People · Romania
Nicholas Antrop
3×3 · top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023ANTR01
Nicholas Antrop has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.64, set at Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in Romania. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2023, he has put 113 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.23 in June 2023 to 9.64, a 37% improvement. Nicholas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.64 | 10.60 | top 6.5% | 86 / 1,574 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.15 | 7.32 | top 14.1% | 112 / 825 | |
| 2×2 | 3.84 | 4.26 | top 24.4% | 274 / 1,214 | |
| Clock | 13.27 | — | early days — 3 solves | 69 / 187 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.24 | 40.25 | top 51.7% | 174 / 411 | |
| 4×4 | 1:32.69 | 1:43.58 | top 65.6% | 306 / 578 |
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
- 12 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025.
- 24 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.59 at Bucharest Cubing May 2025.
- 24 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Cubing May 2025.
- 18 Jun 2023First competition: Bucharest Cubing B 2023. A 16.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing May 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing B 2023 · 18 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Sebastian Andrei Neacsu — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Tudor Petru Stoica — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Petre Emilian — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.