People · Moldova
Ilie Nagrineac
Pyraminx · top 2.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016NAGR01
Ilie Nagrineac has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.42, set at Bucharest Back to Cube 2022, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Moldova. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2016, he has put 515 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.80 in January 2016 to 7.61, a 73% improvement. Ilie has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Moldova | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.42 | 3.24 | top 2.0% | 1 / 58 | |
| 3×3 | 7.61 | 9.46 | top 2.1% | 2 / 143 | |
| 2×2 | 1.69 | 1.88 | top 3.0% | 1 / 103 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.10 | 19.36 | top 8.3% | 2 / 39 | |
| Skewb | 4.75 | 5.79 | top 16.3% | 4 / 27 | |
| Square-1 | 15.10 | 16.97 | top 16.7% | 1 / 6 | |
| 4×4 | 44.59 | 53.42 | top 17.8% | 6 / 52 | |
| Megaminx | 1:22.87 | 1:35.35 | top 23.6% | 2 / 13 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.93 | 2:03.09 | top 42.6% | 6 / 21 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | 47.67 | early days — 3 solves | 1 / 1 |
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
- 24 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Bacau Easter Open 2018.
- 3 Feb 2018Eight personal bests in one day at Oradea Cubing Open 2018.
- 28 Oct 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at U.R.A. Back to School 2017.
- 28 Oct 2017Seven personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Back to School 2017.
- 19 Aug 2017Five personal bests in one day at Constanța Cube Days 2017.
- 27 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Romanian Rubik Open 2017.
Competitions
- ASSIST Cubing in Suceava 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Back to Cube 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Botosani Cube Day 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Bacau Easter Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Oradea Cubing Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Constanța Cube Days 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Romanian Rubik Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Europe 2017 · 1 Apr 2017
- U.R.A. Back to School 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Botosani Rubik Open 2016 · 10 Sep 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Moldavian Nationals Summer 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Moldavian Nationals - Winter 2016 · 23 Jan 2016
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 76 rounds, finished ahead 64 times
- Martin Fronescu — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Sorin Turculeț — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.