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Atanas Petkov

3×3 one-handed · top 7.5% of 73,695 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016PETK01

Atanas Petkov has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.71, set at Croatian Open 2016, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Bulgaria. Until August 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2016, he has put 157 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Atanas has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 7.5% of 73,695 all-time
14.71
signature single · Croatian Open 2016
157
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBulgaria
3×3 one-handed14.7122.11
top 7.5%10 / 139
3×313.0714.21
top 17.7%88 / 567
4×444.7754.19
top 18.0%29 / 192
5×51:25.331:35.68
top 23.6%21 / 94
2×24.576.22
top 33.8%149 / 407
6×62:56.883:15.62
top 39.5%18 / 40
7×75:36.54
early days — 3 solves18 / 28
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves
early days — 1 solve12 / 17

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

Osijek Open 2016: 13.07Slovenian Open 2016: 13.69Croatian Open 2016: 13.25Croatian Open 2017: 15.5913.0715.5927 Feb 201612 Aug 2017

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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.71 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.