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Mircea Popescu
3×3 · top 9.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010POPE01
Mircea Popescu has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.58, set at Romanian Open 2013, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 116th in Romania. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2010, he has put 444 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.72 in December 2010 to 10.58, a 40% improvement. Mircea 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 | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.58 | 12.68 | top 9.2% | 116 / 1,574 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.85 | 21.57 | top 12.2% | 34 / 411 | |
| Square-1 | 17.41 | 21.43 | top 21.9% | 27 / 158 | |
| 2×2 | 3.69 | 5.95 | top 22.6% | 254 / 1,214 | |
| 4×4 | 52.30 | 1:03.43 | top 27.5% | 111 / 578 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 40.00 | top 30.0% | 21 / 98 | |
| Megaminx | 2:37.50 | 2:51.06 | top 64.9% | 122 / 243 | |
| 5×5 | 3:12.18 | — | top 81.9% | 156 / 225 |
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
- 6 Apr 2013Five personal bests in one day at Romanian Open 2013.
- 16 Mar 2013Three personal bests in one day at Sibiu Rubik Open 2013.
- 23 Jun 2012Seven personal bests in one day at Romanian Open 2012.
- 14 Jan 2012First sub-15 3×3: 13.86 at Bucharest Open 2012.
- 14 Jan 2012Four personal bests in one day at Bucharest Open 2012.
- 21 May 2011Five personal bests in one day at Romanian Open 2011.
Competitions
- Bucharest Back to Cube 2022 · 14 May 2022
- U.R.A. Back to School 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- U.R.A. Spring 2016 · 23 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Europe 2016 · 12 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016 · 16 Jan 2016
- Bucharest Rubik Open 2014 · 23 Feb 2014
- Valcea Rubik Open 2013 · 9 Nov 2013
- Romanian Open 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Sibiu Rubik Open 2013 · 16 Mar 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Romanian Open 2012 · 23 Jun 2012 — 7 personal bests set
- Bucharest Open 2012 · 14 Jan 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Romanian Open 2011 · 21 May 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- Romanian Nationals 2010 · 19 Dec 2010
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 81 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Andrei Pîrvu — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Mihai Isărescu — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 32 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.