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Ignatios Papathemistokleous

Clock · top 6.3% of 32,048 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019PAPA05

Ignatios Papathemistokleous has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.70, set at Loutraki Open 2023, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Cyprus. Until December 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since September 2019, he has put 500 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.02 in September 2019 to 14.52, a 68% improvement. Ignatios has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 6.3% of 32,048 all-time
5.70
signature single · Loutraki Open 2023
500
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCyprus
Clock5.706.99
top 6.3%3 / 44
2×22.826.37
top 12.2%18 / 162
3×314.5218.59
top 22.8%44 / 206
Pyraminx6.7910.29
top 26.1%33 / 131
3×3 one-handed28.6540.50
top 43.5%17 / 67
Skewb9.6815.02
top 52.9%40 / 79
5×52:10.742:22.56
top 55.9%14 / 36
4×41:25.471:31.55
top 60.2%39 / 76
6×65:30.55—
top 86.9%10 / 13
3×3 Fewest Moves54 moves58.33
early days — 3 solves6 / 11
Megaminx4:17.89—
early days — 1 solve38 / 40

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

Speedcubing Paphos 2019: 46.02Nicosia Cubers 2020: 38.32Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 22.42Cyprus Championship 2022: 24.44Gijzegem Open 2022: 24.30Athens Winter Open 2023: 20.12Cyprus Winter Cup 2023: 21.96Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 24.14Loutraki Open 2023: 19.42Salonica Autumn Open 2023: 20.54Greek Nationals 2023: 18.17Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024: 20.71Kolla Spring Cup 2024: 18.75Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 23.79Autumn Cubing Reunion Athens A - 2024: 16.19Cyprus Nationals 2024: 14.52Greek Nationals 2024: 16.71Peristeri Spring Open 2025: 18.71Kolla Big & Blind 2026: 16.4514.5246.0221 Sep 20191 Aug 2026

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-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.