People · Romania
Mihai-Valentin Manolache
Pyraminx · top 49.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2012 · 2012MANO01
Mihai-Valentin Manolache has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 9.54, set at Romanian National Day 2018, puts him in the top 49.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 382nd in Romania. Across 11 competitions since January 2012, he has put 174 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 57.31 in January 2012 to 37.28, a 35% improvement. He has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 9.54 | 14.07 | top 49.3% | 382 / 825 | |
| Clock | 19.04 | 23.96 | top 61.8% | 107 / 187 | |
| 2×2 | 8.72 | 14.26 | top 72.0% | 769 / 1,214 | |
| 3×3 | 37.28 | 48.07 | top 73.6% | 1,098 / 1,574 | |
| Skewb | 23.41 | 31.69 | top 93.6% | 378 / 401 | |
| 4×4 | 3:52.01 | — | top 98.9% | 562 / 578 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 2:24.35 | — | early days — 1 solve | 402 / 411 |
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
- 23 Feb 2014Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Rubik Open 2014.
- 15 Dec 2012Three personal bests in one day at Romanian Nationals 2012.
- 14 Jan 2012First competition: Bucharest Open 2012. A 57.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- ICHB Cube Race 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Romanian National Day 2018 · 30 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2016 · 5 Nov 2016
- U.R.A. Spring 2016 · 23 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Munich Open 2015 · 31 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Rubik Summer 2014 · 15 Jun 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Rubik Open 2014 · 23 Feb 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Romanian Nationals 2012 · 15 Dec 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest Open 2012 · 14 Jan 2012
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.
- Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Martin Fronescu — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mihnea Andrei Panţu — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-15 Clock single — 15,373 people have one; it is 4.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.