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Ivan Valov

Pyraminx · top 1.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022VALO01

Ivan Valov has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.02, set at Cyprus Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Cyprus. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since May 2022, he has put 591 official solves on the record across ten 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 19.86 in May 2022 to 9.49, a 52% improvement. Ivan has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.2% of 129,321 all-time
2.02
signature single · Cyprus Nationals 2025
591
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCyprus
Pyraminx2.023.37
top 1.2%2 / 131
Clock3.373.69
top 1.3%1 / 44
3×39.4911.88
top 6.1%13 / 206
2×23.003.68
top 14.2%22 / 162
Skewb5.636.72
top 22.9%15 / 79
3×3 one-handed23.6931.59
top 30.6%11 / 67
Square-123.2235.51
top 35.2%6 / 19
4×41:03.231:11.26
top 39.9%22 / 76
Megaminx1:50.321:56.07
top 40.5%13 / 40
5×52:03.432:23.28
top 51.4%12 / 36

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

Østervang Open 2022: 19.86Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 19.31Cyprus Championship 2022: 17.11Georgia Open 2023: 15.01Kolla Summer Cup 2023: 14.39Loutraki Open 2023: 10.98Azerbaijan Nationals 2023: 11.91Kolla Winter Cup 2024: 12.53Cyprus Nationals 2024: 12.33Cyprus Cubing League I 2025: 9.49Cyprus Cubing League II 2025: 12.24Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.46Cyprus Cubing League III 2025: 11.14Cyprus Nationals 2025: 12.17Cyprus Cubing League Final 2026: 11.47Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 12.109.4919.8628 May 202216 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
  • A sub-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.