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Ioannis Rovatsos

3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023ROVA01

Ioannis Rovatsos has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.58, set at Easter Fever Athens A 2026, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in Greece. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2023, he has put 298 official solves on the record across twelve 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 11.69 in December 2023 to 8.58, a 27% improvement. Ioannis has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.58
signature single · Easter Fever Athens A 2026
298
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 standingGreece
3×38.589.89
top 3.9%59 / 982
2×22.473.83
top 8.6%99 / 733
4×437.0840.82
top 8.8%39 / 384
Skewb3.794.89
top 9.5%24 / 268
3×3 one-handed17.6120.35
top 14.1%38 / 288
5×51:13.901:23.97
top 14.5%30 / 205
Pyraminx5.358.27
top 15.4%104 / 524
Clock8.9916.38
top 19.9%39 / 180
7×73:59.084:12.35
top 30.3%15 / 62
6×62:42.563:02.39
early days — 3 solves22 / 78
Square-126.5531.65
top 42.5%40 / 106
3×3 blindfolded2:45.91
early days — 1 solve13 / 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

Greek Nationals 2023: 11.69Athens Summer Break A 2024: 10.98Double Triple Athens B 2025: 9.23Peristeri Spring Open 2025: 8.92Athens Summer Solstice 2025: 8.63We Love Cubing Athens B 2026: 9.55Easter Fever Athens A 2026: 8.588.5811.698 Dec 202328 Mar 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.