People · Romania
Pavel Aldea
3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022ALDE03
Pavel Aldea has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.93, set at Romanian National Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Romania. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2022, he has put 131 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.09 in July 2022 to 7.93, a 56% improvement. Pavel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.93 | 10.20 | top 2.7% | 32 / 1,574 | |
| 4×4 | 35.51 | 41.05 | top 7.2% | 26 / 578 | |
| 2×2 | 2.33 | 3.98 | top 7.3% | 97 / 1,214 |
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 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.23 at Bucharest Cubing April 2025.
- 15 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.62 at Bucharest Cubing March 2025.
- 15 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Bucharest Cubing March 2025.
- 23 Jul 2022First competition: U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022. A 18.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Romanian National Championship 2025 · 21 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing May 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Cubing April 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing March 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
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.
- Serban Stelian — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ianis Costin Chele — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Radu Mihai Stan — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.