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Nicula Eduard-Costin

3×3 · top 20.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023EDUA03

Nicula Eduard-Costin has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.93, set at Italian Open 2024, puts him in the top 20.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 262nd in Romania. Across 2 competitions since August 2023, he has put 33 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.58 in August 2023 to 13.93, a 16% improvement. Nicula has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 20.7% of 284,439 all-time
13.93
signature single · Italian Open 2024
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×313.9315.34
top 20.7%262 / 1,574
2×26.457.49
top 55.5%570 / 1,214
4×41:42.60
early days — 2 solves347 / 578
Megaminx3:26.64
early days — 3 solves158 / 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

Arad Cubing 2023: 16.58Italian Open 2024: 13.9313.9316.5826 Aug 202321 Sep 2024

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.