People · Romania
Mihai Gruia
3×3 · top 35.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023GRUI01
Mihai Gruia has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.39, set at Bucharest Winter Cubing B 2023, puts him in the top 35.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 452nd in Romania. Across 4 competitions since September 2023, he has put 78 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. Mihai has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 18.39 | 24.77 | top 35.3% | 452 / 1,574 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.04 | 13.42 | top 53.3% | 420 / 825 | |
| 2×2 | 6.53 | 9.16 | top 56.3% | 575 / 1,214 | |
| Megaminx | 3:16.44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 146 / 243 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.39 at Bucharest Winter Cubing B 2023.
- 16 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Winter Cubing B 2023.
- 2 Nov 2023First sub-30 3×3: 25.40 at Romanian National Championship 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023First competition: Bucharest Funky Cubes 2023. A 31.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bucharest Winter Cubing B 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest Autumn Cubing A 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Romanian National Championship 2023 · 2 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Funky Cubes 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
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.
- Ramy Ștefan Taleb — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pangrate Ioan Vladimir — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Valentin Chifor — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.39 away.
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.