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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.

2×2
best event — top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.47
signature single · Greek Nationals 2023
728
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGreece
2×21.472.70
top 2.0%21 / 733
3×37.729.81
top 2.3%30 / 982
4×431.9138.71
top 4.1%19 / 384
3×3 one-handed14.2617.65
top 6.6%12 / 288
Megaminx1:04.941:09.52
top 12.7%16 / 155
5×51:12.111:20.92
top 13.2%25 / 205
Pyraminx5.177.54
top 14.2%95 / 524
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves33.00
top 17.4%5 / 77
6×62:34.972:56.46
top 28.2%18 / 78
7×74:36.665:00.12
top 43.4%26 / 62
3×3 blindfolded5:54.48
early days — 2 solves34 / 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

Greece Open 2015: 10.41Greece Winter Open 2015: 10.18Greece Spring Open 2016: 9.93Greece Winter Open 2016: 9.52Greece Spring Open 2017: 8.73Greece New Year 2018: 9.46Greece Autumn 2018: 9.87Greece New Year 2019: 7.72Greek Nationals 2023: 8.97Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024: 8.22Athens Summer Break A 2024: 9.16Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 9.13Greek Nationals 2024: 8.877.7210.418 Aug 201530 Nov 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

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.