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Ariana Alexa Pop

3×3 · top 70.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015POPA01

Ariana Alexa Pop has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 34.77, set at Romanian Rubik Open 2016, puts her in the top 70.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,018th in Romania. Across 2 competitions since May 2015, she has put 19 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 45.83 in May 2015 to 34.77, a 24% improvement. Ariana has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 70.2% of 284,439 all-time
34.77
signature single · Romanian Rubik Open 2016
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×334.7747.20
top 70.2%1,018 / 1,574
Megaminx7:32.53
early days — 2 solves241 / 243
2×244.96
early days — 2 solves1,214 / 1,214

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

Brasov Rubik's Open 2015: 45.83Romanian Rubik Open 2016: 34.7734.7745.8324 May 201519 Mar 2016

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.77 away.
  • A sub-5:00 Megaminx single — 33,505 people have one; it is 2:32.53 away.

Targets move as she improves.