People · Romania
Vlad Bogdan Jianu
3×3 · top 18.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010JIAN13
Vlad Bogdan Jianu has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.36, set at Constanta Rubik Open 2013, puts him in the top 18.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 243rd in Romania. Across 15 competitions since December 2010, he has put 407 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.94 in December 2010 to 13.36, a 16% improvement. Vlad has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.36 | 16.46 | top 18.7% | 243 / 1,574 | |
| 2×2 | 3.66 | 6.81 | top 22.2% | 250 / 1,214 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | — | top 55.5% | 50 / 98 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.11 | 1:38.91 | top 56.8% | 246 / 578 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.15 | 15.38 | top 61.6% | 495 / 825 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.08 | 55.66 | top 69.4% | 252 / 411 | |
| Square-1 | 55.03 | 1:13.00 | top 80.3% | 118 / 158 | |
| 5×5 | 3:20.63 | — | top 84.2% | 165 / 225 | |
| 6×6 | 8:52.19 | — | early days — 1 solve | 121 / 128 | |
| 7×7 | 16:15.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 91 / 95 | |
| Megaminx | 8:51.84 | — | early days — 1 solve | 243 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 May 2013First sub-15 3×3: 13.36 at Constanta Rubik Open 2013.
- 6 Apr 2013Six personal bests in one day at Romanian Open 2013.
- 19 Dec 2010First competition: Romanian Nationals 2010. A 19.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Romanian National Championship 2025 · 21 Aug 2025
- Bucharest Cubing March 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Bucharest Back to Cube 2022 · 14 May 2022
- U.R.A. Spring 2016 · 23 Apr 2016
- U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016 · 16 Jan 2016
- Bucharest Rubik Summer 2014 · 15 Jun 2014
- Bucharest Rubik Open 2014 · 23 Feb 2014
- Valcea Rubik Open 2013 · 9 Nov 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Constanta Rubik Open 2013 · 25 May 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Romanian Open 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 6 personal bests set
- Romanian Nationals 2012 · 15 Dec 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Romanian Open 2012 · 23 Jun 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Bacau Open 2012 · 22 Apr 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Open 2012 · 14 Jan 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Romanian Nationals 2010 · 19 Dec 2010 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Radu Făciu — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Andrei Pîrvu — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Flavian Glonț — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.