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Andrei Butucaru

2×2 · top 55.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2010 · 2010BUTU01

Andrei Butucaru has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.41, set at Sibiu Rubik Open 2013, puts him in the top 55.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 565th in Romania. Across 17 competitions since July 2010, he has put 233 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.30 in July 2010 to 35.34, a 14% improvement. Andrei has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 55.1% of 186,767 all-time
6.41
signature single · Sibiu Rubik Open 2013
233
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
2×26.4112.43
top 55.1%565 / 1,214
3×335.3442.97
top 71.0%1,036 / 1,574
4×42:40.72
top 93.8%486 / 578

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 2010: 41.30Romanian Nationals 2010: 49.69Romanian Open 2011: 49.06Bucharest Open 2012: 50.33Bacau Open 2012: 39.80Romanian Open 2012: 37.91Romanian Nationals 2012: 35.55Sibiu Rubik Open 2013: 38.75Romanian Open 2013: 39.65Constanta Rubik Open 2013: 35.34Valcea Rubik Open 2013: 42.46Bucharest Rubik Open 2014: 43.18Romanian Rubik Open 2014: 39.96Constanta Cube Day 2014: 41.41Braila Rubik's Day 2014: 40.36Mioveni Rubik's Open 2015: 48.03Brasov Rubik's Open 2015: 36.1935.3450.333 Jul 201024 May 2015

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 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.