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Valentin Chifor

3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023CHIF01

Valentin Chifor has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.30, set at Bucharest Cubing April B 2024, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22nd in Romania. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since July 2023, he has put 1,045 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.76 in July 2023 to 7.30, a 38% improvement. Valentin has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time
7.30
signature single · Bucharest Cubing April B 2024
1,045
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×37.309.11
top 1.7%22 / 1,574
2×22.053.21
top 5.1%72 / 1,214
3×3 one-handed13.9722.74
top 6.0%18 / 411
Pyraminx4.417.31
top 9.8%76 / 825
4×438.8244.40
top 10.7%48 / 578
5×51:28.831:34.17
top 26.3%47 / 225
Skewb6.4613.92
top 29.4%100 / 401
Clock11.1013.07
top 30.6%53 / 187
6×63:02.863:19.39
top 42.4%40 / 128
Megaminx2:01.282:28.72
top 46.4%85 / 243
7×74:51.115:05.61
top 48.0%41 / 95
Square-131.4840.03
top 52.2%80 / 158
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 2 solves63 / 98

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

Bucharest Summer Cubes B 2023: 11.76Bucharest You Only Need One 2023: 11.45Brasov Funky Cubes 2023: 11.12Romanian National Championship 2023: 10.78Bucharest Autumn Cubing A 2023: 9.40Bucharest Winter Cubing B 2023: 10.47Bucharest Cubing February B 2024: 9.71Bucharest Cubing March A 2024: 10.15Bucharest Cubing April B 2024: 7.30Romanian 24h Championship 2024: 8.79Bucharest Cubing May A 2024: 8.24Bucharest Cubing July 2024: 7.44Bucharest Cubing September 2024: 8.62Bucharest October Cubing 2024: 9.02Bucharest November Cubing 2024: 7.72Bucharest Cubing January 2025: 8.40Bucharest Cubing February 2025: 8.80Bucharest Cubing March 2025: 7.92Bucharest Cubing June 2025: 8.637.3011.7616 Jul 202321 Jun 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.