People · Greece
Taxiarchis Vaxevanis
3×3 · top 6.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017VAXE01
Taxiarchis Vaxevanis has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.54, set at Voula Summer Open 2023, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 93rd in Greece. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2017, he has put 383 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.13 in April 2017 to 9.54, a 63% improvement. Taxiarchis has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 9.54 | 11.40 | top 6.2% | 93 / 1,004 | |
| 4×4 | 35.66 | 43.65 | top 7.4% | 30 / 395 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.26 | 18.44 | top 8.7% | 18 / 294 | |
| Skewb | 3.67 | 5.06 | top 8.8% | 21 / 278 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 4.55 | top 9.5% | 106 / 747 | |
| Square-1 | 18.63 | 21.92 | top 24.9% | 24 / 106 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.53 | 1:42.19 | top 27.0% | 54 / 210 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.91 | 16.43 | top 27.2% | 165 / 528 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.24 | 1:50.08 | top 33.0% | 45 / 155 |
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 2023Three personal bests in one day at Greek Nationals 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Voula Summer Open 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Voula Summer Open 2023.
- 15 Oct 2022Six personal bests in one day at Greek Open 2022.
- 15 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.59 at Greece Autumn 2018.
- 15 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Greece Autumn 2018.
Competitions
- Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Greek Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Salonica Autumn Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Voula Summer Open 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Greek Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Athens SNFestival Cubing 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Greece New Year 2019 · 19 Jan 2019
- 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
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 68 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Nikolaos Zikos — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Zois Lefkidis — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 5.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.