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Cristian Vlad Voicu

Pyraminx · top 1.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016VOIC01

Cristian Vlad Voicu has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.32, set at Iasi Cubing Open 2019, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Romania. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2016, he has put 701 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.98 in November 2016 to 9.82, a 73% improvement. Cristian has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx

best event — top 1.8% of 129,321 all-time

2.32

signature single · Iasi Cubing Open 2019

701

official solves on the record

14%

solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked

Event	PB single	PB average		Romania
Pyraminx	2.32	3.48	top 1.8%	17 / 825
2×2	1.44	3.94	top 1.9%	32 / 1,214
Skewb	2.66	4.96	top 3.5%	14 / 401
3×3	9.82	11.64	top 7.0%	95 / 1,574
4×4	51.21	57.20	top 26.2%	108 / 578
3×3 one-handed	25.93	28.49	top 36.7%	115 / 411
5×5	1:58.87	2:12.83	top 48.6%	92 / 225
Megaminx	2:36.54	—	top 64.3%	118 / 243
6×6	6:15.57	—	early days — 2 solves	96 / 128
Clock	1:02.79	—	early days — 2 solves	187 / 187

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

15 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Constanta Summer Open 2019.
9 Mar 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019.
9 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019.
1 Sep 2018Six personal bests in one day at Baia Mare North Open 2018.
11 Aug 2018Six personal bests in one day at Constanta Cube Days 2018.
28 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.89 at U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2018.

Competitions

U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
ICHB Back To School 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
Constanta Cube Days 2019 · 10 Aug 2019
Constanta Summer Open 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
Iasi Cubing Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
Botosani Cube Day 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
Baia Mare North Open 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 6 personal bests set
Constanta Cube Days 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 6 personal bests set
U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
Slobozia Winter Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
Craiova Rubik Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017
U.R.A. Back to School 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
Botosani Rubik Open 2017 · 2 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
Constanța Cube Days 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 9 personal bests set
Slobozia Spring Open 2017 · 12 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
U.R.A. Back to School 2016 · 5 Nov 2016

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.

Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 142 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
Mihnea Andrei Panţu — met in 119 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Ilie-Laurenţiu Soare — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 66 times

Next targets

A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.