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Bogdan Bara

3×3 · top 58.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010BARA01

Bogdan Bara has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.03, set at U.R.A. Back to School 2017, puts him in the top 58.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 823rd in Romania. Across 10 competitions since December 2010, he has put 62 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:42.15 in December 2010 to 28.03, a 73% improvement. Bogdan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 58.9% of 284,439 all-time
28.03
signature single · U.R.A. Back to School 2017
62
official solves on the record
21%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×328.0337.62
top 58.9%823 / 1,574
2×227.861:13.45
top 98.4%1,198 / 1,214

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 Nationals 2010: 1:42.15Bucharest Rubik Open 2014: 1:00.56Bucharest Rubik Summer 2014: 1:05.96Constanta Cube Day 2014: 49.02Mioveni Rubik's Open 2015: 44.18U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016: 38.38U.R.A. Spring 2016: 32.56U.R.A. Easter Open 2017: 31.64U.R.A. Back to School 2017: 28.03U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2018: 31.7228.031:42.1519 Dec 201028 Apr 2018

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.03 away.
  • A sub-25 2×2 single — 182,590 people have one; it is 2.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.