People · Romania
Rares Barbu
3×3 · top 47.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023BARB19
Rares Barbu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.89, set at Romanian National Championship 2023, puts him in the top 47.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 635th in Romania. Across 2 competitions since July 2023, he has put 36 official solves on the record across eight events. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.18 in July 2023 to 22.89, a 19% improvement. Rares has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 22.89 | 29.53 | top 47.7% | 635 / 1,574 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.66 | 1:27.42 | top 58.0% | 250 / 578 | |
| Megaminx | 2:24.04 | — | early days — 2 solves | 101 / 243 | |
| 2×2 | 6.83 | 9.49 | top 59.0% | 612 / 1,214 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.53 | 16.95 | top 64.2% | 519 / 825 | |
| 5×5 | 2:33.97 | — | early days — 3 solves | 126 / 225 | |
| Skewb | 14.43 | 16.53 | top 76.4% | 288 / 401 | |
| 6×6 | 5:13.21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 83 / 128 |
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
- 29 Jul 2023First competition: Big Blind Bucharest 2023. A 28.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Romanian National Championship 2023 · 2 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Blind Bucharest 2023 · 29 Jul 2023
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.
- Victor Anton Stoica — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ramy Ștefan Taleb — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Vlad Andrei Bautu — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.89 away.
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 22.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.