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Yoan Pavlov Ivanov

3×3 · top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018IVAN07

Yoan Pavlov Ivanov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.95, set at Macedonia Winter 2019, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Bulgaria. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since February 2018, he has put 454 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.06 in February 2018 to 9.95, a 66% improvement. Yoan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.95
signature single · Macedonia Winter 2019
454
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBulgaria
3×39.9512.81
top 7.3%37 / 567
3×3 one-handed16.1632.66
top 10.6%15 / 139
Pyraminx4.929.39
top 12.7%40 / 332
2×22.934.33
top 13.4%44 / 407
Skewb6.8410.23
top 32.4%77 / 237
4×41:06.481:14.40
top 43.4%72 / 192

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

Bulgarian Open 2018: 29.06Sofia Open 2018: 15.84Sofia Autumn 2018: 13.29Macedonia Winter 2019: 9.95Sofia Spring 2019: 12.10Sofia Autumn 2019: 11.79Lovech Winter 2019: 11.83We are Back Sofia 2022: 13.54Tarnovo Open 2022: 13.53Bulgarian Aniversary 2023: 11.08Sofia Spring 2024: 14.1450 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024: 13.939.9529.0610 Feb 201811 May 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.