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Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev

3×3 · top 0.22% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018VICH01

Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.41, set at 50 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024, puts him in the top 0.22% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Bulgaria. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since February 2018, he has put 689 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.16 in February 2018 to 5.41, a 59% improvement. Ivaylo has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.22% of 284,439 all-time
5.41
signature single · 50 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024
689
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBulgaria
3×35.417.06
top 0.22%2 / 567
4×424.8728.21
top 0.67%1 / 192
5×550.8653.29
top 2.0%1 / 94
6×61:32.171:35.52
top 2.3%1 / 40
Skewb2.414.71
top 2.6%3 / 237
3×3 one-handed12.2516.39
top 3.3%3 / 139
Pyraminx2.925.64
top 3.4%6 / 332
2×21.912.80
top 4.2%15 / 407
7×72:51.952:55.68
top 8.4%2 / 28
Megaminx1:02.661:04.45
top 11.4%8 / 67

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

Bulgarian Open 2018: 13.16Sofia Open 2018: 11.59Sofia Autumn 2018: 9.15Macedonia Open 2018: 8.98Sofia Spring 2019: 8.36Sofia Autumn 2019: 6.70Macedonian Nationals 2019: 6.96Lovech Winter 2019: 7.42Tarnovo Open 2022: 7.48Bulgarian Aniversary 2023: 6.90Burgas Open 2023: 7.56Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023: 8.18Sofia Spring 2024: 6.3650 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024: 5.41Sofia Summer 2026: 6.685.4113.1610 Feb 20186 Jun 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.