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Nikolas Papangelopoulos
Pyraminx · top 4.0% of 130,891 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023PAPA06
Nikolas Papangelopoulos has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.11, set at Salonica Autumn Open 2023, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Greece. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2023, he has put 137 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Nikolas has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Greece | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.11 | 10.03 | top 4.0% | 19 / 528 | |
| 3×3 | 13.92 | 16.21 | top 20.8% | 250 / 1,004 | |
| 2×2 | 3.92 | 5.09 | top 25.5% | 256 / 747 | |
| Skewb | 7.62 | 12.47 | top 38.5% | 98 / 278 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.77 | 1:16.23 | top 48.7% | 180 / 395 | |
| 5×5 | 2:41.07 | 3:12.86 | top 71.0% | 138 / 210 |
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
- 12 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Salonica Open 2024.
- 14 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Salonica Autumn Open 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023First competition: Voula Summer Open 2023. A 14.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Salonica Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Athens Tabletop Festival Open 2024 · 7 Jul 2024
- Salonica Autumn Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Loutraki Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Voula Summer Open 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Thodoris Iatrou — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Stefanos Roussos — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ioannis Ntalis — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.