People · Bulgaria
Valentina Ivanova Ivanova
3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018IVAN27
Valentina Ivanova Ivanova has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.88, set at Lovech Winter 2024, puts her in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in Bulgaria. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2018, she has put 360 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 22.66 in September 2018 to 9.88, a 56% improvement. Valentina has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 9.88 | 11.62 | top 7.1% | 36 / 567 | |
| 4×4 | 41.27 | 51.69 | top 13.6% | 21 / 192 | |
| Skewb | 4.40 | 7.04 | top 13.7% | 29 / 237 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 7.77 | top 14.0% | 47 / 407 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.73 | 7.29 | top 18.0% | 59 / 332 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.23 | 1:48.58 | top 27.5% | 23 / 94 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.16 | 37.82 | top 53.7% | 68 / 139 | |
| Square-1 | 36.94 | 43.26 | top 61.2% | 21 / 43 |
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
- 20 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Lovech Winter 2024.
- 31 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Sofia Autumn 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019First sub-20 3×3: 14.40 at Sofia Spring 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.40 at Sofia Spring 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Sofia Spring 2019.
- 8 Sep 2018First competition: Sofia Autumn 2018. A 33.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Burgas Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Varna Open 2024 · 13 Jul 2024
- Lovech Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Burgas Open 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bulgarian Aniversary 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tarnovo Open 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- We are Back Sofia 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Sofia Autumn 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Sofia Spring 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Sofia Autumn 2018 · 8 Sep 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 her.
- Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Velin Krasimirov Kozhuharov — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Nikolai Petrov — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
Targets move as she improves.