People · Greece
Andreas Karagounis
4×4 · top 6.6% of 83,917 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018KARA14
Andreas Karagounis has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 34.95, set at Peristeri Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in Greece. Until October 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since September 2018, he has put 858 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.16 in September 2018 to 10.58, a 54% improvement. Andreas has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Greece | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 34.95 | 40.74 | top 6.6% | 28 / 384 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.02 | 1:15.85 | top 8.4% | 14 / 205 | |
| 3×3 | 10.58 | 12.35 | top 9.2% | 122 / 982 | |
| 2×2 | 2.70 | 4.79 | top 10.9% | 129 / 733 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.96 | 10.18 | top 12.9% | 82 / 524 | |
| 6×6 | 2:05.83 | 2:11.47 | top 13.6% | 7 / 78 | |
| Megaminx | 1:08.29 | 1:18.49 | top 14.6% | 22 / 155 | |
| Skewb | 4.54 | 8.67 | top 14.8% | 41 / 268 | |
| 7×7 | 3:28.58 | 3:36.14 | top 19.3% | 7 / 62 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | top 59.0% | 33 / 77 |
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
- 21 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Athens Summer Solstice 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Salonica Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Big Cubes Athens 2024.
- 8 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Greek Nationals 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Voula Summer Open 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Athens Winter Open 2023.
Competitions
- Athens Summer Break A 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- We Love Cubing Athens B 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Summer Solstice 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Athens Summer Break B 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Peristeri Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Greek Nationals 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Greek Nationals 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Salonica Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Tabletop Festival Open 2024 · 7 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Summer Break B 2024 · 16 Jun 2024
- Rare Events Athens 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cubes Athens 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Greek Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Salonica Autumn Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Loutraki Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Voula Summer Open 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Athens Winter Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Greek Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Thessaloniki Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Athens SNFestival Cubing 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Greece New Year 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Greece Autumn 2018 · 15 Sep 2018
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.
- Michael Eleftheriades — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Vasilis Prigkos — met in 132 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Pantos Pantos — met in 131 rounds, finished ahead 83 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.95 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 5.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.