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Takashi Moldovan
2×2 · top 5.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025MOLD02
Takashi Moldovan has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.08, set at Le Cube Normand Open 2026, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 65th in Japan. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2025, he has put 230 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.83 in August 2025 to 9.50, a 40% improvement. Takashi has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.08 | 3.70 | top 5.3% | 65 / 1,021 | |
| 3×3 | 9.50 | 13.73 | top 6.1% | 257 / 3,329 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.05 | 1:08.36 | top 10.0% | 73 / 313 | |
| 4×4 | 44.16 | 48.31 | top 17.2% | 172 / 667 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.01 | 31.23 | top 34.2% | 278 / 529 | |
| Square-1 | 24.97 | 35.10 | top 39.1% | 133 / 245 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.65 | 9.99 | top 41.8% | 398 / 688 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.44 | 1:55.88 | top 42.9% | 235 / 420 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:03.34 | — | early days — 3 solves | 206 / 282 | |
| Skewb | 11.24 | 13.18 | top 62.1% | 266 / 338 | |
| 6×6 | 4:43.95 | 4:56.22 | early days — 3 solves | 176 / 209 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Cube en Baie Open 2026.
- 14 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cube en Baie Open 2026.
- 23 May 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Le Cube Normand Open 2026.
- 4 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at Châteaubourg Open 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.15 at La Montagne Open 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at La Montagne Open 2025.
Competitions
- Cube en Baie Open 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Le Cube Normand Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- Châteaubourg Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- La Montagne Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube en Baie Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025
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.
- Bastien Ferraud — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ilian Chambreuil — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cléa Petibon — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.