People · Bulgaria
Alexander Emil Popov
3×3 · top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022POPO04
Alexander Emil Popov has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.17, set at Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 21.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 111th in Bulgaria. Across 8 competitions since July 2022, he has put 175 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.81 in July 2022 to 14.17, a 57% improvement. Alexander 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 | Bulgaria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.17 | 17.38 | top 21.6% | 111 / 567 | |
| Skewb | 6.23 | 9.89 | top 27.6% | 63 / 237 | |
| 2×2 | 4.56 | 6.87 | top 33.7% | 148 / 407 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.00 | 13.06 | top 44.8% | 137 / 332 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.68 | 1:22.84 | top 51.3% | 85 / 192 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.12 | 2:22.86 | top 54.9% | 48 / 94 | |
| Megaminx | 2:52.04 | — | top 71.1% | 37 / 67 | |
| Clock | 28.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 65 / 78 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:00.40 | 1:12.17 | top 84.1% | 113 / 139 | |
| 7×7 | 8:32.87 | — | early days — 1 solve | 26 / 28 | |
| 6×6 | 6:29.79 | — | early days — 1 solve | 37 / 40 |
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
- 21 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.17 at Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023.
- 21 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023First sub-30 3×3: 22.59 at Burgas Open 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.41 at Burgas Open 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Burgas Open 2023.
- 9 Jul 2022First competition: We are Back Sofia 2022. A 32.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sofia Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sofia Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bulgarian Nationals 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pernik Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lovech Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Burgas Open 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- We are Back Sofia 2022 · 9 Jul 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.
- Nikolai Petrov — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Todor Enikov — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Aleksandar Angelov — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.17 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.