People · Romania
Rafael Todirașcu
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022TODI01
Rafael Todirașcu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.85, set at Iasi Cubing Day 2024, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57th in Romania. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2022, he has put 214 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.18 in May 2022 to 8.85, a 51% improvement. Rafael has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.85 | 11.76 | top 4.5% | 57 / 1,574 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.19 | 7.39 | top 8.6% | 69 / 825 | |
| 2×2 | 2.51 | 3.80 | top 9.0% | 114 / 1,214 | |
| Skewb | 5.58 | 7.96 | top 22.6% | 70 / 401 | |
| 4×4 | 58.85 | 1:15.90 | top 35.3% | 145 / 578 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.57 | 37.22 | top 45.7% | 155 / 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
- 28 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at ASSIST Cubing in Suceava 2023.
- 28 Oct 2023Five personal bests in one day at ASSIST Cubing in Suceava 2023.
- 16 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bucharest Summer Cubes B 2023.
- 1 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.81 at U.R.A. Back to School 2022.
- 1 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Back to School 2022.
- 14 May 2022First competition: Bucharest Back to Cube 2022. A 18.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Iasi Cubing Day 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- ASSIST Cubing in Suceava 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Bucharest Summer Cubes B 2023 · 16 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- ASSIST Cubing 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Bucharest Back to Cube 2022 · 14 May 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.
- Alexandru Ignat — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Mihai Savin — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.