People · Bulgaria
Yavor Gruev
3×3 · top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025GRUE01
Yavor Gruev has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.30, set at Sofia Open 2026, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in Bulgaria. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2025, he has put 207 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.60 in March 2025 to 2.81, a 39% improvement. Yavor has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.30 | 13.06 | top 8.4% | 42 / 567 | |
| 2×2 | 2.81 | 3.78 | top 12.1% | 39 / 407 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.31 | 7.56 | top 15.1% | 50 / 332 | |
| 4×4 | 46.34 | 54.69 | top 20.0% | 35 / 192 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.46 | 33.84 | top 32.7% | 40 / 139 | |
| Clock | 12.29 | 16.40 | top 36.3% | 26 / 78 | |
| Skewb | 8.04 | 12.31 | top 41.6% | 104 / 237 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Blagoevgrad Open 2026.
- 3 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Sofia Open 2026.
- 28 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Smolyan Open 2025.
- 10 May 2025Six personal bests in one day at Sofia Spring 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First competition: Sofia Open 2025. A 11.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Blagoevgrad Open 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Sofia Open 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Smolyan Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Sofia Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Sofia Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 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.
- Aleksandar Dimitrov — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Victor Hadzhibeev — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mihail Tenev — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.