People · Bulgaria
Nikolay Todorov
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018TODO01
Nikolay Todorov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.75, set at Sofia Spring 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Bulgaria. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since February 2018, he has put 329 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.21 in February 2018 to 6.75, a 61% improvement. Nikolay has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 6.75 | 9.10 | top 1.1% | 8 / 567 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.05 | 6.21 | top 3.8% | 8 / 332 | |
| 2×2 | 3.69 | 4.64 | top 22.6% | 88 / 407 | |
| 4×4 | 56.78 | 1:06.99 | top 32.8% | 48 / 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
- 4 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.52 at Bulgarian Aniversary 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bulgarian Aniversary 2023.
- 6 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 10.46 at Tarnovo Open 2022.
- 10 Feb 2018First competition: Bulgarian Open 2018. A 17.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sofia Summer 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Sofia Open 2026 · 3 Jan 2026
- Smolyan Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Sofia Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sofia Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- Bulgarian Nationals 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- 50 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pernik Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Sofia Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bulgarian Aniversary 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Tarnovo Open 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Sofia Spring 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Sofia Open 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Bulgarian Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Alexander Tenev — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Todor Enikov — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Nikolai Petrov — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.