People · Bulgaria
Nikolay Todorov
3×3 · top 1.1% of 288,433 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 288,433 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 16 competitions since February 2018, he has put 359 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 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 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 / 573 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.05 | 6.21 | top 3.8% | 8 / 334 | |
| 2×2 | 3.26 | 4.37 | top 17.4% | 61 / 412 | |
| 4×4 | 56.78 | 1:06.99 | top 32.9% | 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
- Vratsa Cube Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- 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 62 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Todor Enikov — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Nikolai Petrov — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.