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Nikolaos Zoulfikiaroglou

2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023ZOUL01

Nikolaos Zoulfikiaroglou has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.27, set at Athens Summer Solstice 2025, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in Greece. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since February 2023, he has put 597 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.78 in February 2023 to 9.55, a 19% improvement. Nikolaos has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.27
signature single · Athens Summer Solstice 2025
597
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGreece
2×21.271.91
top 1.3%11 / 733
3×39.5511.34
top 6.2%91 / 982
Pyraminx3.796.26
top 6.7%40 / 524
Skewb4.166.94
top 12.0%34 / 268
4×445.6956.02
top 19.2%77 / 384
Square-116.9321.57
top 20.8%19 / 106
Clock9.5111.34
top 22.6%46 / 180
3×3 one-handed24.3427.02
top 32.4%84 / 288
5×51:47.281:55.54
top 40.7%80 / 205
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves41.00
top 44.7%23 / 77
Megaminx2:23.682:46.37
top 58.2%96 / 155
3×3 blindfolded5:15.07—
early days — 3 solves29 / 40
6×66:53.94—
early days — 1 solve77 / 78

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

Athens Winter Open 2023: 11.78Voula Summer Open 2023: 10.86Loutraki Open 2023: 11.84Greek Nationals 2023: 12.94Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024: 10.79Athens Summer Break A 2024: 9.55Athens Tabletop Festival Open 2024: 11.77Autumn Cubing Reunion Athens B - 2024: 10.01Greek Nationals 2024: 11.49Trikala Open 2025: 10.00Double Triple Athens B 2025: 10.93Athens Summer Solstice 2025: 11.28Pre-Nationals Warm-Up Athens 2025: 10.88Greek Nationals 2025: 11.01We Love Cubing Athens A 2026: 11.049.5512.9411 Feb 202314 Feb 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.