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Raluca Irimia

2×2 · top 74.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2011 · 2011IRIM01

Raluca Irimia has been competing for 15 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 9.22, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011, puts her in the top 74.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 804th in Romania. Across 7 competitions since October 2011, she has put 50 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 5 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:08.69 in October 2011 to 41.60, a 39% improvement. Raluca has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 74.6% of 186,767 all-time
9.22
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
2×29.2218.99
top 74.6%804 / 1,214
3×341.6055.06
top 78.7%1,203 / 1,574
Pyraminx24.97
early days — 1 solve807 / 825

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 2011: 1:08.69Bucharest Open 2012: 59.66Bacau Open 2012: 1:00.50Romanian Nationals 2012: 1:06.71Sibiu Rubik Open 2013: 51.00Constanta Rubik Open 2013: 47.18World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 41.6041.601:08.6914 Oct 201126 Jul 2013

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 1.60 away.

Targets move as she improves.