Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Bulgaria → Yoan Stefanov

People · Bulgaria

Yoan Stefanov

2×2 · top 0.052% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022STEF06

Yoan Stefanov has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.62, set at Tarnovo End Of Summer 2024, puts him in the top 0.052% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Bulgaria. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since August 2022, he has put 656 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.90 in August 2022 to 0.62, an 89% improvement. Yoan has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.052% of 186,767 all-time
0.62
signature single · Tarnovo End Of Summer 2024
656
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBulgaria
2×20.622.05
top 0.052%1 / 407
3×37.759.42
top 2.4%14 / 567
Pyraminx2.964.36
top 3.5%7 / 332
4×437.4540.52
top 9.2%17 / 192
Skewb4.135.37
top 11.8%26 / 237
Megaminx1:08.601:18.45
top 14.8%9 / 67
3×3 one-handed20.6722.15
top 22.3%29 / 139
Clock9.9010.99
top 24.6%10 / 78
5×51:34.181:41.80
top 30.8%29 / 94
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves—
early days — 2 solves7 / 17
Square-152.10—
early days — 1 solve34 / 43
3×3 blindfolded5:44.91—
early days — 1 solve13 / 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

Tarnovo Open 2022: 5.90Burgas Open 2023: 4.25Lovech Winter 2024: 3.49Sofia Spring 2024: 2.50Pernik Open 2024: 1.5750 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024: 2.05Burgas Summer 2024: 2.23Tarnovo End Of Summer 2024: 0.62Bulgarian Nationals 2024: 2.55Sofia Open 2025: 2.89Sofia Spring 2025: 1.59Sofia Open 2026: 1.49Blagoevgrad Open 2026: 1.74Sofia Summer 2026: 1.970.625.906 Aug 20226 Jun 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.