People · Romania
Alexandru Ioan Popescu
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017POPE02
Alexandru Ioan Popescu has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.85, set at Constanta Cube Days 2019, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in Romania. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2017, he has put 466 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.84 in April 2017 to 7.85, a 50% improvement. Alexandru has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 7.85 | 9.31 | top 2.5% | 30 / 1,574 | |
| 4×4 | 29.98 | 36.44 | top 2.8% | 9 / 578 | |
| 5×5 | 59.61 | 1:05.44 | top 5.3% | 8 / 225 | |
| 7×7 | 2:54.56 | 3:11.86 | top 9.1% | 6 / 95 | |
| 6×6 | 2:00.33 | 2:11.16 | top 11.1% | 7 / 128 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.93 | 7.12 | top 12.8% | 97 / 825 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.45 | 18.37 | top 13.7% | 40 / 411 | |
| 2×2 | 3.05 | 3.97 | top 14.8% | 168 / 1,214 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.69 | 1:28.73 | top 18.4% | 30 / 243 | |
| Skewb | 5.56 | 7.41 | top 22.4% | 68 / 401 | |
| Square-1 | 25.16 | 34.60 | top 39.5% | 63 / 158 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 43 / 98 | |
| Clock | 27.30 | 30.37 | top 80.7% | 143 / 187 |
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
- 10 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Constanta Cube Days 2019.
- 27 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at Big Cubes Sofia 2019.
- 20 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at ICHB Cube Race 2019.
- 11 Aug 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.98 at Constanta Cube Days 2018.
- 11 Aug 2018Nine personal bests in one day at Constanta Cube Days 2018.
- 16 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Blind Open 2017.
Competitions
- Bucharest Blind and Stuff 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Constanta Cube Days 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Big Cubes Sofia 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- ICHB Cube Race 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Big Blind 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Constanta Cube Days 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 9 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Blind Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Constanța Cube Days 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Easter Open 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 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.
- Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 69 times
- Martin Fronescu — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mihnea Andrei Panţu — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.