People · Romania
Mihai Isărescu
3×3 · top 10.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011ISAR01
Mihai Isărescu has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.97, set at Brasov Rubik's Open 2015, puts him in the top 10.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 141st in Romania. Across 8 competitions since May 2011, he has put 366 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.30 in May 2011 to 10.97, a 40% improvement. Mihai has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 10.97 | 14.23 | top 10.4% | 141 / 1,574 | |
| 2×2 | 2.65 | 4.46 | top 10.4% | 124 / 1,214 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.88 | 9.46 | top 19.1% | 148 / 825 | |
| 4×4 | 48.90 | 58.97 | top 23.3% | 91 / 578 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.50 | 29.75 | top 27.4% | 79 / 411 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.94 | 2:45.43 | top 50.6% | 93 / 243 | |
| Square-1 | 34.46 | 45.00 | top 57.5% | 88 / 158 | |
| 5×5 | 2:18.08 | 2:32.35 | top 60.0% | 107 / 225 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 51 moves | — | top 81.5% | 75 / 98 | |
| 6×6 | 5:08.78 | 5:20.29 | top 83.2% | 81 / 128 | |
| 7×7 | 8:29.71 | 8:52.79 | top 91.4% | 78 / 95 |
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
- 6 Apr 2013Eight personal bests in one day at Romanian Open 2013.
- 16 Mar 2013First sub-15 3×3: 14.22 at Sibiu Rubik Open 2013.
- 16 Mar 2013Five personal bests in one day at Sibiu Rubik Open 2013.
- 14 Jan 2012Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Open 2012.
- 21 May 2011First competition: Romanian Open 2011. A 19.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Romanian Cubing Open 2018 · 26 May 2018
- Brasov Rubik's Open 2015 · 24 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Rubik Open 2014 · 23 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Romanian Open 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 8 personal bests set
- Sibiu Rubik Open 2013 · 16 Mar 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Romanian Open 2012 · 23 Jun 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Open 2012 · 14 Jan 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Romanian Open 2011 · 21 May 2011 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Radu Făciu — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Mircea Popescu — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 22 times · head to head
- Flavian Glonț — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.