People · Greece
Nikolas Menegas (Νικόλας Μένεγας)
3×3 · top 6.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025MENE02
Nikolas Menegas (Νικόλας Μένεγας) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.53, set at New Cubing Season Athens B 2026, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 91st in Greece. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since June 2025, he has put 156 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.85 in June 2025 to 9.53, a 43% improvement. Nikolas has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.53 | 15.51 | top 6.2% | 91 / 1,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.10 | 11.10 | top 20.8% | 135 / 528 | |
| 2×2 | 3.98 | 4.36 | top 26.3% | 260 / 747 | |
| 4×4 | 59.71 | 1:07.22 | top 36.3% | 125 / 395 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.61 | 36.60 | top 43.5% | 116 / 294 | |
| 5×5 | 1:58.77 | 2:15.55 | top 48.7% | 95 / 210 | |
| Skewb | 12.74 | 24.33 | top 69.6% | 191 / 278 | |
| Megaminx | 4:05.46 | — | early days — 2 solves | 148 / 155 |
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 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at New Cubing Season Athens B 2026.
- 20 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at New Cubing Season Athens B 2026.
- 14 Feb 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.18 at We Love Cubing Athens A 2026.
- 14 Jun 2025First competition: Athens Summer Break A 2025. A 16.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Cubing Season Athens B 2026 · 20 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Athens Summer Break B 2026 · 14 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- We Love Cubing Athens A 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Pre-Nationals Warm-Up Athens 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Never Ending Summer A 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Summer Break A 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
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.
- Faidon Kourmoulakis — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Panagiotis Christopoulos — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sofia Charvati — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.