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Vanja Popovski

2×2 · top 10.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022POPO01

Vanja Popovski has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.62, set at Osijek Open 2023, puts him in the top 10.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in Serbia. Across 7 competitions since March 2022, he has put 158 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.01 in March 2022 to 14.32, a 54% improvement. Vanja has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2

best event — top 10.1% of 186,767 all-time

2.62

signature single · Osijek Open 2023

158

official solves on the record

14%

solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked

Event	PB single	PB average		Serbia
2×2	2.62	4.67	top 10.1%	48 / 332
Pyraminx	5.61	8.91	top 17.2%	54 / 240
3×3	14.32	16.87	top 22.1%	103 / 410
3×3 one-handed	25.79	30.46	top 36.2%	43 / 136
Skewb	11.45	18.13	top 63.3%	98 / 145
Megaminx	2:43.63	—	early days — 1 solve	31 / 57
4×4	1:41.35	—	top 71.5%	119 / 173

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

16 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.37 at Banja Luka Cube Day 2023.
25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Osijek Open 2023.
17 Dec 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.85 at Novi Sad Winter 2022.
17 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at Novi Sad Winter 2022.
2 Oct 2022First sub-30 3×3: 20.05 at Pančevo Cube Day 2022.
19 Mar 2022First competition: Osijek Open 2022. A 31.01 3×3 single to start from.

Competitions

Balkan Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
Banja Luka Cube Day 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
Serbian Championship 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
Osijek Open 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
Novi Sad Winter 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
Pančevo Cube Day 2022 · 2 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
Osijek Open 2022 · 19 Mar 2022

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.

Aleksa Radovanović — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
Matej Marčok — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Andrej Mikulić — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.