People · Greece
Marilena Tsakonopoulou
2×2 · top 3.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017TSAK01
Marilena Tsakonopoulou has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.84, set at Athens Winter Open 2023, puts her in the top 3.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in Greece. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2017, she has put 237 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside her 4 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 16.62 in April 2017 to 9.48, a 43% improvement. Marilena has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Greece | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.84 | 4.36 | top 3.8% | 47 / 733 | |
| 3×3 | 9.48 | 13.42 | top 6.1% | 86 / 982 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.56 | 21.64 | top 16.6% | 50 / 288 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.82 | 12.17 | top 18.7% | 122 / 524 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.95 | 2:01.48 | top 43.1% | 61 / 155 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.08 | 1:21.32 | top 44.0% | 158 / 384 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.00 | — | top 65.7% | 124 / 205 |
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
- 14 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at Salonica Autumn Open 2023.
- 9 Jul 2022Five personal bests in one day at Thessaloniki Open 2022.
- 29 Jun 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.90 at Athens SNFestival Cubing 2019.
- 29 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Athens SNFestival Cubing 2019.
- 2 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Greece New Year 2018.
- 10 Apr 2017First competition: Greece Spring Open 2017. A 17.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Greek Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Salonica Autumn Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Athens Winter Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Greek Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Thessaloniki Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Athens SNFestival Cubing 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Greece Autumn 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Greece New Year 2018 · 2 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Greece Spring Open 2017 · 10 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
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 her.
- Zois Lefkidis — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Vasilis Prigkos — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pantos Pantos — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
Targets move as she improves.