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Traian Barbu-Smith

3×3 · top 20.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021BARB02

Traian Barbu-Smith has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.73, set at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022, puts him in the top 20.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,351st in the United Kingdom. Across 6 competitions since November 2021, he has put 149 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.70 in November 2021 to 13.73, a 27% improvement. Traian has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.0% of 284,439 all-time
13.73
signature single · August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022
149
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×313.7315.76
top 20.0%1,351 / 6,689
2×24.134.92
top 28.1%1,514 / 4,895
4×458.551:11.49
top 34.9%773 / 2,071
Pyraminx8.2910.76
top 38.7%1,565 / 3,656
3×3 one-handed45.30
early days — 2 solves1,268 / 1,851
Skewb14.7616.75
top 77.5%1,885 / 2,421

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

German Mini Open B 2021: 18.70Wakefield Open 2022: 18.09Wakefield Spring 2022: 15.65Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 17.07August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022: 13.73Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 15.2913.7318.707 Nov 202128 Oct 2022

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.