People · Moldova
Vlad Ciobanu
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016CIOB01
Vlad Ciobanu has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.86, set at Rubisian Ice Break Iasi 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Moldova. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2016, he has put 241 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.48 in January 2016 to 7.86, a 75% improvement. Vlad has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Moldova | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.86 | 9.71 | top 2.5% | 3 / 143 | |
| 4×4 | 33.63 | 37.66 | top 5.5% | 2 / 52 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 4.24 | top 14.6% | 10 / 103 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.08 | 25.11 | top 18.0% | 4 / 39 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.53 | 2:06.22 | top 45.7% | 8 / 21 |
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
- 18 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubisian Autumn Open Iasi 2025.
- 28 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at ASSIST Cubing in Suceava 2023.
- 11 Jan 2020First sub-15 3×3: 10.44 at Moldova Open 2020.
- 11 Jan 2020First sub-10 3×3: 8.40 at Moldova Open 2020.
- 11 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Moldova Open 2020.
- 8 Jan 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.87 at Chișinău Winter 2017.
Competitions
- Rubisian Ice Break Iasi 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubisian Autumn Open Iasi 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Iasi Cubing Day 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- ASSIST Cubing in Suceava 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Iasi Cubing 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Moldova Open 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Chișinău Winter 2017 · 8 Jan 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Moldavian Nationals Summer 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Moldavian Nationals - Winter 2016 · 23 Jan 2016
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.
- Andrei Ciupac — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Mihai Savin — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Costea Livadari — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.