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Nikolas Belalidis

3×3 · top 0.67% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023BELA01

Nikolas Belalidis has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.27, set at Halkida Spring Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.67% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Greece. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since February 2023, he has put 1,413 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 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.38 in February 2023 to 6.27, a 33% improvement. Nikolas has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.67% of 288,433 all-time
6.27
signature single · Halkida Spring Open 2026
1,413
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
3×36.277.42
top 0.67%10 / 1,004
4×426.6529.96
top 1.2%5 / 395
Pyraminx2.554.31
top 2.3%10 / 528
2×21.562.47
top 2.4%31 / 747
3×3 one-handed11.6216.97
top 2.6%7 / 294
Megaminx44.8948.39
top 3.0%3 / 155
5×556.251:02.43
top 3.9%6 / 210
Clock5.406.49
top 5.5%11 / 192
Skewb3.796.52
top 9.5%24 / 278
6×61:59.212:07.23
top 10.8%5 / 78
7×73:18.283:25.55
top 15.8%6 / 62
Square-121.9431.14
top 32.4%34 / 106
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves47.67
top 62.6%36 / 79

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: 9.38Loutraki Open 2023: 9.42Salonica Autumn Open 2023: 9.15Greek Nationals 2023: 8.55Katerini Beach Open 2024: 8.89Athens Summer Break B 2024: 9.02Athens Tabletop Festival Open 2024: 7.84Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.61Autumn Cubing Reunion Athens A - 2024: 7.06Salonica Open 2024: 7.37Greek Nationals 2024: 7.29Trikala Open 2025: 7.87Double Triple Athens A 2025: 7.13Peristeri Spring Open 2025: 6.97Athens Summer Break A 2025: 8.21Athens Summer Solstice 2025: 7.72Athens Never Ending Summer B 2025: 7.01Volos Wild Open 2025: 7.71Pre-Nationals Warm-Up Athens 2025: 8.14Greek Nationals 2025: 6.89We Love Cubing Athens B 2026: 6.50Easter Fever Athens B 2026: 6.68Halkida Spring Open 2026: 6.27Athens Summer Break A 2026: 6.85Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 6.83New Cubing Season Athens A 2026: 6.526.279.4211 Feb 202319 Sep 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 — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 1.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.