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Vlad Andrei Bautu

3×3 · top 10.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023BAUT04

Vlad Andrei Bautu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.87, set at Romanian National Championship 2023, puts him in the top 10.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 133rd in Romania. Across 8 competitions since July 2023, he has put 297 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 5×5 best has come down from 1:38.39 in July 2023 to 1:16.38, a 22% improvement. Vlad has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.87
signature single · Romanian National Championship 2023
297
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×310.8711.75
top 10.1%133 / 1,574
Square-113.9120.42
top 13.9%17 / 158
7×73:12.633:22.70
top 14.1%10 / 95
5×51:16.381:23.81
top 16.4%31 / 225
4×443.4846.88
top 16.4%68 / 578
6×62:12.302:29.75
top 16.5%13 / 128
2×23.264.08
top 17.3%193 / 1,214
3×3 one-handed21.3425.55
top 24.1%68 / 411
Pyraminx7.2512.29
top 29.9%243 / 825
3×3 blindfolded1:58.182:08.21
top 32.8%25 / 76
Skewb8.0514.72
top 41.7%150 / 401
Clock13.7714.50
top 42.9%73 / 187
4×4 blindfolded8:22.74
early days — 2 solves3 / 13
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 10:29
top 48.6%10 / 26
5×5 blindfolded18:39.00
early days — 2 solves3 / 8
Megaminx2:44.55
top 68.0%129 / 243

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

Big Blind Bucharest 2023: 1:38.39Romanian National Championship 2023: 1:31.96Mega Big Cubes Bucharest 2023: 1:16.38Bucharest Big N Blind Warm Up 2024: 1:18.16Romanian Breaking Records 2024: 1:20.491:16.381:38.3929 Jul 202330 Aug 2024

Best single per competition, 5×5. 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,502 people have one; it is 1.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.