People · Greece
Andreas Sykaminidis
3×3 · top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024SYKA01
Andreas Sykaminidis has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.86, set at Peristeri Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Greece. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2024, he has put 768 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.04 in September 2024 to 6.86, a 51% improvement. Andreas has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Greece | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.86 | 8.45 | top 1.2% | 18 / 1,004 | |
| 2×2 | 1.60 | 2.19 | top 2.6% | 34 / 747 | |
| 4×4 | 30.22 | 32.99 | top 3.0% | 17 / 395 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.03 | 16.39 | top 3.0% | 9 / 294 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.31 | 4.90 | top 4.7% | 24 / 528 | |
| Skewb | 3.10 | 4.55 | top 5.5% | 13 / 278 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.91 | 1:06.27 | top 7.2% | 12 / 210 | |
| Clock | 7.08 | 9.09 | top 11.1% | 22 / 192 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.21 | 1:20.84 | top 18.2% | 30 / 155 | |
| 6×6 | 2:17.00 | 2:24.50 | top 19.1% | 12 / 78 | |
| 7×7 | 4:00.51 | 4:10.03 | early days — 3 solves | 17 / 62 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 22 / 79 |
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
- 2 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at Halkida Spring Open 2026.
- 5 Dec 2025Six personal bests in one day at Greek Nationals 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025Six personal bests in one day at Volos Wild Open 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at Athens Summer Solstice 2025.
- 10 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Peristeri Spring Open 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Double Triple Athens A 2025.
Competitions
- FMC Europe 2026 · 10 Oct 2026
- New Cubing Season Athens B 2026 · 20 Sep 2026
- Athens Summer Break A 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Halkida Spring Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Easter Fever Athens B 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- We Love Cubing Athens A 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Greek Nationals 2025 · 5 Dec 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Pre-Nationals Warm-Up Athens 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Volos Wild Open 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Athens Never Ending Summer B 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Summer Solstice 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Athens Summer Break A 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Peristeri Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Double Triple Athens A 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Trikala Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Greek Nationals 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Autumn Cubing Reunion Athens B - 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
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.
- Nikolas Belalidis — met in 136 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Ilias Nikolaou — met in 130 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Ioannis Ntalis — met in 130 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.