People · Romania
Luca Alexandru Catoiu
3×3 · top 57.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022CATO02
Luca Alexandru Catoiu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.42, set at Bucharest Cubing April 2025, puts him in the top 57.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 803rd in Romania. Across 7 competitions since July 2022, he has put 70 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:25.24 in July 2022 to 27.42, a 68% improvement. Luca has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 27.42 | 34.13 | top 57.7% | 803 / 1,574 | |
| 2×2 | 7.20 | 11.99 | top 62.1% | 650 / 1,214 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.33 | 20.52 | top 79.2% | 652 / 825 | |
| 4×4 | 2:58.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 517 / 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
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-30 3×3: 27.42 at Bucharest Cubing April 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Cubing April 2025.
- 1 Oct 2022First sub-60 3×3: 43.83 at U.R.A. Back to School 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022First competition: U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022. A 1:25.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bucharest Cubing April 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest Winter Cubing A 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC - Cubing Exam 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
- U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
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.
- Ianis Costin Chele — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Serban Stelian — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anais Isabelle Necula — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.42 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.