People · Romania
Alecsa Rares
2×2 · top 8.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018RARE02
Alecsa Rares has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.43, set at ICHB Cube Race 2019, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 102nd in Romania. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2018, he has put 402 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.25 in November 2018 to 10.35, a 79% improvement. Alecsa has entered 13 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 5.22 | top 8.2% | 102 / 1,214 | |
| 3×3 | 10.35 | 12.80 | top 8.5% | 110 / 1,574 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.84 | 31.96 | top 14.7% | 46 / 411 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.67 | 7.92 | top 17.6% | 138 / 825 | |
| 4×4 | 49.17 | 59.42 | top 23.7% | 94 / 578 | |
| Skewb | 7.73 | 10.26 | top 39.3% | 135 / 401 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.35 | 2:37.66 | top 47.6% | 89 / 225 | |
| Square-1 | 30.93 | 44.28 | top 51.1% | 78 / 158 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:00.29 | — | top 68.2% | 49 / 76 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 50 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 71 / 98 | |
| Clock | 55.57 | 1:14.13 | top 98.1% | 185 / 187 |
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
- 28 Sep 2019Six personal bests in one day at ICHB Back To School 2019.
- 7 Sep 2019Four personal bests in one day at Timisoara West Side Open 2019.
- 20 Jul 2019Seven personal bests in one day at ICHB Cube Race 2019.
- 15 Jun 2019Six personal bests in one day at Constanta Summer Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.57 at Romanian Cubing Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Romanian Cubing Open 2019.
Competitions
- U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
- Bucharest Back to Cube 2022 · 14 May 2022
- Bacau Cubing Fall 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- U.R.A. Big Cubes and FMC 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- ICHB Back To School 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Timisoara West Side Open 2019 · 7 Sep 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Bucharest Blind and Stuff 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- Constanta Cube Days 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- ICHB Cube Race 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Constanta Summer Open 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Romanian Cubing Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Transilvania Cubing Open 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Romanian National Day 2018 · 30 Nov 2018
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.
- Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Mihail Stoicescu — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Martin Fronescu — met in 79 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.