People · Greece
Ilias Sotiriou
Pyraminx · top 0.93% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023SOTI02
Ilias Sotiriou has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.87, set at Peristeri Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.93% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Greece. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2023, he has put 463 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.15 in September 2023 to 10.84, a 37% improvement. Ilias has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Greece | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.87 | 2.98 | top 0.93% | 5 / 524 | |
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 4.52 | top 7.5% | 87 / 733 | |
| 3×3 | 10.84 | 13.77 | top 10.0% | 133 / 982 | |
| Clock | 7.77 | 10.11 | top 14.1% | 30 / 180 | |
| Skewb | 5.55 | 7.23 | top 22.3% | 62 / 268 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | — | top 33.6% | 17 / 77 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.51 | 1:26.61 | top 39.1% | 137 / 384 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.74 | 34.87 | top 41.3% | 108 / 288 |
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
- 5 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Greek Nationals 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Greek Nationals 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at Salonica Open 2024.
- 16 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Athens Summer Break B 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.19 at Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024.
Competitions
- Easter Fever Athens B 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Greek Nationals 2025 · 5 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pre-Nationals Warm-Up Athens 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Never Ending Summer A 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025
- Athens Summer Break A 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- Peristeri Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Double Triple Athens B 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- Greek Nationals 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Salonica Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Athens Tabletop Festival Open 2024 · 7 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Athens Summer Break B 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rare Events Athens 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
- Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Greek Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Salonica Autumn Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Loutraki Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
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.
- Panagiotis Christopoulos — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Thodoris Iatrou — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Nikolas Belalidis — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.