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David Petru Ciubuc

2×2 · top 0.33% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016CIUB01

David Petru Ciubuc has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.87, set at ICHB Back To School 2019, puts him in the top 0.33% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Romania. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2016, he has put 595 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.03 in November 2016 to 7.99, a 50% improvement. David has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.33% of 186,767 all-time
0.87
signature single · ICHB Back To School 2019
595
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
2×20.874.25
top 0.33%8 / 1,214
3×37.999.80
top 2.8%34 / 1,574
4×435.2440.29
top 6.9%25 / 578
5×51:11.041:20.08
top 12.3%25 / 225
3×3 one-handed17.6319.63
top 14.1%43 / 411
Pyraminx6.019.26
top 20.1%158 / 825
6×62:37.692:51.65
top 29.5%28 / 128
7×74:21.574:48.41
top 38.2%30 / 95
Square-125.0139.97
top 39.2%62 / 158
Megaminx2:03.602:38.09
top 47.8%87 / 243
Skewb24.5528.59
top 94.5%382 / 401
Clock44.391:01.68
top 95.2%178 / 187
3×3 blindfolded9:49.44
early days — 1 solve76 / 76

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

U.R.A. Back to School 2016: 16.03U.R.A. Easter Open 2017: 13.77U.R.A. Back to School 2017: 9.48Craiova Rubik Open 2017: 9.89Oradea Cubing Open 2018: 11.06U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2018: 9.27Romanian National Day 2018: 8.56ICHB Cube Race 2019: 8.53Baia Mare North Open 2019: 8.68ICHB Back To School 2019: 8.80Bucharest Cubing Days 2021: 7.99Bucharest Back to Cube 2022: 10.22U.R.A. Back to School 2022: 9.307.9916.035 Nov 20161 Oct 2022

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.