People · Romania
Nicolae Comiati
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014COMI01
Nicolae Comiati has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.83, set at Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2025, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in Romania. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2014, he has put 349 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.47 in April 2014 to 8.83, a 34% improvement. Nicolae has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.83 | 11.08 | top 4.5% | 56 / 1,574 | |
| 4×4 | 35.77 | 40.20 | top 7.4% | 29 / 578 | |
| 2×2 | 3.41 | 4.99 | top 19.1% | 220 / 1,214 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.17 | 26.19 | top 20.9% | 59 / 411 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.28 | 1:41.32 | top 26.7% | 49 / 225 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.39 | 1:55.79 | top 27.8% | 49 / 243 | |
| 6×6 | 3:38.68 | 3:47.35 | top 58.2% | 57 / 128 | |
| 7×7 | 5:24.74 | 5:46.08 | top 58.3% | 46 / 95 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.08 | 14.99 | top 61.1% | 490 / 825 | |
| Skewb | 14.50 | 20.54 | top 76.6% | 289 / 401 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:04.99 | — | early days — 1 solve | 62 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Baia Mare North Open 2018.
- 26 May 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Romanian Cubing Open 2018.
- 26 May 2018Three personal bests in one day at Romanian Cubing Open 2018.
- 27 May 2017Seven personal bests in one day at Romanian Rubik Open 2017.
- 24 May 2015Four personal bests in one day at Brasov Rubik's Open 2015.
- 26 Apr 2014First competition: Romanian Rubik Open 2014. A 16.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Iasi Cubing Day 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Romanian Cubing Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Baia Mare North Open 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Romanian Cubing Open 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Romanian Rubik Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Brasov Rubik's Open 2015 · 24 May 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Romanian Rubik Open 2014 · 26 Apr 2014 — 3 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.
- Martin Fronescu — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead once
- Vasile Dan — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.