People · Romania
Darius Padurar-Florea
2×2 · top 18.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021PADU01
Darius Padurar-Florea has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.32, set at Freezing Fryslân 2025, puts him in the top 18.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 204th in Romania. Across 4 competitions since November 2021, he has put 73 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.81 in November 2021 to 15.33, a 43% improvement. Darius has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.32 | 6.01 | top 18.0% | 204 / 1,214 | |
| 3×3 | 15.33 | 21.11 | top 25.5% | 328 / 1,574 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.25 | 12.82 | top 29.9% | 243 / 825 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.18 | — | early days — 3 solves | 280 / 578 |
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
- 23 Jul 2022First sub-20 3×3: 15.33 at U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022.
- 13 Nov 2021First competition: Seraing Open 2021. A 26.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Seraing Open 2021 · 13 Nov 2021
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.
- Daniël Kassab — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vincent Chan — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Christofor Gabriel Costea — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.