People · Canada
Xander Popov
Skewb · top 30.1% of 74,164 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024POPO05
Xander Popov has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 6.54, set at Calgary Summer A 2025, puts him in the top 30.1% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 733rd in Canada. Across 6 competitions since September 2024, he has put 134 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.02 in September 2024 to 17.27, a 57% improvement. Xander 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 6.54 | 10.31 | top 30.1% | 733 / 2,928 | |
| 3×3 | 17.27 | 19.74 | top 32.0% | 3,157 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 4.99 | 6.37 | top 39.3% | 2,753 / 7,245 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.16 | 10.28 | top 46.2% | 2,199 / 4,913 | |
| Clock | 14.84 | 16.21 | top 47.3% | 433 / 1,057 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.20 | 1:40.92 | top 58.6% | 1,669 / 3,180 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 59.02 | 1:38.47 | top 83.4% | 2,079 / 2,632 | |
| 5×5 | 3:29.16 | 3:47.81 | top 86.3% | 1,255 / 1,546 | |
| Megaminx | 3:50.47 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,155 / 1,393 |
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
- 19 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Calgary Summer A 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.27 at Sofia Open 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Sofia Open 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025First sub-30 3×3: 27.05 at Bucharest Cubing February 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Cubing February 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024First competition: Tarnovo End Of Summer 2024. A 40.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Calgary Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Calgary Summer A 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Sofia Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing February 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bulgarian Nationals 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tarnovo End Of Summer 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
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.
- Kristian Atanasov — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Victor Hadzhibeev — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aleksandar Angelov — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 19,128 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.