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Alek Kanev

3×3 · top 20.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018KANE01

Alek Kanev has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.91, set at Sofia Autumn 2018, puts him in the top 20.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 104th in Bulgaria. Across 2 competitions since May 2018, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.32 in May 2018 to 13.91, a 28% improvement. Alek has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 20.6% of 284,439 all-time
13.91
signature single · Sofia Autumn 2018
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBulgaria
3×313.9116.61
top 20.6%104 / 567
Skewb6.589.13
top 30.3%75 / 237
2×24.487.25
top 32.7%142 / 407

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

Sofia Open 2018: 19.32Sofia Autumn 2018: 13.9113.9119.3212 May 20188 Sep 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.