People · Greece
Nikiforos Stamkopoulos
3×3 · top 4.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022STAM04
Nikiforos Stamkopoulos has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at Thessaloniki Summer Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in Greece. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2022, he has put 386 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.44 in October 2022 to 8.63, a 44% improvement. Nikiforos has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 8.63 | 10.51 | top 4.0% | 64 / 1,004 | |
| 2×2 | 1.89 | 2.77 | top 4.1% | 52 / 747 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.48 | 6.31 | top 5.4% | 29 / 528 | |
| Skewb | 4.82 | 7.57 | top 16.9% | 44 / 278 | |
| 4×4 | 47.59 | 57.17 | top 21.7% | 84 / 395 | |
| Clock | 11.56 | 14.08 | top 32.8% | 65 / 192 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.37 | 29.84 | top 37.9% | 103 / 294 |
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
- 18 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Katerini Beach Open 2024.
- 14 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Salonica Autumn Open 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.04 at Voula Summer Open 2023.
- 6 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.21 at Larissa Spring Open 2023.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Larissa Spring Open 2023.
- 15 Oct 2022First competition: Greek Open 2022. A 15.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Thessaloniki Summer Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Thessaloniki Open 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Double Triple Athens B 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Trikala Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Salonica Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Katerini Beach Open 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Salonica Autumn Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Voula Summer Open 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Larissa Spring Open 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Greek Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 3 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 his.
- Nikolas Baxevanis — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Panagiotis Christopoulos — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Thodoris Iatrou — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.