People · Bulgaria
Gabriel Arangelov
Clock · top 2.0% of 32,048 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022ARAN03
Gabriel Arangelov has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 3.80, set at Sofia Spring 2025, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Bulgaria. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since July 2022, he has put 834 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.55 in July 2022 to 8.45, a 59% improvement. Gabriel has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Bulgaria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 3.80 | 5.37 | top 2.0% | 1 / 78 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.90 | 3.81 | top 3.3% | 5 / 332 | |
| 3×3 | 8.45 | 10.03 | top 3.6% | 21 / 567 | |
| 4×4 | 31.68 | 40.71 | top 3.9% | 7 / 192 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.94 | 15.95 | top 6.0% | 7 / 139 | |
| 2×2 | 2.31 | 3.78 | top 7.1% | 21 / 407 | |
| Megaminx | 57.04 | 1:04.53 | top 8.4% | 5 / 67 | |
| Skewb | 3.71 | 5.72 | top 9.0% | 20 / 237 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.18 | 1:14.69 | top 11.7% | 8 / 94 | |
| 6×6 | 2:23.96 | 2:30.25 | top 22.6% | 8 / 40 | |
| 7×7 | 3:54.46 | 3:57.46 | top 28.6% | 8 / 28 | |
| Square-1 | 22.47 | 26.73 | top 33.5% | 12 / 43 |
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
- 6 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Sofia Summer 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.45 at Blagoevgrad Open 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at Blagoevgrad Open 2026.
- 22 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Smolyan Open 2025.
- 10 May 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Sofia Spring 2025.
Competitions
- Sofia Summer 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Blagoevgrad Open 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Smolyan Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Sofia Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Sofia Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Side Events Bulgaria 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Bristol Squock Day 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tarnovo End Of Summer 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- 50 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Pernik Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Sofia Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Big Cubes Sofia 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Burgas Open 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- We are Back Sofia 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 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 Tenev — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Victor Hadzhibeev — met in 119 rounds, finished ahead 54 times
- Tsvetozar Rusanov — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 81 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.