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Albert Popovici

2×2 · top 17.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017POPO02

Albert Popovici has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.26, set at Iasi Cubing Open 2019, puts him in the top 17.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 193rd in Romania. Across 2 competitions since September 2017, he has put 35 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.40 in September 2017 to 23.34, a 59% improvement. Albert has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 17.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.26
signature single · Iasi Cubing Open 2019
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
2×23.268.16
top 17.3%193 / 1,214
3×323.3426.61
top 48.8%650 / 1,574
Pyraminx12.6715.89
top 71.1%578 / 825
4×42:41.55
early days — 2 solves489 / 578

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

Botosani Rubik Open 2017: 56.40Iasi Cubing Open 2019: 23.3423.3456.402 Sep 201730 Mar 2019

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.