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Radu Făciu

3×3 · top 10.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2009 · 2009FACI01

Radu Făciu has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.96, set at Romanian Nationals 2012, puts him in the top 10.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 140th in Romania. Across 73 competitions since October 2009, he has put 2,058 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.72 in October 2009 to 10.96, a 50% improvement. Radu has entered 73 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.96
signature single · Romanian Nationals 2012
2,058
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×310.9614.45
top 10.4%140 / 1,574
Pyraminx5.0310.84
top 13.4%105 / 825
2×23.305.79
top 17.8%199 / 1,214
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves45.00
top 23.4%17 / 98
4×449.1655.35
top 23.7%93 / 578
3×3 one-handed23.7829.39
top 30.9%95 / 411
5×51:50.772:13.32
top 43.1%83 / 225
6×64:11.164:23.14
top 69.1%72 / 128
3×3 blindfolded4:09.94—
early days — 1 solve54 / 76
7×76:34.277:12.03
top 75.2%62 / 95
Square-157.661:36.61
top 82.1%123 / 158
Clock34.19—
early days — 2 solves163 / 187
Megaminx3:59.97—
top 90.1%184 / 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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 21.72German Open 2010: 18.34Romanian Open 2010: 16.80European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 17.46Dutch Open 2010: 17.56Romanian Nationals 2010: 13.59Romanian Open 2011: 15.03Lyon Open 2011: 14.55World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 14.41Croatian Rubik Open 2011: 13.03Bucharest Open 2012: 13.86Hessen Open 2012: 15.52Bacau Open 2012: 14.19Serbian Open 2012: 12.71Romanian Open 2012: 14.02European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 16.34Romanian Nationals 2012: 10.96Sibiu Rubik Open 2013: 14.31Romanian Open 2013: 13.94Turkish Open 2013: 13.80Constanta Rubik Open 2013: 14.16World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 14.07Valcea Rubik Open 2013: 14.69Bucharest Rubik Open 2014: 16.59Romanian Rubik Open 2014: 13.27Bucharest Rubik Summer 2014: 13.25Constanta Cube Day 2014: 13.91Braila Rubik's Day 2014: 13.80Eat Sleep Cube Repeat 2014: 15.28Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2015: 12.86Mioveni Rubik's Open 2015: 13.81Brasov Rubik's Open 2015: 13.21Dutch Open 2015: 15.55U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016: 15.71Romanian Rubik Open 2016: 13.77U.R.A. Spring 2016: 14.94European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 15.54Breda Open 2016: 13.68Dutch Nationals 2016: 13.62Dutch Open 2016: 14.38U.R.A. Back to School 2016: 12.70Dutch Winter 2017: 15.44Belgian Winter 2017: 14.76The Hague Open 2017: 15.35Romanian Rubik Open 2017: 13.85Breda Open 2017: 15.62World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 14.35Zwolle Open 2017: 15.08Dutch Nationals 2017: 14.44Dutch Open 2017: 14.78Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018: 17.72Assen Open 2018: 16.43Breda Open 2018: 15.50Romanian Cubing Open 2018: 14.43Luxembourg Open 2018: 13.01Brugge Open 2018: 15.46Haarlem Cubing 2019: 15.75Romanian Cubing Open 2019: 13.63Brugge Open 2019: 14.75Breda Open 2019: 11.53Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 12.87Rijswijk Open 2019: 15.25Dutch Masters 2020: 14.26Capelle Cubing 2023: 15.20Dutch Winter South 2024: 18.09Capelle Cubing 2024: 15.93Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025: 16.8310.9621.729 Oct 200920 Dec 2025

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.