People · Canada
Rares Bostan
3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2011 · 2011BOST01
Rares Bostan has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.55, set at Battle of Waterloo 2013, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 372nd in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since March 2011, he has put 583 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.53 in April 2011 to 2.96, a 46% improvement. Rares has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.55 | 12.26 | top 3.8% | 372 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.41 | 19.97 | top 13.6% | 291 / 2,620 | |
| 2×2 | 2.96 | 4.59 | top 13.8% | 925 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 94 / 283 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.56 | 1:13.37 | top 43.5% | 1,175 / 3,118 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.29 | 25.53 | top 79.1% | 3,974 / 4,858 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Sep 2013First sub-10 3×3: 8.55 at Battle of Waterloo 2013.
- 2 Jun 2012Three personal bests in one day at Toronto Spring 2012.
- 11 Feb 2012Three personal bests in one day at Toronto Open Winter 2012.
- 12 Aug 2011First sub-15 3×3: 13.22 at United States National Championships 2011.
- 16 Apr 2011First sub-20 3×3: 18.56 at Toronto Open Spring 2011.
- 5 Mar 2011First competition: Toronto Open Winter 2011. A 22.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Battle of Waterloo 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Open Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015
- Toronto Open Fall 2014 · 22 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- CanadianCUBING Fifty 2014 · 5 Jul 2014
- Battle of Waterloo 2014 · 31 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2013 · 29 Sep 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Open 2013 · 6 Jul 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Open Winter 2013 · 16 Feb 2013
- Waterloo Open Fall 2012 · 29 Sep 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Summer 2012 · 18 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Toronto Spring 2012 · 2 Jun 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Winter 2012 · 11 Feb 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Canadian Open 2011 · 20 Aug 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- United States National Championships 2011 · 12 Aug 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Summer 2011 · 16 Jul 2011 — 1 personal best set
- canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2011 · 4 Jun 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Open Spring 2011 · 16 Apr 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Winter 2011 · 5 Mar 2011
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.
- Thompson Clarke — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Julian David — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Justin Jaffray — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.