People · United States
Paul Stoici
3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022STOI05
Paul Stoici has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.62, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,551st in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2022, he has put 64 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.91 in December 2022 to 9.62, a 12% improvement. Paul 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.62 | 11.60 | top 6.4% | 3,551 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.86 | 5.93 | top 24.7% | 9,681 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.21 | 43.42 | top 59.5% | 8,333 / 15,683 |
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 Jul 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026.
- 3 Dec 2022First competition: FSUbers 3.0 2022. A 13.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Cubing June 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- FSUbers 3.0 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best 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.
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ezra Crane — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Sean Hartman — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.