People · Greece
Daniil Samotescul
3×3 · top 10.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025SAMO03
Daniil Samotescul has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.86, set at Easter Fever Athens B 2026, puts him in the top 10.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 134th in Greece. Across 5 competitions since September 2025, he has put 149 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.01 in September 2025 to 10.86, a 17% improvement. Daniil has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.86 | 12.59 | top 10.1% | 134 / 982 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.26 | 10.06 | top 21.9% | 139 / 524 | |
| 2×2 | 3.68 | 5.60 | top 22.4% | 232 / 733 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.92 | 1:05.51 | top 37.4% | 125 / 384 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.83 | 1:53.77 | top 39.2% | 51 / 155 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.91 | 1:55.14 | top 43.2% | 84 / 205 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.14 | 32.75 | top 44.7% | 116 / 288 | |
| 6×6 | 3:16.44 | 3:49.76 | early days — 3 solves | 34 / 78 | |
| Square-1 | 31.85 | 54.07 | top 52.9% | 53 / 106 | |
| 7×7 | 5:23.82 | 5:27.93 | early days — 3 solves | 37 / 62 | |
| Clock | 18.14 | 19.42 | top 59.2% | 117 / 180 | |
| Skewb | 12.87 | 16.55 | top 70.1% | 186 / 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
- 14 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at We Love Cubing Athens A 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pre-Nationals Warm-Up Athens 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025First competition: Athens Never Ending Summer A 2025. A 13.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Athens Summer Break A 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Easter Fever Athens B 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- We Love Cubing Athens A 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Pre-Nationals Warm-Up Athens 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Athens Never Ending Summer A 2025 · 13 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 his.
- Andreas Sykaminidis — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Paraschos Sakavelis — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Sotirios Iakovos Pappas — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.