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Ognian Baruh

4×4 · top 2.4% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022BARU03

Ognian Baruh has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 29.34, set at Sofia Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Bulgaria. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since July 2022, he has put 1,147 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Ognian has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 2.4% of 83,917 all-time
29.34
signature single · Sofia Open 2026
1,147
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBulgaria
4×429.3432.17
top 2.4%4 / 192
5×557.341:04.60
top 4.2%2 / 94
3×38.8610.04
top 4.5%26 / 567
Pyraminx3.786.77
top 6.6%21 / 332
Skewb3.356.61
top 6.9%16 / 237
2×22.313.57
top 7.1%21 / 407
7×72:50.162:59.38
top 7.9%1 / 28
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves36.67
top 8.0%1 / 17
6×61:55.232:02.05
top 9.2%2 / 40
Megaminx1:01.441:04.45
top 10.8%7 / 67
3×3 blindfolded1:14.691:32.40
top 17.7%3 / 16
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 9 cubes · 43:56—
early days — 3 solves2 / 4
Clock10.6414.87
top 28.3%13 / 78
3×3 one-handed24.5631.36
top 33.0%41 / 139
Square-126.4233.15
top 42.3%17 / 43
4×4 blindfolded11:09.00—
early days — 2 solves2 / 2
5×5 blindfolded21:17.00—
early days — 1 solve2 / 2

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

We are Back Sofia 2022: 9.77Bulgarian Aniversary 2023: 11.54Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023: 10.06Lovech Winter 2024: 9.74Sofia Spring 2024: 9.72Romanian 24h Championship 2024: 10.41Romanian Breaking Records 2024: 10.43Tarnovo End Of Summer 2024: 10.13Bulgarian Nationals 2024: 10.83Sofia Open 2025: 8.86Sofia Spring 2025: 8.90Slovak Championship 2025: 10.25Sofia Open 2026: 9.10Battle for Belgrade 2026: 9.19Blagoevgrad Open 2026: 9.91Bucharest Cubing July 2026: 9.988.8611.549 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-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.34 away.
  • A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 7.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.