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Daniel Sebastian Barnea
3×3 · top 3.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022BARN13
Daniel Sebastian Barnea has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.17, set at Rubik's Italian Championship 2024, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in Romania. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2022, he has put 244 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.99 in July 2022 to 8.17, a 37% improvement. Daniel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 8.17 | 9.34 | top 3.1% | 36 / 1,581 | |
| 2×2 | 1.90 | 3.55 | top 4.2% | 61 / 1,219 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 7 / 100 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:14.40 | 1:21.89 | top 17.6% | 11 / 76 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.71 | — | top 54.9% | 189 / 415 | |
| 4×4 | 1:35.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 327 / 582 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.27 | 17.07 | top 68.9% | 564 / 830 | |
| Skewb | 21.38 | — | early days — 2 solves | 366 / 401 |
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
- 11 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.17 at Parthenope Open 2023.
- 2 Jul 2022First competition: Romagna Open 2022. A 17.20 3×3 single to start from.
- 2 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.99 at Romagna Open 2022.
Competitions
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Eretum III: Mental Edition 2024 · 19 May 2024
- Eretum II: Easter Edition 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Eretum I 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Eretum VII: Farewell 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Eretum III: WC Warmup 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Parthenope Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Eretum Open 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- AOpen in Rome 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
- Romagna Open 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 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.
- Sofia Saletnich — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Gabriele Cappelletti — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Marco Rota — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.