People · Cyprus
Panayiotis Isaia
3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020ISAI01
Panayiotis Isaia has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.92, set at Salonica Autumn Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Cyprus. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since February 2020, he has put 683 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.48 in February 2020 to 6.92, a 79% improvement. Panayiotis 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 | Cyprus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.92 | 8.79 | top 1.2% | 4 / 206 | |
| Megaminx | 41.60 | 45.50 | top 2.0% | 1 / 40 | |
| 2×2 | 1.68 | 2.47 | top 3.0% | 3 / 162 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.18 | 4.50 | top 4.3% | 6 / 131 | |
| 4×4 | 33.13 | 38.90 | top 5.1% | 4 / 76 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.65 | 16.62 | top 5.5% | 1 / 67 | |
| Skewb | 4.23 | 6.75 | top 12.5% | 7 / 79 | |
| Clock | 9.24 | 9.64 | top 21.2% | 9 / 44 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.60 | 1:37.46 | top 22.9% | 6 / 36 | |
| Square-1 | 25.92 | 35.42 | top 41.2% | 8 / 19 | |
| 6×6 | 3:21.86 | 3:30.84 | top 51.4% | 8 / 13 | |
| 7×7 | 6:41.13 | 6:55.33 | top 76.7% | 9 / 9 |
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
- 6 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Thessaloniki Open 2025.
- 14 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Salonica Autumn Open 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023Six personal bests in one day at Athens Winter Open 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-30 3×3: 9.43 at Cyprus Championship 2022.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 9.43 at Cyprus Championship 2022.
Competitions
- Cyprus Nationals 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cyprus Cubing League III 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Thessaloniki Open 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cyprus Cubing League II 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cyprus Nationals 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kolla Spring Cup 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Salonica Autumn Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Kolla Summer Cup 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Cyprus Winter Cup 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Winter Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Cyprus Championship 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Nicosia Cubers 2020 · 22 Feb 2020
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 143 rounds, finished ahead 73 times
- Anastasis Papadopoulos — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
- Constantinos Kapelos — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.