People · Romania
Vladimir Alexandru Nicolau
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022NICO09
Vladimir Alexandru Nicolau has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.30, set at Campeonato de España 2022, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22nd in Romania. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since October 2022, he has put 37 official solves on the record across five events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.30 | 12.93 | top 1.7% | 22 / 1,574 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.65 | 8.40 | top 17.4% | 136 / 825 | |
| 4×4 | 57.73 | 1:10.14 | top 34.0% | 141 / 578 | |
| Square-1 | 29.60 | 38.44 | top 48.6% | 74 / 158 | |
| 5×5 | 3:21.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 166 / 225 |
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 story so far
- 7 Oct 2022First competition: Campeonato de España 2022. A 13.15 3×3 single to start from.
- 7 Oct 2022First sub-10 3×3: 7.30 at Campeonato de España 2022.
Competitions
- Campeonato de España 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Pi Sevilla Hernández — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Simone Ohler — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Alberto Romero — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.