People · Bulgaria
Alexander Kolev
Pyraminx · top 2.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019KOLE06
Alexander Kolev has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Bulgaria. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2019, he has put 616 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.37 in August 2019 to 11.02, a 51% improvement. Alexander 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.56 | 4.13 | top 2.3% | 3 / 332 | |
| 4×4 | 38.25 | 44.86 | top 10.1% | 18 / 192 | |
| 3×3 | 11.02 | 14.01 | top 10.5% | 48 / 567 | |
| 2×2 | 3.70 | 4.85 | top 22.7% | 90 / 407 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.38 | 1:33.32 | top 22.7% | 20 / 94 | |
| Skewb | 6.25 | 9.01 | top 27.7% | 65 / 237 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.07 | 33.52 | top 29.0% | 35 / 139 | |
| Clock | 11.21 | 13.43 | top 31.1% | 20 / 78 | |
| 6×6 | 3:24.50 | 3:50.50 | top 52.5% | 23 / 40 | |
| Megaminx | 3:00.68 | 3:19.61 | top 74.5% | 39 / 67 | |
| 7×7 | 7:42.95 | 8:36.08 | top 86.3% | 22 / 28 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:43.73 | — | early days — 1 solve | 15 / 16 |
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
- 16 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Sofia Spring 2024.
- 22 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023Six personal bests in one day at Bulgarian Aniversary 2023.
- 9 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at We are Back Sofia 2022.
- 9 Jul 2022Five personal bests in one day at We are Back Sofia 2022.
- 1 Dec 2019First sub-20 3×3: 15.13 at Lovech Winter 2019.
Competitions
- Sofia Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Burgas Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
- 50 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pernik Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Sofia Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Big Cubes Sofia 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lovech Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bulgarian Aniversary 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Tarnovo Open 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- We are Back Sofia 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Lovech Winter 2019 · 1 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Sofia Autumn 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Todor Enikov — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 78 times
- Nikolai Petrov — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 86 times
- Alexander Tenev — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.