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Martin Fronescu

2×2 · top 0.13% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013FRON01

Martin Fronescu has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.71, set at ICHB Back To School 2019, puts him in the top 0.13% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Romania. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 63 competitions since November 2013, he has put 3,462 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.28 in November 2013 to 5.64, a 63% improvement. Martin has entered 63 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.13% of 186,767 all-time
0.71
signature single · ICHB Back To School 2019
3,462
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
2×20.711.82
top 0.13%3 / 1,214
3×3 one-handed8.2711.70
top 0.26%2 / 411
3×35.647.24
top 0.3%7 / 1,574
Pyraminx1.522.45
top 0.44%5 / 825
4×426.2830.28
top 1.1%7 / 578
Square-16.4610.05
top 1.1%2 / 158
Skewb2.183.55
top 1.9%6 / 401
5×551.361:01.11
top 2.2%5 / 225
Megaminx44.2148.49
top 2.8%6 / 243
7×72:39.622:45.75
top 5.4%4 / 95
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves29.67
top 6.2%3 / 98
6×61:48.641:54.94
top 6.7%6 / 128
3×3 blindfolded46.111:16.31
top 8.6%5 / 76
Clock7.899.95
top 14.7%27 / 187
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 53:29—
top 24.1%4 / 26
4×4 blindfolded9:54.42—
top 57.0%6 / 13
5×5 blindfolded29:22.00—
top 83.8%6 / 8

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

Valcea Rubik Open 2013: 15.28Bucharest Rubik Open 2014: 10.78Romanian Rubik Open 2014: 10.41Bucharest Rubik Summer 2014: 9.30Constanta Cube Day 2014: 9.80Braila Rubik's Day 2014: 9.93Mioveni Rubik's Open 2015: 9.15Brasov Rubik's Open 2015: 8.63U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016: 8.59U.R.A. Spring 2016: 8.22Constanta Rubik Open 2016: 7.72U.R.A. Back to School 2016: 7.83Rubi-Xtreme Piatra Neamt 2017: 8.14Slobozia Spring Open 2017: 7.67U.R.A. Easter Open 2017: 6.95Romanian Rubik Open 2017: 8.30Constanța Cube Days 2017: 8.37U.R.A. Back to School 2017: 6.82Craiova Rubik Open 2017: 7.53Slobozia Winter Open 2018: 6.76Oradea Cubing Open 2018: 6.63Bacau Easter Open 2018: 7.61U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2018: 6.68Romanian Cubing Open 2018: 7.44Constanta Cube Days 2018: 6.71Italian Championship 2018: 7.30Romanian National Day 2018: 6.68Transilvania Cubing Open 2019: 7.00U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019: 6.16Romanian Cubing Open 2019: 7.54Constanta Summer Open 2019: 6.76ICHB Cube Race 2019: 6.60Constanta Cube Days 2019: 6.52ICHB Back To School 2019: 6.75Bucharest Cubing Days 2021: 7.16Bucharest Back to Cube 2022: 5.64U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022: 6.05Tarnovo Open 2022: 6.40U.R.A. Back to School 2022: 6.54U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022: 6.97U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023: 6.43Bucharest Summer Cubes A 2023: 6.61Bucharest You Only Need One 2023: 5.72Big Blind Bucharest 2023: 6.56Bucharest Funky Cubes 2023: 5.73Romanian National Championship 2023: 7.01Bucharest Cubing February B 2024: 5.96Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025: 7.19Romanian National Championship 2025: 6.31Romanian Nationals 2026: 6.495.6415.289 Nov 201321 Aug 2026

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-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.