People · Romania
Elena Butnaru
Pyraminx · top 16.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024BUTN01
Elena Butnaru has been competing for a year. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.49, set at Rubisian Summer Cubing Iasi 2026, puts her in the top 16.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 126th in Romania. Across 5 competitions since October 2024, she has put 90 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 35.23 in October 2024 to 17.47, a 50% improvement. Elena has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.49 | 11.26 | top 16.4% | 126 / 825 | |
| 3×3 | 17.47 | 18.99 | top 32.5% | 407 / 1,574 | |
| Clock | 12.28 | 18.26 | top 36.3% | 63 / 187 | |
| 2×2 | 5.66 | 10.30 | top 47.2% | 491 / 1,214 | |
| Skewb | 13.27 | 17.53 | top 71.8% | 271 / 401 | |
| 4×4 | 1:50.93 | 2:10.45 | top 77.2% | 376 / 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
- 18 Jul 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.47 at Rubisian Summer Cubing Iasi 2026.
- 14 Feb 2026First sub-30 3×3: 21.29 at Rubisian Winter Cubing Iasi 2026.
- 12 Oct 2024First competition: Iasi Back to Cubing 2024. A 35.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubisian Summer Cubing Iasi 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubisian Winter Cubing Iasi 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubisian Ice Break Iasi 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubisian Speedcubing Iasi 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Iasi Back to Cubing 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
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 her.
- Baziluc Mihnea Nectarie — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aftanase David Mihail — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vlad Constantin Rotarescu — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.47 away.
Targets move as she improves.