People · Romania
Catalin Gabriel Bota
3×3 · top 14.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019GABR01
Catalin Gabriel Bota has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.27, set at U.R.A. Back to School 2022, puts him in the top 14.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 188th in Romania. Across 2 competitions since February 2019, he has put 59 official solves on the record across seven events. Catalin has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.27 | 13.92 | top 14.8% | 188 / 1,574 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.46 | 11.83 | top 40.2% | 317 / 825 | |
| 2×2 | 6.39 | 8.00 | top 54.9% | 562 / 1,214 | |
| Square-1 | 40.71 | 49.11 | top 66.3% | 96 / 158 | |
| 4×4 | 1:42.48 | — | top 72.2% | 344 / 578 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 279 / 411 | |
| 5×5 | 3:04.42 | — | early days — 2 solves | 150 / 225 |
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
- 2 Feb 2019First competition: Transilvania Cubing Open 2019. A 15.95 3×3 single to start from.
- 2 Feb 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.34 at Transilvania Cubing Open 2019.
Competitions
- U.R.A. Back to School 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Transilvania Cubing Open 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
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 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Martin Fronescu — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Haluk Ulkusal — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.