People · Bulgaria
Samuil Metodiev Nikolov
2×2 · top 34.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023NIKO04
Samuil Metodiev Nikolov has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.61, set at Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 34.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 153rd in Bulgaria. Across 6 competitions since March 2023, he has put 65 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.97 in March 2023 to 4.61, a 49% improvement. Samuil has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Bulgaria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.61 | 11.31 | top 34.4% | 153 / 407 | |
| 3×3 | 33.81 | 43.77 | top 68.8% | 401 / 567 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.48 | 21.22 | top 83.5% | 284 / 332 | |
| Clock | 32.27 | — | early days — 2 solves | 69 / 78 | |
| Skewb | 26.18 | 32.32 | top 95.5% | 230 / 237 | |
| 4×4 | 2:59.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 181 / 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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Mar 2023First competition: Bulgarian Aniversary 2023. A 33.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sofia Summer 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- Sofia Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Bulgarian Nationals 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Sofia Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bulgarian Aniversary 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
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.
- Nikolai Petrov — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Todor Enikov — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alexander Tenev — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 3.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.