People · Bulgaria
Iliyan Katrandjiev
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022KATR01
Iliyan Katrandjiev has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.12, set at Blagoevgrad Open 2026, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Bulgaria. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2022, he has put 411 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.48 in July 2022 to 9.12, a 45% improvement. Iliyan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 9.12 | 10.95 | top 5.1% | 29 / 567 | |
| Skewb | 3.13 | 4.78 | top 5.6% | 14 / 237 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.57 | 8.90 | top 10.6% | 33 / 332 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.30 | 24.72 | top 15.9% | 23 / 139 | |
| 2×2 | 3.78 | 6.05 | top 23.7% | 99 / 407 | |
| 4×4 | 50.87 | 1:01.28 | top 25.8% | 41 / 192 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.74 | 2:15.26 | top 50.9% | 46 / 94 | |
| Square-1 | 37.65 | 51.20 | top 62.3% | 22 / 43 | |
| Clock | 22.97 | 25.89 | top 72.4% | 56 / 78 |
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
- 25 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.35 at Blagoevgrad Open 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Six personal bests in one day at Blagoevgrad Open 2026.
- 14 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bulgarian Nationals 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Sofia Spring 2024.
- 21 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.31 at Bulgarian Aniversary 2023.
Competitions
- Sofia Summer 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Blagoevgrad Open 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Sofia Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Bulgarian Nationals 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Side Events Bulgaria 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- 50 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pernik Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Sofia Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bulgarian Aniversary 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- We are Back Sofia 2022 · 9 Jul 2022
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 76 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Todor Enikov — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Nikolai Petrov — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.