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Yanniko Zhechev

2×2 · top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023ZHEC01

Yanniko Zhechev has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.19, set at Beginner Utrecht 2025, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in Belgium. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 64 competitions since May 2023, he has put 2,951 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.56 in May 2023 to 8.39, a 64% improvement. Yanniko has entered 64 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.19
signature single · Beginner Utrecht 2025
2,951
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
2×21.193.28
top 1.0%11 / 777
Square-17.9911.25
top 3.0%3 / 150
Megaminx44.9751.45
top 3.1%5 / 197
Pyraminx2.904.37
top 3.3%17 / 589
3×38.399.91
top 3.5%44 / 1,094
Skewb2.815.50
top 4.1%17 / 394
4×433.2937.84
top 5.2%22 / 459
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves42.67
top 6.2%6 / 69
Clock5.797.16
top 6.6%9 / 180
3×3 one-handed15.2519.49
top 8.6%30 / 314
5×51:10.671:22.84
top 12.1%23 / 246
6×62:42.532:46.65
top 32.1%29 / 119
7×75:02.455:32.66
top 51.3%37 / 91
3×3 blindfolded2:56.46—
top 51.4%30 / 66

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

Koersel Saturday Open 2023: 23.56Burgas Open 2023: 13.87Arad Cubing 2023: 14.47Amsterdam Open 2023: 13.46V-Cube Spiel B 2023: 15.96Belgian Nationals 2023: 15.94Zottegem Afternoon 2023: 13.04Annuntia Saturday Open 2023: 15.80Dutch Winter South 2024: 13.73Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024: 13.11Geel Beginners Sunday 2024: 10.87Brugge Beginners Open 2024: 12.53Lente Spring 2024: 11.82Leuven Open 2024: 12.96Bigger in Breda 2024: 12.20Wommelgem Open 2024: 11.27Douvrin Open 2024: 9.55Varna Open 2024: 11.89Burgas Summer 2024: 9.77Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 12.04Luxembourg Nationals 2024: 11.88Visé Open Saturday 2024: 12.09Zottegem Sunday Open 2024: 12.17Dutch Open 2024: 9.64Belgian Nationals 2024: 10.39Beveren Saturday Open 2024: 9.01Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 9.53Aachen Open 2025: 10.29Hayange Open 2025: 9.56Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 10.39Hasselt Saturday Open 2025: 9.74Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 9.42Leuven Open 2025: 9.59French Championship 2025: 10.68Hem MariCubik Open 2025: 9.61Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025: 9.98Beginner Utrecht 2025: 10.81Breda Open 2025: 10.20Schnelle Solves Siegen v2 2025: 10.47Visé Saturday Open 2025: 8.98Beveren Sunday Open 2025: 8.95Ranst Autumn 2025: 8.89Zottegem Open 2025: 9.27Belgian Nationals 2025: 9.14Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 8.70Freezing Fryslân 2025: 8.39Poulseur Open 2026: 8.74Leuven Open 2026: 9.23Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026: 9.70No Rush Hasselt 2026: 9.81Twist and Turn Ghent 2026: 10.11Wezemaal Open 2026: 10.23Warm Up Lent 2026: 9.84Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 11.10Capelle Chaos B 2026: 10.308.3923.566 May 202323 Aug 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.