People · Slovakia
Dan Anton Kosťov
Clock · top 3.6% of 32,048 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023KOSO01
Dan Anton Kosťov has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.66, set at Dolné Orešany Clock Day 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Slovakia. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since September 2023, he has put 813 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.40 in September 2023 to 9.00, a 21% improvement. Dan has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Slovakia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.66 | 6.12 | top 3.6% | 8 / 97 | |
| 2×2 | 1.81 | 3.23 | top 3.6% | 25 / 375 | |
| 3×3 | 9.00 | 11.23 | top 4.9% | 39 / 447 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.46 | 6.98 | top 10.0% | 44 / 254 | |
| Square-1 | 13.32 | 17.53 | top 12.6% | 11 / 87 | |
| 4×4 | 46.64 | 55.70 | top 20.4% | 45 / 214 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.06 | 28.13 | top 23.4% | 39 / 145 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 45.67 | early days — 3 solves | 17 / 48 | |
| Skewb | 10.09 | 18.58 | top 55.5% | 119 / 182 | |
| Megaminx | 2:28.04 | — | top 60.2% | 58 / 93 | |
| 5×5 | 2:32.51 | — | top 67.0% | 69 / 110 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:35.59 | — | early days — 3 solves | 29 / 33 |
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
- 2 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Slovak Championship 2026.
- 1 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Slovak Championship 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in Ružinov: February 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Banská Bystrica Open 2024.
- 2 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Slovak Nationals 2024.
- 18 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.25 at Košice Open 2024.
Competitions
- Slovak Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Dolné Orešany Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Ružinov: April 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ružomberok Open 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Ružinov: March 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Suchá nad Parnou Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Ladce Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dolné Orešany Clock Day 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Back to School in Ivanka 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slovak Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Ružinov: February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Ružinov: January 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Banská Bystrica Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Slovak Nationals 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Košice Open 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bratislava Spring Is Coming 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bratislava Autumn 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Dolné Orešany Cube Day 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slovak Nationals 2023 · 15 Sep 2023 — 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.
- Alexander Pastirčák — met in 168 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Jakub Jurika — met in 167 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Jakub Drobný — met in 148 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.