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Orban Raul Florian

Pyraminx · top 0.22% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023FLOR29

Orban Raul Florian has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.31, set at Bucharest Cubing February 2025, puts him in the top 0.22% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Romania. Until June 2017, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since June 2023, he has put 1,235 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.22 in June 2023 to 6.91, a 51% improvement. Orban has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.22% of 129,321 all-time
1.31
signature single · Bucharest Cubing February 2025
1,235
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
Pyraminx1.312.50
top 0.22%2 / 825
3×36.919.06
top 1.2%18 / 1,574
Skewb2.084.36
top 1.6%4 / 401
2×21.442.88
top 1.9%32 / 1,214
Clock3.824.75
top 2.0%6 / 187
3×3 one-handed11.1914.84
top 2.0%9 / 411
Megaminx42.6448.90
top 2.3%3 / 243
4×430.8835.39
top 3.4%11 / 578
5×51:02.181:08.41
top 6.7%11 / 225
Square-112.2118.63
top 10.3%12 / 158
6×62:04.422:14.39
top 12.9%9 / 128
7×73:27.343:40.05
top 18.8%16 / 95
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
early days — 1 solve38 / 98

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

Bucharest Cubing A 2023: 14.22Bucharest Summer Cubes A 2023: 14.51Brasov Funky Cubes 2023: 13.08Romanian National Championship 2023: 12.26Bucharest Winter Cubing A 2023: 9.93Bucharest Cubing February A 2024: 10.08Romanian 24h Championship 2024: 11.18Bucharest Cubing June 2024: 10.00Timisoara Cubing 2024: 11.45Romanian Breaking Records 2024: 10.35Bucharest October Cubing 2024: 9.70Bucharest Cubing February 2025: 9.20Bucharest Cubing March 2025: 9.39Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025: 7.07Bucharest Cubing October 2025: 7.26Ploiesti Cubing 2025: 8.19Bucharest Cubing April 2026: 8.24Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2026: 7.83Rubisian Summer Cubing Iasi 2026: 6.91Bucharest Cubing July 2026: 7.83Romanian Nationals 2026: 8.486.9114.5117 Jun 202321 Aug 2026

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.