People · Bulgaria
Ivan Mitev
3×3 · top 5.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024MITE01
Ivan Mitev has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.24, set at Smolyan Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in Bulgaria. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2024, he has put 297 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.25 in January 2024 to 9.24, a 46% improvement. Ivan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.24 | 12.45 | top 5.5% | 30 / 573 | |
| 4×4 | 42.36 | 51.21 | top 15.0% | 26 / 192 | |
| 2×2 | 3.98 | 5.73 | top 26.3% | 114 / 412 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.13 | 1:53.69 | top 30.8% | 28 / 94 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:57.68 | — | early days — 1 solve | 12 / 19 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.23 | 52.74 | top 68.4% | 88 / 139 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 51 moves | 57.33 | early days — 3 solves | 15 / 17 | |
| Megaminx | 3:51.66 | 4:33.81 | top 88.5% | 56 / 69 | |
| 7×7 | 8:48.93 | — | early days — 1 solve | 27 / 28 |
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
- 28 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.24 at Smolyan Open 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Sofia Open 2025.
- 11 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at 50 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.64 at Sofia Spring 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Sofia Spring 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024First competition: Lovech Winter 2024. A 17.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Blagoevgrad Open 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Smolyan Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sofia Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Sofia Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bulgarian Nationals 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Bulgaria x Romania 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Side Events Bulgaria 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- 50 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Pernik Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sofia Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Big Cubes Sofia 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Lovech Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
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 57 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Victor Hadzhibeev — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Tsvetozar Rusanov — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 2.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.