Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Greece → Nikolaos Zikos

People · Greece

Nikolaos Zikos

3×3 · top 0.81% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019ZIKO01

Nikolaos Zikos has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.45, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024, puts him in the top 0.81% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Greece. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since January 2019, he has put 1,023 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.78 in January 2019 to 6.45, a 59% improvement. Nikolaos has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.81% of 284,439 all-time
6.45
signature single · Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024
1,023
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGreece
3×36.458.18
top 0.81%13 / 982
Megaminx38.8240.99
top 1.3%1 / 155
4×430.0933.79
top 2.9%16 / 384
Skewb2.865.16
top 4.3%12 / 268
2×22.033.11
top 4.9%60 / 733
Pyraminx3.485.65
top 5.4%28 / 524
5×51:01.391:05.52
top 6.3%9 / 205
3×3 one-handed15.7219.59
top 9.6%22 / 288
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves42.33
early days — 3 solves6 / 77
6×62:25.572:37.19
top 23.4%14 / 78
7×74:36.534:45.96
top 43.3%25 / 62
Square-156.77—
early days — 2 solves84 / 106

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

Greece New Year 2019: 15.78Athens SNFestival Cubing 2019: 12.66Speedcubing Paphos 2019: 9.29Thessaloniki Open 2022: 9.05Greek Open 2022: 8.68Voula Summer Open 2023: 8.48Loutraki Open 2023: 8.24Salonica Autumn Open 2023: 7.27Greek Nationals 2023: 7.69Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024: 7.43Katerini Beach Open 2024: 7.25Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 6.45Salonica Open 2024: 7.39Greek Nationals 2024: 7.63Double Triple Athens A 2025: 7.79Volos Wild Open 2025: 7.35Greek Nationals 2025: 7.63Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.326.4515.7819 Jan 201916 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 8.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.