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Lucian Nastase

2×2 · top 64.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017NAST01

Lucian Nastase has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 7.48, set at Longhorn Spring 2018, puts him in the top 64.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26,418th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since March 2017, he has put 38 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:05.18 in March 2017 to 41.72, a 36% improvement. Lucian has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 64.1% of 186,767 all-time
7.48
signature single · Longhorn Spring 2018
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×27.4811.19
top 64.1%26,418 / 40,951
3×341.7246.67
top 78.8%48,155 / 59,724
Pyraminx22.70
early days — 2 solves27,818 / 28,708

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

College Station Qualifier 2017: 1:05.18Don't Mess With Texas 2017: 1:01.11Yeehaw 2017: 53.47Howdy Partner 2018: 44.22Longhorn Spring 2018: 41.7241.721:05.1811 Mar 201710 Mar 2018

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 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 1.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.