
| Skewb | 11.63 | 16.76 | top 64.2% | 235 / 401 | |
| 4×4 | 1:39.25 | — | top 70.2% | 334 / 582 |
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
- 10 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Albania Open 2026.
- 8 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Cubing February 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest November Cubing 2024.
- 1 Nov 2024First sub-30 3×3: 29.51 at Rubik's Italian Championship 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024First competition: It's Sarzana O'Clock 2024. A 43.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Albania Open 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Vieni a Cubare in Puglia 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- French Championship 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Marrakech Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubate Sotto 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mini Ticino Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Illasi al Cubo 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- It's Sarzana O'Clock 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Cavarzere al Cubo 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Montemurlo Speedcubing 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Südtirol Open 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing February 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Crevalcore al Cubo 2025 · 1 Feb 2025
- Bucharest November Cubing 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Muggiò: IC Qualifier 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- It's Sarzana O'Clock 2024 · 29 Jun 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.
- Stefania Gabriela Mihalache — met in 80 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matteo Provasi — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead once
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.