People · Bulgaria
Emil Todorov Iliev
7×7 · top 13.5% of 14,226 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018ILIE01
Emil Todorov Iliev has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 7×7: a personal-best single of 3:10.65, set at Sofia Open 2025, puts him in the top 13.5% of the 14,226 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Bulgaria. Across 8 competitions since September 2018, he has put 218 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 5×5 best has come down from 1:53.92 in July 2019 to 1:13.78, a 35% improvement. Emil has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Bulgaria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7×7 | 3:10.65 | 3:22.27 | top 13.5% | 4 / 28 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.78 | 1:24.13 | top 14.4% | 12 / 94 | |
| 3×3 | 13.27 | 14.36 | top 18.4% | 91 / 567 | |
| 4×4 | 46.29 | 52.63 | top 19.9% | 34 / 192 | |
| 6×6 | 2:20.15 | 2:27.49 | top 20.6% | 6 / 40 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.97 | 11.34 | top 27.6% | 90 / 332 | |
| Skewb | 7.61 | 8.92 | top 38.3% | 95 / 237 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.57 | 1:57.43 | top 39.5% | 24 / 67 | |
| 2×2 | 5.14 | 6.36 | top 41.1% | 179 / 407 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.55 | 32.40 | top 47.9% | 62 / 139 | |
| Square-1 | 39.45 | 46.08 | top 64.7% | 24 / 43 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:08.93 | — | early days — 1 solve | 11 / 16 |
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, 5×5. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Feb 2024Ten personal bests in one day at Big Cubes Sofia 2024.
- 31 Aug 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.57 at Sofia Autumn 2019.
- 31 Aug 2019Five personal bests in one day at Sofia Autumn 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019First sub-20 3×3: 16.32 at Sofia Spring 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Sofia Spring 2019.
- 8 Sep 2018First competition: Sofia Autumn 2018. A 20.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sofia Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Burgas Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Sofia Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cubes Sofia 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 10 personal bests set
- Sofia Autumn 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Big Cubes Sofia 2019 · 27 Jul 2019
- Sofia Spring 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Sofia Autumn 2018 · 8 Sep 2018
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.
- Todor Enikov — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Kaloyan Galabinov — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nikolai Petrov — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-3:00 7×7 single — 1,507 people have one; it is 10.65 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 13.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.