People · Romania
Alexandru Ciopeica
3×3 · top 9.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022CIOP01
Alexandru Ciopeica has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.70, set at Bucharest You Only Need One 2023, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 121st in Romania. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2022, he has put 455 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.42 in July 2022 to 10.70, a 39% improvement. Alexandru has entered 14 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 | 10.70 | 13.17 | top 9.6% | 121 / 1,581 | |
| 2×2 | 3.56 | 5.39 | top 21.0% | 238 / 1,219 | |
| 4×4 | 50.87 | 58.02 | top 25.9% | 106 / 582 | |
| Skewb | 6.03 | 9.87 | top 26.0% | 83 / 401 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.84 | 8.85 | top 26.6% | 211 / 830 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.38 | 30.20 | top 29.9% | 90 / 415 | |
| Clock | 13.96 | 16.63 | top 43.6% | 77 / 190 | |
| 5×5 | 2:32.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 125 / 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 line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bucharest Funky Cubes 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Summer Cubes A 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023.
- 22 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at ASSIST Cubing 2022.
- 1 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.66 at U.R.A. Back to School 2022.
- 1 Oct 2022Five personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Back to School 2022.
Competitions
- Romanian National Championship 2023 · 2 Nov 2023
- Iasi Cubing 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Bucharest Funky Cubes 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Arad Cubing 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- Brasov Funky Cubes 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest You Only Need One 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Summer Cubes A 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing A 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Alba Iulia Cubing 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- ASSIST Cubing 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Tarnovo Open 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 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.
- Serban Stelian — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Mihail Stoicescu — met in 76 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ianis Costin Chele — met in 75 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.