People · Greece
Nikos Preda
2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022PRED01
Nikos Preda has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.33, set at Athens Winter Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Greece. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2022, he has put 347 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.67 in October 2022 to 8.56, a 20% improvement. Nikos 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.33 | 3.15 | top 1.5% | 12 / 733 | |
| 3×3 | 8.56 | 10.57 | top 3.9% | 56 / 982 | |
| 4×4 | 36.50 | 44.70 | top 8.2% | 34 / 384 | |
| Skewb | 4.20 | 5.72 | top 12.3% | 36 / 268 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.11 | 6.17 | top 13.9% | 89 / 524 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.02 | 22.34 | top 15.1% | 46 / 288 | |
| Square-1 | 15.41 | 18.44 | top 17.4% | 14 / 106 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.05 | 1:29.40 | top 20.5% | 32 / 155 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.45 | 1:51.01 | top 34.9% | 69 / 205 | |
| Clock | 13.35 | 15.86 | top 41.1% | 77 / 180 |
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
- 8 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Greek Nationals 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.74 at Voula Summer Open 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023Six personal bests in one day at Voula Summer Open 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Athens Winter Open 2023.
- 15 Oct 2022First competition: Greek Open 2022. A 11.91 3×3 single to start from.
- 15 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Greek Open 2022.
Competitions
- Autumn Cubing Reunion Athens B - 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Greek Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Salonica Autumn Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Voula Summer Open 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Athens Winter Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Greek Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Michael Eleftheriades — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Thodoris Iatrou — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Panagiotis Christopoulos — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.