People · Romania
Ioan Epure
2×2 · top 10.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023EPUR01
Ioan Epure has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.60, set at Bucharest Cubing March A 2024, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 123rd in Romania. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2023, he has put 334 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.73 in July 2023 to 11.58, a 58% improvement. Ioan 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 | 2.60 | 3.75 | top 10.0% | 123 / 1,219 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.67 | 7.94 | top 11.2% | 86 / 830 | |
| 3×3 | 11.58 | 14.36 | top 12.5% | 166 / 1,581 | |
| Skewb | 5.00 | 16.52 | top 18.2% | 57 / 401 | |
| 4×4 | 55.81 | 1:00.30 | top 31.8% | 131 / 582 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.66 | 36.99 | top 41.1% | 135 / 415 | |
| Clock | 27.32 | 28.41 | top 80.8% | 146 / 190 |
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
- 19 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest October Cubing 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at Bucharest Cubing March A 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Bucharest Cubing March A 2024.
- 18 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 15.52 at Bucharest Cubing February B 2024.
- 18 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Cubing February B 2024.
- 15 Jul 2023First competition: Bucharest Summer Cubes A 2023. A 27.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bucharest Cubing March 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest October Cubing 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Romanian Breaking Records 2024 · 30 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing July 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing April B 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing March A 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing February B 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest Winter Cubing A 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Bucharest You Only Need One 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Summer Cubes A 2023 · 15 Jul 2023
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.
- Valentin Chifor — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Tudor Petru Stoica — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Radu Andrei Andrieș — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.