People · Romania
Ciprian Timotei Olaru
3×3 · top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017OLAR06
Ciprian Timotei Olaru has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.86, set at Rubisian Spring Cubing Iasi 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Romania. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since September 2017, he has put 571 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.35 in September 2017 to 6.86, a 44% improvement. Ciprian has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.86 | 8.53 | top 1.2% | 17 / 1,581 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.81 | 18.96 | top 5.8% | 18 / 415 | |
| 4×4 | 35.63 | 40.93 | top 7.4% | 28 / 582 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 3.75 | top 9.5% | 117 / 1,219 | |
| Clock | 10.40 | 13.30 | top 26.9% | 48 / 190 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:52.55 | 2:19.04 | top 30.8% | 21 / 76 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.92 | 1:49.46 | top 36.1% | 68 / 225 | |
| Megaminx | 2:35.67 | 2:50.55 | top 64.1% | 116 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubisian Ice Break Iasi 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Iasi Back to Cubing 2024.
- 14 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.87 at Iasi Cubing 2023.
- 14 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Iasi Cubing 2023.
- 2 Sep 2017First competition: Botosani Rubik Open 2017. A 16.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubisian Autumn Cubing Iasi 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubisian Spring Cubing Iasi 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Pi Cubing Hvidovre 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Rubisian Winter Cubing Iasi 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Götalandsmästerskapet 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubisian Ice Break Iasi 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubisian Autumn Open Iasi 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubisian Speedcubing Iasi 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Iasi Back to Cubing 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Iasi Cubing Day 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
- ASSIST Cubing in Suceava 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Iasi Cubing 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Botosani Rubik Open 2017 · 2 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Alexandru Ignat — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 65 times
- Radu Mihai Stan — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Vasile Dan — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 47 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.