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Iason Kontopodis

2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KONT01

Iason Kontopodis has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.65, set at Rubik's German Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 130th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2022, he has put 868 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.93 in April 2022 to 8.36, a 66% improvement. Iason has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.65
signature single · Rubik's German Nationals 2024
868
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×21.653.95
top 2.8%130 / 2,875
3×38.3612.74
top 3.4%189 / 4,109
Clock8.048.59
top 15.4%92 / 634
Skewb4.818.48
top 16.7%229 / 1,169
Square-115.4822.85
top 17.5%82 / 533
4×448.1553.47
top 22.3%417 / 1,934
Pyraminx6.579.50
top 24.4%611 / 1,987
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves43.33
top 30.0%114 / 338
3×3 one-handed24.9631.25
top 34.1%451 / 1,314
5×51:46.172:08.62
top 40.0%416 / 1,158
Megaminx1:53.952:13.06
top 42.6%319 / 787
3×3 blindfolded2:48.60—
top 49.1%148 / 343
6×65:07.615:40.31
top 83.0%462 / 586
7×79:12.42—
early days — 2 solves462 / 510

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

Odsherred Forårscubing 2022: 24.93German Nationals 2022: 23.65Latvian Championship 2022: 16.51Bremium Cubing 2023: 16.13UMA Open 2023: 13.04Rahn Education Open 2024: 12.64Hessen Open 2024: 12.60c't Open Hannover 2024: 11.15Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 12.94Belgrade Open 2024: 11.76Back to Berlin 2024: 11.42Oldenburg Oster Open 2025: 8.36Franconia XX 2025: 11.36Kölner Kubing 2025: 11.78Berlin Summer Open 2025: 11.02Dreiländereck-Open 2025: 11.728.3624.9316 Apr 202225 Oct 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.