People · Bulgaria
Alexander Popov
2×2 · top 22.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024POPO01
Alexander Popov has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.70, set at Sofia Spring 2025, puts him in the top 22.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in Bulgaria. Across 7 competitions since January 2024, he has put 98 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.60 in January 2024 to 18.89, a 32% improvement. Alexander has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Bulgaria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.70 | 5.70 | top 22.7% | 90 / 407 | |
| 3×3 | 18.89 | 20.83 | top 36.8% | 210 / 567 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.83 | 27.53 | top 77.0% | 253 / 332 | |
| 4×4 | 2:09.84 | — | early days — 3 solves | 156 / 192 |
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
- 11 May 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.89 at 50 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024First competition: Lovech Winter 2024. A 27.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sofia Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sofia Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- Bulgarian Nationals 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- 50 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pernik Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sofia Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lovech Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
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.
- Yoan Stefanov — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aleksandar Angelov — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ivan Mitev — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.