People · Greece
Leonidas Karousos
3×3 · top 15.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023KARO03
Leonidas Karousos has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.31, set at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025, puts him in the top 15.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 189th in Greece. Across 7 competitions since September 2023, he has put 126 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.52 in September 2023 to 12.31, a 43% improvement. Leonidas has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Greece | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.31 | 15.10 | top 15.0% | 189 / 982 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.75 | 8.31 | top 18.1% | 117 / 524 | |
| 2×2 | 3.50 | 4.82 | top 20.2% | 216 / 733 | |
| 4×4 | 1:39.49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 271 / 384 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.24 | 59.25 | top 71.8% | 209 / 288 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 50 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 55 / 77 |
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
- 24 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.18 at Arnhem Open B 2024.
- 24 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open B 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Take Your Time Ermelo 2023.
- 19 Nov 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.19 at Annuntia Sunday Open 2023.
- 10 Sep 2023First competition: Amsterdam Open 2023. A 21.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arnhem Open B 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Annuntia Sunday Open 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Amsterdam Open 2023 · 10 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.
- Florine Zuur — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Stijn de Gooijer — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Veerle Melis — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.