People · South Africa
Leonidas Kanellos
Pyraminx · top 1.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024KANE03
Leonidas Kanellos has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at Cubing in the Bay Port Elizabeth 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in South Africa. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2024, he has put 348 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.57 in January 2024 to 9.71, a 62% improvement. Leonidas has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.96 | 5.00 | top 1.1% | 6 / 946 | |
| 3×3 | 9.71 | 13.01 | top 6.7% | 67 / 2,164 | |
| Skewb | 3.62 | 5.36 | top 8.4% | 33 / 438 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 4.23 | top 10.0% | 98 / 1,510 | |
| Clock | 7.64 | 10.03 | top 13.5% | 17 / 148 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.19 | 28.75 | top 26.6% | 77 / 467 | |
| 4×4 | 54.40 | 1:03.88 | top 30.0% | 96 / 491 | |
| Square-1 | 30.80 | 49.37 | top 50.8% | 59 / 118 | |
| 5×5 | 3:07.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 148 / 221 |
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
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.71 at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025.
- 8 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Bay Port Elizabeth 2024.
- 23 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024.
- 5 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.64 at Inni-Horie-Fees 2024.
Competitions
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Bay Port Elizabeth 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Inni-Horie-Fees 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q2 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q1 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
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.
- Osman Badroodin — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Ian Luies — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Ruben Grobler — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.