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Ruben Sainiuc

3×3 · top 90.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012SAIN03

Ruben Sainiuc has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 58.00, set at Sebes Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 90.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,437th in Romania. Across 3 competitions since June 2012, he has put 19 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:06.63 in June 2012 to 58.00, a 13% improvement. Ruben has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 90.7% of 284,439 all-time
58.00
signature single · Sebes Autumn 2019
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×358.001:07.43
top 90.7%1,437 / 1,574
2×229.3737.75
top 98.7%1,202 / 1,214

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

Romanian Open 2012: 1:06.63Romanian Open 2013: 1:05.80Sebes Autumn 2019: 58.0058.001:06.6323 Jun 201212 Oct 2019

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-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 8.00 away.
  • A sub-25 2×2 single — 182,590 people have one; it is 4.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.