People · Greece
Nikolas Vlassopoulos
3×3 · top 5.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018VLAS01
Nikolas Vlassopoulos has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.37, set at Athens SNFestival Cubing 2019, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 87th in Greece. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2018, he has put 237 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.52 in January 2018 to 9.37, a 66% improvement. Nikolas has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 9.37 | 11.54 | top 5.8% | 87 / 1,004 | |
| 4×4 | 37.12 | 46.63 | top 8.9% | 40 / 395 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.43 | 18.04 | top 9.1% | 21 / 294 | |
| 2×2 | 3.36 | 4.82 | top 18.6% | 205 / 747 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.46 | 1:51.91 | top 40.9% | 83 / 210 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.31 | 12.00 | top 47.5% | 279 / 528 | |
| Skewb | 14.76 | 55.11 | top 77.5% | 218 / 278 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:22.48 | — | early days — 1 solve | 39 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.37 at Athens SNFestival Cubing 2019.
- 29 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Athens SNFestival Cubing 2019.
- 19 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at Greece New Year 2019.
- 15 Sep 2018First sub-20 3×3: 12.40 at Greece Autumn 2018.
- 15 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.40 at Greece Autumn 2018.
- 2 Jan 2018First competition: Greece New Year 2018. A 27.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Peristeri Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Double Triple Athens B 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- Greek Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Winter Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Athens SNFestival Cubing 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Greece New Year 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Greece Autumn 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Greece New Year 2018 · 2 Jan 2018
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.
- Michael Eleftheriades — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Zois Lefkidis — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Vasilis Prigkos — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 7.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.