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Ștefan Buruiana

3×3 · top 25.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022BURU01

Ștefan Buruiana has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.19, set at Iasi Cubing 2023, puts him in the top 25.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 322nd in Romania. Across 3 competitions since October 2022, he has put 52 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.26 in October 2022 to 15.19, a 17% improvement. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 25.1% of 284,439 all-time
15.19
signature single · Iasi Cubing 2023
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×315.1917.16
top 25.1%322 / 1,574
3×3 one-handed27.0937.97
top 39.6%128 / 411
2×25.077.30
top 40.2%416 / 1,214
4×41:50.79
early days — 2 solves375 / 578

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

U.R.A. Back to School 2022: 18.26ASSIST Cubing 2022: 15.59Iasi Cubing 2023: 15.1915.1918.261 Oct 202214 Oct 2023

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 2.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.