People · Romania
Mihnea Paul Dumitru
3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023DUMI01
Mihnea Paul Dumitru has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.98, set at Bucharest Funky Cubes 2023, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 97th in Romania. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2023, he has put 265 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.99 in April 2023 to 9.98, a 23% improvement. Mihnea has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.98 | 12.92 | top 7.4% | 97 / 1,574 | |
| 2×2 | 3.49 | 4.49 | top 20.1% | 230 / 1,214 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.89 | 10.98 | top 27.0% | 215 / 825 | |
| 4×4 | 57.06 | 1:09.75 | top 33.2% | 137 / 578 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.89 | 33.05 | top 41.7% | 138 / 411 | |
| 5×5 | 2:32.02 | 2:39.63 | top 66.7% | 120 / 225 | |
| Skewb | 14.97 | 23.33 | top 78.2% | 294 / 401 |
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
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Bucharest Funky Cubes 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bucharest Cubing A 2023.
- 2 Jun 2023Six personal bests in one day at Timisoara Cube Days 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.99 at U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First competition: Big Cubes Bucharest 2023.
Competitions
- Bucharest Cubing June 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- Bucharest Cubing May 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Funky Cubes 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Summer Cubes B 2023 · 16 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Cubing A 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Timisoara Cube Days 2023 · 2 Jun 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cubes Bucharest 2023 · 7 Jan 2023
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.
- Anais Isabelle Necula — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Ianis Costin Chele — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.