People · Bulgaria
Ivaylo Tanev
3×3 · top 0.42% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015TANE02
Ivaylo Tanev has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.89, set at 50 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024, puts him in the top 0.42% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Bulgaria. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since May 2015, he has put 349 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.93 in May 2015 to 5.89, a 34% improvement. Ivaylo has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 5.89 | 7.50 | top 0.42% | 3 / 567 | |
| 4×4 | 36.08 | 42.83 | top 7.7% | 13 / 192 |
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
- 16 May 2015First competition: Serbian Open 2015. A 8.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sofia Summer 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- Sofia Open 2026 · 3 Jan 2026
- Sofia Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Sofia Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- Bulgarian Nationals 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- 50 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pernik Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Sofia Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bulgarian Aniversary 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
- We are Back Sofia 2022 · 9 Jul 2022
- Lovech Winter 2019 · 1 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Sofia Spring 2019 · 16 Mar 2019
- Serbian Open 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Macedonia Open 2018 · 17 Nov 2018
- Sofia Autumn 2018 · 8 Sep 2018
- Sofia Open 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Bulgarian Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018
- Craiova Rubik Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017
- U.R.A. Back to School 2017 · 28 Oct 2017
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016 · 15 Jul 2016
- Serbian Open 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016 · 16 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Serbian Open 2015 · 16 May 2015
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 41 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
- Kristina Kostova — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Nikolay Todorov — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.