People · Romania
Ilie Bogdan Ștefan
2×2 · top 9.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2012 · 2012ETEF01
Ilie Bogdan Ștefan has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.55, set at Mioveni Rubik's Open 2015, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 117th in Romania. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2012, he has put 141 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.06 in January 2012 to 2.55, a 72% improvement. Ilie 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 3.97 | top 9.5% | 117 / 1,219 | |
| 3×3 | 24.25 | 31.56 | top 51.0% | 687 / 1,581 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.96 | 18.34 | top 52.7% | 418 / 830 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:30.02 | — | early days — 3 solves | 380 / 415 |
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
- 15 Jun 2014First sub-30 3×3: 26.44 at Bucharest Rubik Summer 2014.
- 14 Jan 2012First competition: Bucharest Open 2012.
Competitions
- Brasov Rubik's Open 2015 · 24 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Mioveni Rubik's Open 2015 · 18 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Braila Rubik's Day 2014 · 4 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Rubik Summer 2014 · 15 Jun 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Romanian Rubik Open 2014 · 26 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Rubik Open 2014 · 23 Feb 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Romanian Open 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Sibiu Rubik Open 2013 · 16 Mar 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Romanian Open 2012 · 23 Jun 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Open 2012 · 14 Jan 2012
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.
- Radu Făciu — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Flavian Glonț — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Andrei Pîrvu — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 4.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.