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Plamen Mahladzhanov

2×2 · top 13.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016MAHL01

Plamen Mahladzhanov has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.94, set at Lovech Winter 2024, puts him in the top 13.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in Bulgaria. Across 28 competitions since January 2016, he has put 636 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.53 in January 2016 to 15.85, a 23% improvement. Plamen has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.94
signature single · Lovech Winter 2024
636
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBulgaria
2×22.945.89
top 13.6%45 / 407
3×315.8518.93
top 27.3%149 / 567
Pyraminx8.3517.04
top 39.2%123 / 332
4×41:05.621:09.47
top 42.5%70 / 192
Skewb8.2416.06
top 43.1%108 / 237
5×51:56.612:03.53
top 47.1%38 / 94
7×76:21.74—
early days — 3 solves19 / 28
6×64:42.757:22.72
top 77.9%27 / 40
3×3 one-handed56.101:14.99
top 81.5%109 / 139
Clock29.9040.92
top 84.2%66 / 78
Megaminx4:27.415:22.45
top 93.7%62 / 67

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. Rubik Open 2016: 20.53Craiova Rubik Open 2017: 20.37Bulgarian Open 2018: 17.97Sofia Open 2018: 19.93Sofia Autumn 2018: 19.62Macedonia Open 2018: 18.21Sofia Spring 2019: 16.92Sofia Autumn 2019: 18.57Lovech Winter 2019: 19.35We are Back Sofia 2022: 19.00Tarnovo Open 2022: 19.94Bulgarian Aniversary 2023: 17.16Burgas Open 2023: 19.39Lovech Winter 2024: 21.42Sofia Spring 2024: 19.50Pernik Open 2024: 18.7750 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024: 19.63Varna Open 2024: 19.91Tarnovo End Of Summer 2024: 17.07Bulgarian Nationals 2024: 18.94Sofia Open 2025: 20.19Sofia Open 2026: 15.85Blagoevgrad Open 2026: 17.5815.8521.4216 Jan 201625 Apr 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.