People · Romania
Cristian Popescu
2×2 · top 26.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014POPE01
Cristian Popescu has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.00, set at Constanta Cube Day 2014, puts him in the top 26.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 290th in Romania. Across 5 competitions since February 2014, he has put 88 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.94 in February 2014 to 4.00, a 60% improvement. Cristian has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.00 | 5.69 | top 26.5% | 290 / 1,214 | |
| 3×3 | 19.40 | 22.56 | top 38.2% | 489 / 1,574 | |
| Skewb | 13.31 | 28.66 | top 72.0% | 272 / 401 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.18 | 19.88 | top 85.6% | 718 / 825 | |
| 4×4 | 3:02.71 | — | early days — 3 solves | 521 / 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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Oct 2014First sub-20 3×3: 19.40 at Braila Rubik's Day 2014.
- 4 Oct 2014Three personal bests in one day at Braila Rubik's Day 2014.
- 23 Feb 2014First competition: Bucharest Rubik Open 2014.
Competitions
- Mioveni Rubik's Open 2015 · 18 Apr 2015
- Braila Rubik's Day 2014 · 4 Oct 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Constanta Cube Day 2014 · 30 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Rubik Summer 2014 · 15 Jun 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Rubik Open 2014 · 23 Feb 2014
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 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Flavian Glonț — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Martin Fronescu — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.