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Vasile Dan

3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013VASI02

Vasile Dan has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.91, set at Romanian 24h Championship 2024, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 96th in Romania. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 63 competitions since April 2013, he has put 2,592 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.78 in April 2013 to 9.91, a 47% improvement. Vasile has entered 63 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.91
signature single · Romanian 24h Championship 2024
2,592
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×39.9112.55
top 7.2%96 / 1,574
Pyraminx4.127.54
top 8.3%65 / 825
Megaminx57.451:02.09
top 8.6%15 / 243
2×22.874.73
top 12.8%151 / 1,214
4×445.6351.40
top 19.1%76 / 578
3×3 blindfolded1:21.931:50.37
top 20.3%14 / 76
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 56:01—
top 24.8%5 / 26
3×3 one-handed23.2128.23
top 29.3%88 / 411
5×51:36.501:49.64
top 32.7%57 / 225
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves40.67
top 33.6%25 / 98
Skewb8.0315.57
top 41.5%148 / 401
Clock16.0918.98
top 52.2%88 / 187
6×63:38.343:57.81
top 58.1%56 / 128
7×75:53.836:04.18
top 66.2%55 / 95
Square-141.1653.60
top 66.9%97 / 158
4×4 blindfolded13:00.00—
top 70.6%11 / 13
5×5 blindfolded35:49.0041:30.00
top 91.5%8 / 8

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

Romanian Open 2013: 18.78Romanian Rubik Open 2014: 15.13Mioveni Rubik's Open 2015: 15.05Brasov Rubik's Open 2015: 14.46Suceava Rubik Open 2015: 13.77Romanian Rubik Open 2016: 12.13Constanta Rubik Open 2016: 13.33Botosani Rubik Open 2016: 12.59U.R.A. Back to School 2016: 12.75U.R.A. Easter Open 2017: 11.68Romanian Rubik Open 2017: 11.08Constanța Cube Days 2017: 11.83Botosani Rubik Open 2017: 12.78Baia Mare North Open 2018: 13.38U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019: 12.87Iasi Cubing Open 2019: 11.89Romanian Cubing Open 2019: 11.64Baia Mare North Open 2019: 12.21Iasi Back To Cubing 2019: 12.36Bucharest Cubing Days 2021: 10.78Bucharest Back to Cube 2022: 10.49U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022: 12.83U.R.A. Back to School 2022: 12.76ASSIST Cubing 2022: 11.70Alba Iulia Cubing 2022: 12.70U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023: 12.08Timisoara Cube Days 2023: 11.05Big Blind Bucharest 2023: 13.36Botosani Cubing 2023: 12.13Arad Cubing 2023: 11.49Iasi Cubing 2023: 12.37ASSIST Cubing in Suceava 2023: 12.20Romanian National Championship 2023: 11.78Bucharest Cubing February A 2024: 12.21Romanian 24h Championship 2024: 9.91Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 12.60Romanian Breaking Records 2024: 11.97Iasi Back to Cubing 2024: 11.22Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2025: 12.56Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025: 12.78Romanian National Championship 2025: 10.46Rubisian Speedcubing Iasi 2025: 11.73Rubisian Ice Break Iasi 2025: 12.19Bucharest Cubing December 2025: 11.80Rubisian Winter Cubing Iasi 2026: 11.64Bucharest Cubing March 2026: 11.42Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2026: 12.16Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 12.31Romanian Nationals 2026: 10.839.9118.786 Apr 201321 Aug 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.