People · Romania
Ioan Nectarie Popescu
3×3 · top 13.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022POPE05
Ioan Nectarie Popescu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.91, set at Bucharest You Only Need One 2023, puts him in the top 13.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 176th in Romania. Across 8 competitions since October 2022, he has put 94 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.07 in October 2022 to 11.91, a 46% improvement. Ioan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.91 | 16.03 | top 13.6% | 176 / 1,574 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.92 | 33.03 | top 36.6% | 114 / 411 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.94 | 1:28.11 | top 47.8% | 200 / 578 | |
| 2×2 | 6.30 | 9.58 | top 54.0% | 552 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.37 at Bucharest You Only Need One 2023.
- 22 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bucharest You Only Need One 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.14 at U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023.
- 1 Oct 2022First competition: U.R.A. Back to School 2022. A 22.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Romanian National Championship 2023 · 2 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Funky Cubes 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest You Only Need One 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing A 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
- U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- FMC - Cubing Exam 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
- U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2022 · 1 Oct 2022
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.
- Alex Chisăliță-Ignat — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Serban Stelian — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Radu Andreas — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.