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Alexander Tenev

3×3 · top 0.49% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018TENE01

Alexander Tenev has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.99, set at Sofia Summer 2026, puts him in the top 0.49% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Bulgaria. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since June 2018, he has put 1,700 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.44 in June 2018 to 5.99, an 84% improvement. Alexander has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.49% of 288,433 all-time
5.99
signature single · Sofia Summer 2026
1,700
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBulgaria
3×35.997.49
top 0.49%5 / 573
3×3 one-handed9.8011.86
top 0.93%2 / 139
4×427.2534.09
top 1.5%2 / 192
2×21.512.49
top 2.2%8 / 412
Pyraminx3.054.66
top 3.8%8 / 334
Skewb2.924.58
top 4.6%10 / 237
Megaminx49.1953.44
top 4.8%2 / 69
5×558.7159.91
top 4.9%3 / 94
Square-19.3413.98
top 5.0%3 / 47
Clock7.248.08
top 11.8%7 / 83
6×62:04.982:12.06
top 13.3%4 / 40
7×73:24.203:45.42
top 17.8%5 / 28

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

CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 38.44West Coast Cubing Tour - Fresno 2018: 26.49West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 26.52Berkeley Summer 2018: 27.49Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 21.76Berkeley Fall 2018: 18.10SacCubing VI 2019: 19.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019: 19.11Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019: 15.18Berkeley Spring 2019: 10.68SacCubing VII 2019: 15.72Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019: 14.65Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019: 15.94Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019: 14.46Berkeley Summer 2019: 13.72Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 9.56Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019: 10.68Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020: 11.54Tarnovo Open 2022: 8.74Slovenian Nationals 2022: 7.76U.R.A. Back to School 2022: 8.91Bulgarian Aniversary 2023: 7.34Burgas Open 2023: 7.67Slovenian Nationals 2023: 8.44Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023: 7.16Sofia Spring 2024: 8.03Pernik Open 2024: 8.2750 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024: 8.11Burgas Summer 2024: 7.09Tarnovo End Of Summer 2024: 7.29Bulgarian Nationals 2024: 7.85Battle for Belgrade 2025: 7.83Sofia Spring 2025: 7.46Smolyan Open 2025: 6.90Sofia Open 2026: 6.74Blagoevgrad Open 2026: 6.56Sofia Summer 2026: 5.99Vratsa Cube Open 2026: 6.975.9938.4415 Jun 201812 Sep 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 155 people have one; it is 1.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.