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Kaloyan Vladimirov Kalev

2×2 · top 0.075% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022KALE01

Kaloyan Vladimirov Kalev has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.65, set at Romanian Breaking Records 2024, puts him in the top 0.075% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Bulgaria. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since July 2022, he has put 1,231 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.67 in July 2022 to 6.14, a 37% improvement. Kaloyan has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.075% of 186,767 all-time
0.65
signature single · Romanian Breaking Records 2024
1,231
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBulgaria
2×20.652.00
top 0.075%2 / 407
3×36.148.63
top 0.57%6 / 567
4×431.1638.48
top 3.6%5 / 192
Skewb2.755.07
top 3.8%6 / 237
Square-110.0213.86
top 6.1%4 / 43
3×3 one-handed14.1418.22
top 6.4%8 / 139
5×51:11.691:20.60
top 12.9%9 / 94
Pyraminx5.127.68
top 13.9%46 / 332
3×3 blindfolded2:28.50—
top 42.8%5 / 16

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

U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022: 9.67U.R.A. Back to School 2022: 9.14U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022: 9.57Franconia Mini Open A 2023: 8.77Bulgarian Aniversary 2023: 8.31Bucharest Cubing B 2023: 8.11Dragon Cubing 2023: 8.02Burgas Open 2023: 8.17Brasov Funky Cubes 2023: 7.56Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023: 7.67Lovech Winter 2024: 8.47Sofia Spring 2024: 9.1850 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024: 8.65Varna Open 2024: 7.23Bucharest Cubing July 2024: 7.96Lužice Open 2024: 6.14Burgas Summer 2024: 7.63Romanian Breaking Records 2024: 7.99Tarnovo End Of Summer 2024: 7.54Vienna Autumn 2024: 7.37Bulgarian Nationals 2024: 7.85Bucharest Cubing January 2025: 7.40Sofia Open 2025: 8.88Sofia Spring 2025: 7.95Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025: 7.95Slovak Championship 2025: 8.00Bucharest Cubing December 2025: 7.76Sofia Open 2026: 7.49Bucharest Cubing July 2026: 7.576.149.6723 Jul 202225 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.