People · Romania
Sebastian-Ionuţ Stan
2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022STAN08
Sebastian-Ionuţ Stan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.65, set at Bucharest Cubing June 2025, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in Romania. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2022, he has put 233 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.14 in May 2022 to 9.13, an 18% improvement. He 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.65 | 4.14 | top 2.8% | 48 / 1,214 | |
| Megaminx | 47.53 | 55.74 | top 4.0% | 8 / 243 | |
| 3×3 | 9.13 | 11.00 | top 5.2% | 67 / 1,574 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.56 | 9.19 | top 24.3% | 191 / 825 | |
| Square-1 | 27.54 | 33.15 | top 44.6% | 69 / 158 | |
| Skewb | 11.21 | 17.80 | top 61.9% | 230 / 401 |
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
- 21 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.13 at Bucharest Cubing June 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Bucharest Cubing June 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Cubing April 2025.
- 23 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022.
- 14 May 2022First competition: Bucharest Back to Cube 2022. A 11.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Marginea Cubing 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Bucharest Cubing July 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Romanian National Championship 2025 · 21 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Cubing June 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing April 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest Back to Cube 2022 · 14 May 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.
- Ianis Costin Chele — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastian Andrei Neacsu — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Radu Mihai Stan — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 7.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.