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Nikolas Zacharos
Pyraminx · top 4.4% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023ZACH01
Nikolas Zacharos has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.22, set at We Love Cubing Athens A 2026, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Greece. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2023, he has put 323 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.30 in July 2023 to 17.98, a 58% improvement. Nikolas has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Greece | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.22 | 6.05 | top 4.4% | 21 / 528 | |
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 5.36 | top 5.5% | 64 / 747 | |
| Skewb | 4.86 | 9.06 | top 17.1% | 47 / 278 | |
| 3×3 | 17.98 | 23.25 | top 34.2% | 411 / 1,004 | |
| Clock | 14.76 | 17.69 | top 46.9% | 97 / 192 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.79 | 42.42 | top 50.8% | 140 / 294 | |
| 4×4 | 1:36.96 | 1:47.38 | top 68.7% | 270 / 395 |
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
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.98 at Pre-Nationals Warm-Up Athens 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Pre-Nationals Warm-Up Athens 2025.
- 9 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024.
- 8 Dec 2023First sub-30 3×3: 29.82 at Greek Nationals 2023.
- 6 May 2023First competition: Larissa Spring Open 2023.
Competitions
- New Cubing Season Athens A 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Halkida Spring Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Easter Fever Athens B 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- We Love Cubing Athens A 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Pre-Nationals Warm-Up Athens 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Athens Never Ending Summer A 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Athens Summer Solstice 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Peristeri Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Athens Summer Break B 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Greek Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Loutraki Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Voula Summer Open 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Larissa Spring Open 2023 · 6 May 2023
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.
- Panagiotis Christopoulos — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead
- Faidon Kourmoulakis — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Andreas Mitzithras — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.