People · Greece
Pantos Pantos
3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018PANT04
Pantos Pantos has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.03, set at Larissa Spring Open 2023, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 74th in Greece. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since September 2018, he has put 1,213 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.43 in September 2018 to 9.03, a 51% improvement. Pantos has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Greece | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.03 | 11.69 | top 4.9% | 74 / 982 | |
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 3.91 | top 5.9% | 71 / 733 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | 37.67 | top 12.2% | 3 / 77 | |
| 4×4 | 43.53 | 47.87 | top 16.4% | 66 / 384 | |
| Skewb | 5.09 | 10.66 | top 18.8% | 52 / 268 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.73 | 9.82 | top 25.6% | 158 / 524 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.80 | 1:49.88 | top 32.1% | 64 / 205 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.83 | 1:52.05 | top 34.5% | 47 / 155 | |
| Clock | 13.92 | 16.90 | top 43.5% | 83 / 180 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.08 | 35.79 | top 44.5% | 115 / 288 | |
| 6×6 | 3:17.22 | 3:30.26 | top 49.1% | 35 / 78 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:45.70 | — | top 64.7% | 19 / 40 | |
| 7×7 | 6:01.24 | — | top 68.0% | 43 / 62 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 15:13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7 / 9 | |
| Square-1 | 45.07 | 1:08.35 | top 71.1% | 75 / 106 |
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
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Athens Summer Solstice 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Trikala Open 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Greek Nationals 2024.
- 18 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Katerini Beach Open 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Rare Events Athens 2024.
- 6 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.03 at Larissa Spring Open 2023.
Competitions
- Kolla Big & Blind 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Athens Summer Break A 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Easter Fever Athens A 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- We Love Cubing Athens B 2026 · 15 Feb 2026
- Greek Nationals 2025 · 5 Dec 2025
- Pre-Nationals Warm-Up Athens 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Volos Wild Open 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Athens Never Ending Summer B 2025 · 14 Sep 2025
- Thessaloniki Open 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Athens Summer Solstice 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Peristeri Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Double Triple Athens A 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- Trikala Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Greek Nationals 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Greek Nationals 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Salonica Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Autumn Cubing Reunion Athens B - 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
- Athens Tabletop Festival Open 2024 · 7 Jul 2024
- Athens Summer Break B 2024 · 16 Jun 2024
- Katerini Beach Open 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rare Events Athens 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Big Cubes Athens 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- Greek Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Salonica Autumn Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Voula Summer Open 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Larissa Spring Open 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Athens Winter Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Greek Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Thessaloniki Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Athens SNFestival Cubing 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Greece New Year 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Greece Autumn 2018 · 15 Sep 2018
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.
- Thodoris Iatrou — met in 215 rounds, finished ahead 35 times · head to head
- Konstantinos Zaglanis — met in 191 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Ilias Nikolaou — met in 189 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.