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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.

2×2
best event — top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.42
signature single · ICHB Back To School 2019
1,250
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
2×21.424.89
top 1.8%30 / 1,214
Megaminx47.8156.65
top 4.2%9 / 243
Pyraminx4.246.44
top 8.9%70 / 825
3×311.7815.06
top 13.1%172 / 1,574
Skewb6.0010.11
top 25.7%81 / 401
4×455.521:09.41
top 31.4%128 / 578
5×51:58.552:13.82
top 48.4%90 / 225
3×3 one-handed34.6745.69
top 56.7%192 / 411
Clock17.6021.52
top 57.5%101 / 187
7×76:28.787:46.84
top 74.1%60 / 95
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves52.33
top 74.2%68 / 98
6×65:23.495:54.60
top 85.8%88 / 128
Square-11:03.84
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

Constanța Cube Days 2017: 30.66U.R.A. Back to School 2017: 20.16Craiova Rubik Open 2017: 26.26Slobozia Winter Open 2018: 21.15Bacau Easter Open 2018: 21.29U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2018: 16.54Constanta Cube Days 2018: 17.33Sofia Autumn 2018: 17.36Sebes Autumn 2018: 16.93Romanian National Day 2018: 14.43Transilvania Cubing Open 2019: 17.68U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019: 16.21Iasi Cubing Open 2019: 15.86Romanian Cubing Open 2019: 14.89ICHB Cube Race 2019: 17.09Constanta Cube Days 2019: 14.28Baia Mare North Open 2019: 14.77Timisoara West Side Open 2019: 12.60ICHB Back To School 2019: 15.38Bacau Cubing Fall 2019: 12.68U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022: 13.51Tarnovo Open 2022: 15.55U.R.A. Back to School 2022: 14.74U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022: 15.33Corduff Cubing Sunday 2024: 11.78Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024: 14.46Meath for Speed 2024: 14.18UCD Cube Days 2025: 15.9911.7830.6619 Aug 201712 Apr 2025

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-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.