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Matei Ștefan Băncescu

3×3 · top 63.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015BANC01

Matei Ștefan Băncescu has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 30.81, set at Suceava Rubik Open 2015, puts him in the top 63.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 905th in Romania. Across 6 competitions since May 2015, he has put 70 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:00.94 in May 2015 to 30.81, a 49% improvement. Matei has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 63.9% of 284,439 all-time
30.81
signature single · Suceava Rubik Open 2015
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×330.8140.71
top 63.9%905 / 1,574
2×212.1116.27
top 84.7%964 / 1,214
Pyraminx28.1837.21
top 97.9%815 / 825

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

Brasov Rubik's Open 2015: 1:00.94Suceava Rubik Open 2015: 30.81U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016: 40.80Romanian Rubik Open 2016: 33.17Botosani Rubik Open 2016: 40.27U.R.A. Back to School 2016: 46.8330.811:00.9424 May 20155 Nov 2016

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.