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Cătălin George Buș

3×3 · top 47.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2010 · 2010CATA01

Cătălin George Buș has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.94, set at Mantua Open 2010, puts him in the top 47.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 637th in Romania. Across 3 competitions since July 2010, he has put 19 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.80 in July 2010 to 22.94, a 53% improvement. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 47.8% of 284,439 all-time
22.94
signature single · Mantua Open 2010
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×322.9428.88
top 47.8%637 / 1,574
2×26.5911.60
top 56.9%585 / 1,214
Megaminx3:56.28
early days — 2 solves181 / 243

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: 48.80Mantua Open 2010: 22.94Halloween Cube Open 2010: 27.9722.9448.803 Jul 201031 Oct 2010

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.94 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.