People · Bulgaria
Aleksandar Ivanov Karaivanov (王小爱)
3×3 · top 13.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023KARA21
Aleksandar Ivanov Karaivanov (王小爱) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.80, set at Zibo Open 2025, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 65th in Bulgaria. Across 13 competitions since August 2023, he has put 171 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.20 in August 2023 to 11.80, a 22% improvement. Aleksandar 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 | Bulgaria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.80 | 13.73 | top 13.2% | 65 / 567 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.18 | 12.25 | top 29.3% | 96 / 332 | |
| 2×2 | 4.61 | 8.00 | top 34.4% | 153 / 407 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.72 | 41.73 | top 46.0% | 57 / 139 | |
| Skewb | 9.99 | 15.65 | top 54.9% | 131 / 237 |
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
- 10 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.01 at Luoyang Spring 2024.
- 4 Aug 2023First competition: German Nationals 2023. A 15.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hefei Cubing League 3x3 II 2026 · 3 Jun 2026
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Ningbo Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- German Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 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.
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jiayao Guo (郭家瑶) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.