People · Romania
Gabriel Plăcintă
2×2 · top 25.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019GABR02
Gabriel Plăcintă has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.93, set at Rubisian Spring Cubing Iasi 2026, puts him in the top 25.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 283rd in Romania. Across 5 competitions since March 2019, he has put 110 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 55.49 in March 2019 to 15.68, a 72% improvement. Gabriel 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.93 | 6.83 | top 25.6% | 283 / 1,214 | |
| 3×3 | 15.68 | 16.90 | top 26.7% | 342 / 1,574 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.86 | 1:17.51 | top 46.7% | 192 / 578 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.79 | 12.40 | top 51.4% | 403 / 825 | |
| Clock | 43.08 | 47.88 | top 94.7% | 176 / 187 |
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
- 2 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Rubisian Spring Cubing Iasi 2026.
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-30 3×3: 22.68 at Iasi Back to Cubing 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.86 at Iasi Back to Cubing 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Iasi Back to Cubing 2024.
- 30 Mar 2019First competition: Iasi Cubing Open 2019. A 55.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubisian Spring Cubing Iasi 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing January 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest November Cubing 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Iasi Back to Cubing 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Iasi Cubing Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019
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.
- Radu Andrei Andrieș — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Petre Emilian — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Radu Mihai Stan — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.