People · Greece
Apollina Kallou
2×2 · top 5.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025KALL06
Apollina Kallou has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.05, set at Stevenage May 2026, puts her in the top 5.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in Greece. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2025, she has put 183 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 17.13 in September 2025 to 9.47, a 45% improvement. Apollina has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Greece | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.05 | 5.10 | top 5.1% | 61 / 733 | |
| 3×3 | 9.47 | 12.05 | top 6.0% | 85 / 982 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.79 | 11.36 | top 18.4% | 121 / 524 | |
| 4×4 | 58.55 | 1:09.92 | top 34.9% | 117 / 384 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.15 | 35.87 | top 44.7% | 117 / 288 | |
| Clock | 17.07 | 22.68 | top 55.7% | 106 / 180 | |
| Megaminx | 2:49.82 | — | early days — 1 solve | 117 / 155 | |
| Skewb | 15.72 | 24.10 | top 80.5% | 221 / 268 |
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
- 9 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Stevenage May 2026.
- 9 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage May 2026.
- 5 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.53 at Greek Nationals 2025.
- 5 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Greek Nationals 2025.
- 6 Sep 2025First competition: Stevenage September 2025. A 17.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage July 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage May 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- We Love Cubing Athens B 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Greek Nationals 2025 · 5 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage October 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage September 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
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 her.
- Rufus Prabhu-Desai — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Robinson — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adam Stringer — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
Targets move as she improves.