People · Romania
Stefania Petcu
2×2 · top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017PETC01
Stefania Petcu has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.42, set at ICHB Back To School 2019, puts her in the top 1.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in Romania. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since August 2017, she has put 1,250 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 30.66 in August 2017 to 11.78, a 62% improvement. Stefania has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 1.42 | 4.89 | top 1.8% | 30 / 1,214 | |
| Megaminx | 47.81 | 56.65 | top 4.2% | 9 / 243 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.24 | 6.44 | top 8.9% | 70 / 825 | |
| 3×3 | 11.78 | 15.06 | top 13.1% | 172 / 1,574 | |
| Skewb | 6.00 | 10.11 | top 25.7% | 81 / 401 | |
| 4×4 | 55.52 | 1:09.41 | top 31.4% | 128 / 578 | |
| 5×5 | 1:58.55 | 2:13.82 | top 48.4% | 90 / 225 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.67 | 45.69 | top 56.7% | 192 / 411 | |
| Clock | 17.60 | 21.52 | top 57.5% | 101 / 187 | |
| 7×7 | 6:28.78 | 7:46.84 | top 74.1% | 60 / 95 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 48 moves | 52.33 | top 74.2% | 68 / 98 | |
| 6×6 | 5:23.49 | 5:54.60 | top 85.8% | 88 / 128 | |
| Square-1 | 1:03.84 | — | top 85.9% | 134 / 158 |
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 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Tarnovo Open 2022.
- 24 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Blind and Stuff 2019.
- 10 Aug 2019Five personal bests in one day at Constanta Cube Days 2019.
- 20 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at ICHB Cube Race 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Romanian Cubing Open 2019.
- 9 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019.
Competitions
- UCD Cube Days 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Meath for Speed 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
- Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Corduff Cubing Sunday 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- U.R.A. Back to School 2022 · 1 Oct 2022
- Tarnovo Open 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bacau Cubing Fall 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
- U.R.A. Big Cubes and FMC 2019 · 5 Oct 2019
- ICHB Back To School 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Timisoara West Side Open 2019 · 7 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Blind and Stuff 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Baia Mare North Open 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Constanta Cube Days 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- ICHB Cube Race 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Romanian Cubing Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Iasi Cubing Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019
- U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Big Blind and FMC 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Transilvania Cubing Open 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Romanian National Day 2018 · 30 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Big Blind 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Sebes Autumn 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Sofia Autumn 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Constanta Cube Days 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Bacau Easter Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Slobozia Winter Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- U.R.A. Blind Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017
- Craiova Rubik Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Constanța Cube Days 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 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 her.
- Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 251 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- Martin Fronescu — met in 210 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vincentiu Tarsoaga — met in 179 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 7.81 away.
Targets move as she improves.