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Mihnea Andrei Panţu

2×2 · top 0.35% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2013 · 2013PANT01

Mihnea Andrei Panţu has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.88, set at ICHB Back To School 2019, puts him in the top 0.35% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Romania. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 70 competitions since May 2013, he has put 4,047 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.08 in May 2013 to 6.40, an 88% improvement. Mihnea has entered 70 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.35% of 186,767 all-time
0.88
signature single · ICHB Back To School 2019
4,047
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
2×20.882.52
top 0.35%9 / 1,214
3×36.408.01
top 0.77%13 / 1,574
4×425.7629.45
top 0.92%6 / 578
3×3 one-handed9.8912.42
top 0.98%6 / 411
Pyraminx2.043.39
top 1.2%13 / 825
5×551.9458.01
top 2.3%6 / 225
Skewb2.434.93
top 2.6%10 / 401
6×61:38.971:49.43
top 3.8%4 / 128
7×72:36.772:49.43
top 4.9%3 / 95
Square-19.6515.41
top 5.5%8 / 158
Megaminx52.141:01.35
top 6.0%11 / 243
Clock6.808.41
top 10.2%21 / 187
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves36.33
top 14.8%10 / 98
3×3 blindfolded1:43.782:39.36
top 28.0%19 / 76
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 15:38—
early days — 1 solve20 / 26

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: 54.08Bucharest Rubik Summer 2014: 18.38Constanta Cube Day 2014: 19.19Braila Rubik's Day 2014: 13.47Mioveni Rubik's Open 2015: 14.16U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016: 9.90U.R.A. Spring 2016: 10.38Constanta Rubik Open 2016: 10.40U.R.A. Back to School 2016: 8.41Slobozia Spring Open 2017: 9.02U.R.A. Easter Open 2017: 9.14Constanța Cube Days 2017: 8.92U.R.A. Back to School 2017: 7.86Craiova Rubik Open 2017: 9.56Slobozia Winter Open 2018: 8.34U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2018: 8.94Romanian Cubing Open 2018: 8.72Constanta Cube Days 2018: 9.02Baia Mare North Open 2018: 7.95Romanian National Day 2018: 8.42U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019: 7.11Constanta Summer Open 2019: 8.23ICHB Cube Race 2019: 7.93Constanta Cube Days 2019: 8.00ICHB Back To School 2019: 8.02Bucharest Cubing Days 2021: 8.46Bucharest Back to Cube 2022: 8.63Thessaloniki Open 2022: 8.08U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022: 7.83U.R.A. Back to School 2022: 6.58U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022: 8.31Lodi Time Trial 2023: 7.72Bucharest Summer Cubes A 2023: 6.93Salonica Autumn Open 2023: 7.95Romanian National Championship 2023: 7.35Bucharest Autumn Cubing A 2023: 6.91Bucharest Winter Cubing A 2023: 7.26Bucharest Cubing March B 2024: 7.59Romanian 24h Championship 2024: 7.54Bucharest Cubing May B 2024: 6.83Bucharest Cubing June 2024: 7.59Iasi Back to Cubing 2024: 7.75Bucharest October Cubing 2024: 7.57Bucharest December Cubing 2024: 7.19Bucharest Cubing January 2025: 7.56Bucharest Cubing February 2025: 7.02Bucharest Cubing March 2025: 7.03Sofia Open 2025: 7.65Bucharest Cubing April 2025: 6.40Bucharest Cubing May 2025: 7.08Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025: 7.11Bucharest Cubing September 2025: 7.14Bucharest Cubing October 2025: 7.60Greek Nationals 2025: 7.31Bucharest Cubing March 2026: 7.66Bucharest Cubing April 2026: 7.46Rubisian Summer Cubing Iasi 2026: 7.36Bucharest Cubing July 2026: 7.05Romanian Nationals 2026: 6.706.4054.0825 May 201321 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.