People · Cyprus
Michael Eleftheriades
3×3 · top 0.062% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017ELEF02
Michael Eleftheriades has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.66, set at Cyprus Cubing League III 2025, puts him in the top 0.062% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Cyprus. Until October 2017, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 50 competitions since September 2017, he has put 2,849 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.78 in September 2017 to 4.66, a 74% improvement. Michael has entered 50 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Cyprus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 4.66 | 7.98 | top 0.062% | 1 / 206 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.99 | 4.93 | top 1.1% | 1 / 131 | |
| 2×2 | 1.37 | 2.28 | top 1.6% | 1 / 162 | |
| 4×4 | 28.95 | 35.75 | top 2.2% | 2 / 76 | |
| Skewb | 2.39 | 4.70 | top 2.5% | 1 / 79 | |
| 5×5 | 56.40 | 1:04.58 | top 3.9% | 1 / 36 | |
| 6×6 | 1:44.68 | 1:51.67 | top 5.4% | 1 / 13 | |
| 7×7 | 2:51.48 | 2:58.20 | top 8.3% | 1 / 9 | |
| Clock | 6.44 | 8.35 | top 8.9% | 5 / 44 | |
| Megaminx | 58.55 | 1:04.41 | top 9.2% | 2 / 40 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.58 | 20.77 | top 9.3% | 4 / 67 | |
| Square-1 | 16.35 | 21.23 | top 19.4% | 3 / 19 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 39.00 | top 23.4% | 1 / 11 |
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
- 20 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cyprus Cubing League III 2025.
- 31 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Silesian Cubing Chorzów 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Greek Nationals 2024.
- 7 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Polish Championship 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Cyprus Nationals 2024.
- 19 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Warm Up Portugalete 2024.
Competitions
- Kolla Big & Blind 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Summer Break A 2026 · 13 Jun 2026
- Nicosia Power Plant 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Cyprus Cubing League Final 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Cyprus Nationals 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
- Greek Nationals 2025 · 5 Dec 2025
- Cyprus Cubing League IV 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Cyprus Cubing League III 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Thessaloniki Open 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Athens Summer Solstice 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Silesian Cubing Chorzów 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cyprus Cubing League II 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Peristeri Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Double Triple Athens B 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- Cyprus Cubing League I 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Greek Nationals 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Polish Championship 2024 · 7 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cyprus Nationals 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Warm Up Portugalete 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Katerini Beach Open 2024 · 18 May 2024
- Kolla Spring Cup 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Big Cubes Athens 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kolla Winter Cup 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- Greek Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Salonica Autumn Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Loutraki Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Voula Summer Open 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kolla Summer Cup 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Larissa Spring Open 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cyprus Winter Cup 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Winter Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Greek Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cyprus Championship 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- İstanbul Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022 · 14 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Back to İstanbul 2022 · 12 Mar 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Nicosia Cubers 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcubing Paphos 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Athens SNFestival Cubing 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Greece New Year 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Larnaca Open 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Greece Autumn 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Heritage Cubing Day 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Cyprus Cube Fest 2017 · 23 Sep 2017
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.
- Ilias Nikolaou — met in 202 rounds, finished ahead 101 times
- Zois Lefkidis — met in 201 rounds, finished ahead 113 times · head to head
- Nikolas Baxevanis — met in 191 rounds, finished ahead 100 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.