People · Bulgaria
Velin Krasimirov Kozhuharov
Skewb · top 4.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018KOZH02
Velin Krasimirov Kozhuharov has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.85, set at U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Bulgaria. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since May 2018, he has put 941 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.06 in May 2018 to 11.34, a 53% improvement. Velin has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Bulgaria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.85 | 4.80 | top 4.3% | 8 / 237 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.68 | 5.41 | top 6.2% | 18 / 332 | |
| 3×3 | 11.34 | 13.20 | top 11.6% | 53 / 567 | |
| 2×2 | 3.10 | 4.71 | top 15.4% | 53 / 407 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.66 | 26.49 | top 19.6% | 25 / 139 | |
| 4×4 | 52.71 | 1:03.21 | top 28.0% | 43 / 192 | |
| Clock | 13.53 | 15.59 | top 41.9% | 30 / 78 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.61 | 2:27.09 | top 50.8% | 44 / 94 | |
| Square-1 | 49.51 | 1:05.67 | top 75.6% | 32 / 43 | |
| 6×6 | 5:08.84 | — | early days — 3 solves | 33 / 40 | |
| Megaminx | 3:34.66 | — | top 84.7% | 50 / 67 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:17.49 | — | early days — 3 solves | 16 / 16 |
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
- 4 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bulgarian Aniversary 2023.
- 1 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Back to School 2022.
- 6 Aug 2022Four personal bests in one day at Tarnovo Open 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022Six personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022.
- 31 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Sofia Autumn 2019.
- 15 Jun 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.02 at Constanta Summer Open 2019.
Competitions
- Varna Open 2024 · 13 Jul 2024
- Silistra Open 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
- Romanian National Championship 2023 · 2 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Burgas Open 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Cubing B 2023 · 18 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bulgarian Aniversary 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Tarnovo Open 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- We are Back Sofia 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Back to Cube 2022 · 14 May 2022
- Lovech Winter 2019 · 1 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Sofia Autumn 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest Blind and Stuff 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Constanta Cube Days 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- ICHB Cube Race 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Constanta Summer Open 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Sofia Spring 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Big Blind and FMC 2019 · 16 Feb 2019
- Romanian National Day 2018 · 30 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Sofia Autumn 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Constanta Cube Days 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Sofia Open 2018 · 12 May 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 his.
- Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 178 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
- Martin Fronescu — met in 107 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mihail Stoicescu — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.