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Paul Ștefan Tuinea

2×2 · top 2.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022TUIN01

Paul Ștefan Tuinea has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.49, set at Bucharest Summer Cubes B 2023, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38th in Romania. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2022, he has put 325 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.81 in October 2022 to 8.19, a 56% improvement. Paul has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2

best event — top 2.1% of 189,179 all-time

1.49

signature single · Bucharest Summer Cubes B 2023

325

official solves on the record

15%

solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked

Event	PB single	PB average		Romania
2×2	1.49	3.48	top 2.1%	38 / 1,219
3×3	8.19	9.55	top 3.1%	38 / 1,581
Pyraminx	3.90	5.95	top 7.2%	58 / 830
Skewb	3.81	7.49	top 9.7%	28 / 401
4×4	45.76	48.38	top 19.3%	78 / 582
Clock	9.20	10.45	top 20.9%	37 / 190
3×3 one-handed	26.86	29.80	top 39.1%	126 / 415
Megaminx	3:25.66	—	early days — 3 solves	157 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

25 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Autumn Cubing B 2023.
16 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.54 at Bucharest Summer Cubes B 2023.
16 Jul 2023Six personal bests in one day at Bucharest Summer Cubes B 2023.
22 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023.
5 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.64 at U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022.
1 Oct 2022First competition: U.R.A. Back to School 2022. A 18.81 3×3 single to start from.

Competitions

Bucharest Autumn Cubing B 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
Romanian National Championship 2023 · 2 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
Bucharest Funky Cubes 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
Bucharest Summer Cubes B 2023 · 16 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
Bucharest Cubing B 2023 · 18 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
U.R.A. Back to School 2022 · 1 Oct 2022

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.

Robert Mihai Martius — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
Alexandru Ignat — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 30 times

Next targets

A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.