People · Bulgaria
Emil Petrov
3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025PETR06
Emil Petrov has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.23, set at Sofia Open 2026, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in Bulgaria. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2025, he has put 88 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.77 in March 2025 to 10.23, a 31% improvement. Emil has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Bulgaria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.23 | 13.51 | top 8.1% | 40 / 567 | |
| 2×2 | 4.07 | 5.72 | top 27.4% | 118 / 407 | |
| Clock | 11.18 | 15.07 | top 31.0% | 19 / 78 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.00 | 1:22.30 | top 44.0% | 75 / 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
- 3 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Sofia Open 2026.
- 10 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Sofia Spring 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First competition: Sofia Open 2025. A 15.71 3×3 single to start from.
- 29 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.77 at Sofia Open 2025.
Competitions
- Sofia Summer 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Sofia Open 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Sofia Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Sofia Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 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.
- Plamen Rupchev — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Aleksandar Dimitrov — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yoan Stefanov — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.