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Nikolas Sofianopoulos

Skewb · top 1.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022SOFI01

Nikolas Sofianopoulos has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.86, set at Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Greece. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since October 2022, he has put 527 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 9 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.07 in October 2022 to 8.91, a 53% improvement. Nikolas has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.0% of 73,281 all-time
1.86
signature single · Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024
527
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGreece
Skewb1.864.25
top 1.0%5 / 268
2×21.733.02
top 3.2%40 / 733
3×38.9110.65
top 4.7%70 / 982
Clock6.358.08
top 8.5%18 / 180
Pyraminx4.285.61
top 9.1%58 / 524
3×3 one-handed17.1619.30
top 13.0%32 / 288
4×442.7346.04
top 15.4%60 / 384
5×51:25.161:32.68
top 23.4%50 / 205
Megaminx1:52.422:09.49
top 41.7%60 / 155
6×64:15.124:19.48
top 70.3%52 / 78
Square-146.181:11.28
top 72.3%76 / 106
3×3 blindfolded11:12.00
early days — 1 solve41 / 40

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

Greek Open 2022: 19.07Athens Winter Open 2023: 14.93Larissa Spring Open 2023: 14.36Voula Summer Open 2023: 10.85Salonica Autumn Open 2023: 9.72Greek Nationals 2023: 12.10Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024: 9.87Katerini Beach Open 2024: 9.94Autumn Cubing Reunion Athens B - 2024: 9.72Trikala Open 2025: 10.55Double Triple Athens B 2025: 10.20Peristeri Spring Open 2025: 8.918.9119.0715 Oct 202210 May 2025

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 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.