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Aleks Hristov Nikolov

3×3 · top 20.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017NIKO01

Aleks Hristov Nikolov has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.88, set at Imaginalia Open 2018, puts him in the top 20.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 103rd in Bulgaria. Across 2 competitions since February 2017, he has put 54 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.80 in February 2017 to 13.88, a 26% improvement. Aleks has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 20.5% of 284,439 all-time
13.88
signature single · Imaginalia Open 2018
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBulgaria
3×313.8817.88
top 20.5%103 / 567
3×3 one-handed25.2633.25
top 34.9%45 / 139
2×25.296.88
top 42.9%192 / 407
Pyraminx10.3721.25
top 55.9%176 / 332
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves
early days — 3 solves9 / 17
Megaminx4:24.15
top 93.3%61 / 67

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

Imaginalia Open 2017: 18.80Imaginalia Open 2018: 13.8813.8818.804 Feb 201717 Feb 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 1.88 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 0.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.