People · Romania
Vlad Negară
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 17.5% of 12,418 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017NEGA01
Vlad Negară has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 31 moves, set at Europe FMC Friends Winter 2026, puts him in the top 17.5% of the 12,418 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Romania. Across 9 competitions since April 2017, he has put 168 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.34 in April 2017 to 13.78, a 66% improvement. Vlad has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 Fewest Moves | 31 moves | 37.00 | top 17.5% | 13 / 100 | |
| 3×3 | 13.78 | 15.49 | top 20.3% | 259 / 1,581 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.45 | 13.32 | top 23.5% | 182 / 830 | |
| Skewb | 6.66 | 9.67 | top 31.0% | 105 / 401 | |
| Square-1 | 24.57 | 31.20 | top 38.3% | 57 / 159 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.68 | 1:31.65 | top 42.6% | 172 / 582 | |
| 2×2 | 5.58 | 7.38 | top 46.3% | 477 / 1,219 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 55.25 | 1:06.50 | top 81.0% | 301 / 415 |
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
- 28 Sep 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.78 at ICHB Back To School 2019.
- 30 Nov 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.04 at Romanian National Day 2018.
- 30 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Romanian National Day 2018.
- 28 Oct 2017First sub-30 3×3: 20.62 at U.R.A. Back to School 2017.
- 28 Oct 2017Five personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Back to School 2017.
- 8 Apr 2017First competition: U.R.A. Easter Open 2017. A 40.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- FMC Europe 2026 · 10 Oct 2026
- Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Europe FMC Friends Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pakje Open in Lent 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
- ICHB Back To School 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Romanian National Day 2018 · 30 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Easter Open 2017 · 8 Apr 2017
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.
- Martin Fronescu — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mihnea Andrei Panţu — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Haluk Ulkusal — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.