People · Greece
Panos Gkotsis
2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015GKOT01
Panos Gkotsis has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.47, set at Greek Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Greece. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since August 2015, he has put 728 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.41 in August 2015 to 7.72, a 26% improvement. Panos has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 1.47 | 2.70 | top 2.0% | 21 / 733 | |
| 3×3 | 7.72 | 9.81 | top 2.3% | 30 / 982 | |
| 4×4 | 31.91 | 38.71 | top 4.1% | 19 / 384 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.26 | 17.65 | top 6.6% | 12 / 288 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.94 | 1:09.52 | top 12.7% | 16 / 155 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.11 | 1:20.92 | top 13.2% | 25 / 205 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.17 | 7.54 | top 14.2% | 95 / 524 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 31 moves | 33.00 | top 17.4% | 5 / 77 | |
| 6×6 | 2:34.97 | 2:56.46 | top 28.2% | 18 / 78 | |
| 7×7 | 4:36.66 | 5:00.12 | top 43.4% | 26 / 62 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:54.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 34 / 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
- 19 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Greece New Year 2019.
- 15 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Greece Autumn 2018.
- 10 Apr 2017Five personal bests in one day at Greece Spring Open 2017.
- 28 Dec 2016Four personal bests in one day at Greece Winter Open 2016.
- 25 Apr 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Greece Spring Open 2016.
- 28 Dec 2015Five personal bests in one day at Greece Winter Open 2015.
Competitions
- Greek Nationals 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Greek Nationals 2024 · 24 Nov 2024
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Athens Summer Break A 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rare Events Athens 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cubes Athens 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Greek Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Greece New Year 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Greece Autumn 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Greece New Year 2018 · 2 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Greece Spring Open 2017 · 10 Apr 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Greece Winter Open 2016 · 28 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Greece Spring Open 2016 · 25 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Greece Winter Open 2015 · 28 Dec 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Greece Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 2 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.
- Zois Lefkidis — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
- Iasonas Mylonas — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Vasilis Prigkos — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.