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Svetoslav Velchev

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018VELC01

Svetoslav Velchev has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.66, set at Tarnovo Open 2022, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Bulgaria. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2018, he has put 493 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.10 in February 2018 to 7.66, a 37% improvement. Svetoslav has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.66
signature single · Tarnovo Open 2022
493
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBulgaria
3×37.669.30
top 2.2%12 / 567
2×21.533.02
top 2.3%9 / 407
Pyraminx4.246.25
top 8.9%29 / 332
4×437.3943.17
top 9.1%16 / 192
5×51:22.331:36.36
top 21.0%17 / 94
3×3 one-handed23.4828.17
top 30.1%36 / 139
Skewb10.4911.09
top 58.0%144 / 237

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

Bulgarian Open 2018: 12.10Sofia Open 2018: 11.46Sofia Autumn 2018: 10.44Macedonia Open 2018: 10.60Sofia Spring 2019: 11.08Sofia Autumn 2019: 11.07We are Back Sofia 2022: 8.50Tarnovo Open 2022: 7.66Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023: 9.60Lovech Winter 2024: 10.16Sofia Spring 2024: 9.017.6612.1010 Feb 201816 Mar 2024

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.