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Kaloyan Galabinov

2×2 · top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018GALA05

Kaloyan Galabinov has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.70, set at Tarnovo Open 2022, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Bulgaria. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since September 2018, he has put 1,349 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.28 in September 2018 to 9.82, a 46% improvement. Kaloyan has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.70
signature single · Tarnovo Open 2022
1,349
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBulgaria
2×21.704.40
top 3.1%12 / 407
Skewb2.875.21
top 4.4%9 / 237
4×432.8137.46
top 4.8%9 / 192
5×51:02.171:08.60
top 6.7%5 / 94
3×39.8211.33
top 7.0%34 / 567
Pyraminx4.307.00
top 9.2%30 / 332
6×62:00.562:04.94
top 11.2%3 / 40
7×73:09.983:20.99
top 13.3%3 / 28
3×3 one-handed17.4120.17
top 13.6%19 / 139
Megaminx1:11.021:26.66
top 16.2%11 / 67
Square-121.6130.39
top 31.6%11 / 43
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 1 solve10 / 17

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

Sofia Autumn 2018: 18.28Macedonia Open 2018: 15.87Kosovo Open 2018: 14.45Transilvania Cubing Open 2019: 12.54Sofia Spring 2019: 12.10Eskişehir Spring 2019: 11.62Constanta Summer Open 2019: 11.85German Nationals 2019: 11.80Sofia Autumn 2019: 11.01Bački Petrovac Open 2019: 11.68Lovech Winter 2019: 11.05Bursa Fall 2020: 10.48İzmir Open 2022: 11.76Cubing at Sopro 2022: 11.77We are Back Sofia 2022: 10.01Tarnovo Open 2022: 9.82Bulgarian Aniversary 2023: 10.62Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023: 9.85Sofia Spring 2024: 10.219.8218.288 Sep 201816 Mar 2024

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.