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Ivan Kovach (Іван Ковач)

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2021 · 2021KOVA01

Ivan Kovach (Іван Ковач) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.19, set at Kyiv Blind Side Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 95th in Ukraine. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since August 2021, he has put 1,109 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.26 in August 2021 to 2.88, a 45% improvement. Ivan has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.19
signature single · Kyiv Blind Side Autumn 2025
1,109
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
3×38.1910.97
top 3.1%95 / 2,868
Pyraminx2.884.22
top 3.2%50 / 1,471
2×22.193.52
top 6.1%119 / 1,894
Clock6.317.25
top 8.4%28 / 347
3×3 blindfolded46.011:43.18
top 8.6%16 / 177
Skewb4.019.04
top 11.0%95 / 884
4×442.5249.26
top 15.1%131 / 867
Megaminx1:29.591:35.77
top 27.9%113 / 424
Square-120.3233.30
top 28.7%88 / 302
3×3 one-handed24.5829.18
top 33.1%264 / 755
5×52:41.28—
early days — 3 solves304 / 425
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves54.00
top 79.2%170 / 222

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

Cubes Masters Zhytomyr 2021: 5.26U24 Open September 2022: 3.94U24 Open October 2022: 4.26U24 Nationals 2022: 3.67Ukrainian Open 2023: 3.95U24 Globus Open July 2023: 5.69That is Lviv 2023: 4.14Ukrainian Nationals 2023: 4.13U24 Tetiana Day 2024: 4.33Kyiv Side Events l 2024: 4.11Mriy Diy Cubing Lviv 2024: 4.06Uzhhorod Open 2024: 3.43Kyiv Blind Side 2024: 3.84Ukrainian Open 2025: 3.04Kyiv Blind Side Summer 2025: 4.75Ukrainian Nationals 2025: 3.73Kyiv Blind Side Autumn 2025: 3.71U24 Tetiana Day Kyiv 2026: 3.78Kyiv Blind Side Winter 2026: 3.42Victoria Gardens Kyiv 2026: 2.98Victoria Gardens Lviv 2026: 2.882.885.697 Aug 20214 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.