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Stefania Gabriela Mihalache

2×2 · top 0.41% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023MIHA06

Stefania Gabriela Mihalache has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.92, set at Crevalcore al Cubo 2025, puts her in the top 0.41% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Romania. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since October 2023, she has put 1,469 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 39.53 in October 2023 to 8.78, a 78% improvement. Stefania has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.41% of 189,179 all-time
0.92
signature single · Crevalcore al Cubo 2025
1,469
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
2×20.922.37
top 0.41%10 / 1,219
Pyraminx3.044.44
top 3.8%33 / 830
3×38.7810.75
top 4.4%55 / 1,581
Skewb3.585.51
top 8.3%27 / 401
3×3 one-handed17.1723.96
top 13.1%38 / 415
4×444.5251.68
top 17.8%71 / 582
Megaminx1:23.181:33.43
top 23.9%40 / 243
5×51:31.081:40.31
top 28.3%52 / 225
Clock11.4412.25
top 32.2%58 / 190
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves46.33
top 55.7%51 / 100
6×63:36.813:51.75
top 57.6%55 / 128
Square-152.97—
early days — 3 solves116 / 159
7×77:04.79—
early days — 2 solves65 / 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

Bagnolo al Cubo 2023: 39.53Ticino Open 2023: 36.82Valle d'Aosta Open 2023: 39.16Rovereto Speedcubing 2024: 29.46Mega Chiasso 2024: 23.42Cavarzere al Cubo 2024: 27.71Crevalcore al Cubo 2024: 25.01It's Sarzana O'Clock 2024: 16.14Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 17.62Italian Open 2024: 12.23Muggiò: IC Qualifier 2024: 15.19Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 13.74Bucharest November Cubing 2024: 15.17Casorezzo Winter Open 2025: 16.52Crevalcore al Cubo 2025: 13.39Bucharest Cubing February 2025: 13.31Südtirol Open 2025: 10.14Montemurlo Speedcubing 2025: 12.17Cavarzere al Cubo 2025: 14.29It's Sarzana O'Clock 2025: 13.41Illasi al Cubo 2025: 10.52Salento Tarallucci e Cubing 2025: 12.10Bucharest Cubing June 2025: 10.48Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025: 12.03Sicily Summer 2025: 11.90Mini Ticino Open 2025: 12.47Cubate Sotto 2025: 11.74Marginea Cubing 2025: 10.58Sicily Fall 2025: 10.80Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 10.72Casagiove Winter 2026: 11.95Marrakech Open 2026: 11.12French Championship 2026: 10.86Vieni a Cubare in Puglia 2026: 10.88Rubisian Spring Cubing Iasi 2026: 9.41Sofia Summer 2026: 9.03Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.85Salento Taralli e Cubing 2026: 9.58Albania Open 2026: 8.788.7839.537 Oct 202310 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as she improves.