People · Greece
Daniil Samotescul
3×3 · top 10.1% of 288,433 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 139th in Greece. Across 6 competitions since September 2025, he has put 173 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 36,406 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 six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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% | 139 / 1,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.26 | 10.06 | top 22.0% | 140 / 528 | |
| 2×2 | 3.68 | 5.60 | top 22.5% | 235 / 747 | |
| Skewb | 6.03 | 10.57 | top 26.0% | 76 / 278 | |
| 4×4 | 56.04 | 57.91 | top 32.1% | 113 / 395 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.83 | 1:53.77 | top 39.3% | 51 / 155 | |
| Clock | 13.74 | 17.80 | top 42.7% | 83 / 192 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.91 | 1:55.14 | top 43.3% | 85 / 210 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.14 | 32.75 | top 44.7% | 118 / 294 | |
| 6×6 | 3:16.44 | 3:49.76 | early days — 3 solves | 34 / 78 | |
| Square-1 | 31.85 | 54.07 | top 53.0% | 53 / 106 | |
| 7×7 | 5:23.82 | 5:27.93 | early days — 3 solves | 37 / 62 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at New Cubing Season Athens A 2026.
- 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
- New Cubing Season Athens A 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- 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.
- Sotirios Iakovos Pappas — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nikolas Belalidis — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Angelos Soutis — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.