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Kristian Petkov

3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018PETK02

Kristian Petkov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.11, set at Lovech Winter 2019, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in Bulgaria. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2018, he has put 89 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.50 in February 2018 to 10.11, a 51% improvement. Kristian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.11
signature single · Lovech Winter 2019
89
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBulgaria
3×310.1111.41
top 7.8%39 / 567
2×23.665.18
top 22.2%85 / 407
4×41:07.001:15.78
top 44.0%75 / 192
3×3 one-handed29.9939.23
top 46.6%58 / 139

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: 20.50Sofia Autumn 2018: 12.29Sofia Spring 2019: 10.61Lovech Winter 2019: 10.1110.1120.5010 Feb 20181 Dec 2019

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.