People · Cyprus
Marios Romanos
Clock · top 8.1% of 32,048 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023ROMA04
Marios Romanos has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.25, set at Cyprus Cubing League I 2025, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Cyprus. Until August 2010, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2023, he has put 181 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.31 in February 2023 to 12.50, a 35% improvement. Marios has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Cyprus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 6.25 | 7.42 | top 8.1% | 4 / 44 | |
| 3×3 | 12.50 | 14.69 | top 15.6% | 28 / 206 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.48 | 8.38 | top 23.7% | 28 / 131 | |
| 2×2 | 3.80 | 5.46 | top 23.9% | 35 / 162 | |
| Skewb | 6.09 | 7.88 | top 26.4% | 17 / 79 | |
| 4×4 | 57.16 | 1:03.80 | top 33.3% | 17 / 76 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.20 | 37.72 | top 53.8% | 23 / 67 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.66 | 3:06.86 | top 55.7% | 19 / 40 | |
| 5×5 | 2:32.43 | 2:44.43 | top 66.9% | 23 / 36 |
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
- 12 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at Cyprus Nationals 2024.
- 8 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.03 at Kolla Summer Cup 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023First competition: Cyprus Winter Cup 2023. A 19.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cyprus Cubing League IV 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cyprus Cubing League III 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Cyprus Cubing League I 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cyprus Nationals 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Kolla Summer Cup 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cyprus Winter Cup 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best 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 his.
- Michael Eleftheriades — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Anastasis Papadopoulos — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Theoharis Delidis — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.