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Sorin Turculeț

3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017TURC02

Sorin Turculeț has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.07, set at Constanta Cube Days 2019, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in Romania. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since February 2017, he has put 903 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.26 in February 2017 to 7.07, a 57% improvement. Sorin has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.07
signature single · Constanta Cube Days 2019
903
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×37.078.72
top 1.4%20 / 1,574
Pyraminx3.435.50
top 5.2%43 / 825
2×22.112.60
top 5.5%79 / 1,214
4×437.6945.95
top 9.4%40 / 578
3×3 one-handed17.6220.68
top 14.1%42 / 411
3×3 blindfolded1:55.532:23.91
top 32.0%22 / 76
Megaminx1:46.372:02.30
top 38.3%68 / 243
Skewb8.6821.31
top 46.3%168 / 401
Clock18.1721.60
top 59.3%104 / 187
5×52:30.74—
top 66.1%114 / 225

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

Rubi-Xtreme Piatra Neamt 2017: 16.26Slobozia Spring Open 2017: 12.68Constanța Cube Days 2017: 10.37Botosani Rubik Open 2017: 10.47U.R.A. Back to School 2017: 9.38Bacau Easter Open 2018: 8.25U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2018: 8.19Constanta Cube Days 2018: 8.77Botosani Cube Day 2018: 9.25Transilvania Cubing Open 2019: 8.66Iasi Cubing Open 2019: 8.37Constanta Cube Days 2019: 7.07Iasi Back To Cubing 2019: 8.39Bacau Cubing Fall 2019: 7.54Moldova Open 2020: 8.96Bucharest Back to Cube 2022: 8.39U.R.A. Back to School 2022: 8.94Alba Iulia Cubing 2022: 8.03Iasi Cubing 2023: 7.84ASSIST Cubing in Suceava 2023: 8.40Romanian 24h Championship 2024: 7.957.0716.2611 Feb 201728 Apr 2024

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.