People · Romania
Victor Mihai Raicea
3×3 · top 6.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022RAIC01
Victor Mihai Raicea has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.66, set at Silistra Open 2024, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 89th in Romania. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2022, he has put 411 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.68 in April 2023 to 9.66, a 34% improvement. Victor has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.66 | 11.00 | top 6.6% | 89 / 1,581 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.60 | 7.15 | top 10.8% | 83 / 830 | |
| 2×2 | 3.44 | 5.38 | top 19.5% | 223 / 1,219 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.45 | 30.60 | top 35.5% | 111 / 415 | |
| Skewb | 7.48 | 10.11 | top 37.4% | 126 / 401 |
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
- 15 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Silistra Open 2024.
- 2 Jun 2023Six personal bests in one day at Timisoara Cube Days 2023.
- 23 Jul 2022First competition: U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022.
Competitions
- Rubisian Autumn Cubing Iasi 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Timisoara Cubing 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
- Silistra Open 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Cubing May A 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Autumn Cubing A 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Iasi Cubing 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Bucharest Funky Cubes 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Summer Cubes A 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Cubing A 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Timisoara Cube Days 2023 · 2 Jun 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
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.
- Mihail Stoicescu — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Cezar Alexandru Dinulescu — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.