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Daniel Dumitru

3×3 · top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014DUMI01

Daniel Dumitru has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.33, set at Braila Rubik's Day 2014, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 107th in Romania. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2014, he has put 121 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Daniel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.33
signature single · Braila Rubik's Day 2014
121
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×310.3312.94
top 8.4%107 / 1,574
2×22.904.71
top 13.1%153 / 1,214
3×3 one-handed26.7732.62
top 38.8%124 / 411
4×41:14.471:25.00
top 51.1%219 / 578
5×53:51.33
early days — 2 solves183 / 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

Braila Rubik's Day 2014: 10.33Mioveni Rubik's Open 2015: 12.71Brasov Rubik's Open 2015: 10.58U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016: 11.2110.3312.714 Oct 201416 Jan 2016

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.