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Ciprian Ștefan Staicu

2×2 · top 18.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2012 · 2012STAI01

Ciprian Ștefan Staicu has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.34, set at U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016, puts him in the top 18.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 210th in Romania. Across 14 competitions since January 2012, he has put 268 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.30 in January 2012 to 16.93, a 38% improvement. Ciprian has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 18.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.34
signature single · U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016
268
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
2×23.346.24
top 18.3%210 / 1,214
3×316.9324.91
top 30.8%382 / 1,574
Skewb6.9918.28
top 33.6%116 / 401
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves48.00
top 51.8%43 / 98
Square-157.21
top 81.8%121 / 158
3×3 one-handed58.271:06.07
top 82.9%312 / 411
4×42:06.55
top 84.5%419 / 578
5×53:46.90
top 89.7%181 / 225
6×67:11.52
early days — 1 solve112 / 128
Pyraminx25.5329.59
top 97.0%810 / 825
Megaminx6:29.03
early days — 2 solves236 / 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

Bucharest Open 2012: 27.30Romanian Nationals 2012: 19.21Constanta Rubik Open 2013: 21.47Valcea Rubik Open 2013: 22.56Constanta Cube Day 2014: 24.90U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016: 26.61Constanta Rubik Open 2016: 24.21U.R.A. Back to School 2016: 16.93U.R.A. Easter Open 2017: 20.81Constanța Cube Days 2017: 20.36Constanta Cube Days 2018: 25.7516.9327.3014 Jan 201211 Aug 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.