People · Romania
Rares Matei Racautanu
3×3 · top 49.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023RACA01
Rares Matei Racautanu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.79, set at Iasi Cubing Day 2024, puts him in the top 49.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 668th in Romania. Across 8 competitions since August 2023, he has put 110 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.52 in August 2023 to 23.79, a 10% improvement. Rares 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 | 23.79 | 28.55 | top 49.8% | 668 / 1,574 | |
| 2×2 | 6.39 | 8.66 | top 54.9% | 562 / 1,214 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.11 | 1:12.29 | top 80.1% | 293 / 411 | |
| 4×4 | 2:16.11 | 2:29.12 | top 87.9% | 443 / 578 | |
| 5×5 | 4:30.54 | 4:47.80 | top 94.9% | 198 / 225 | |
| Pyraminx | 22.44 | 34.83 | top 95.3% | 801 / 825 | |
| 6×6 | 10:33.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 126 / 128 | |
| 7×7 | 26:56.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 95 / 95 |
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
- 6 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Iasi Cubing Day 2024.
- 5 Aug 2023First competition: Botosani Cubing 2023. A 30.65 3×3 single to start from.
- 5 Aug 2023First sub-30 3×3: 26.52 at Botosani Cubing 2023.
Competitions
- Rubisian Ice Break Iasi 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ploiesti Cubing 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Iasi Cubing Day 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest Big Cubes March 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- FMC Romania 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- ASSIST Cubing in Suceava 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Iasi Cubing 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Botosani Cubing 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 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.
- Mihai Savin — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Radu Mihai Stan — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alexandru Ignat — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.79 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.