People · Greece
Thanasis Papangelis
3×3 · top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024PAPA04
Thanasis Papangelis has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.93, set at Easter Fever Athens A 2026, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 105th in Greece. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, he has put 197 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.38 in March 2024 to 9.93, a 39% improvement. Thanasis has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 9.93 | 11.73 | top 7.3% | 105 / 982 | |
| 2×2 | 2.33 | 4.17 | top 7.3% | 85 / 733 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.07 | 9.67 | top 20.5% | 129 / 524 | |
| Skewb | 7.59 | 9.66 | top 38.2% | 95 / 268 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.58 | 1:16.64 | top 39.2% | 138 / 384 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.88 | 48.85 | top 41.6% | 110 / 288 | |
| Megaminx | 2:05.10 | 2:13.90 | top 48.6% | 73 / 155 | |
| 5×5 | 3:11.16 | — | early days — 2 solves | 157 / 205 |
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
- 28 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Easter Fever Athens A 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pre-Nationals Warm-Up Athens 2025.
- 14 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Athens Never Ending Summer B 2025.
- 16 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.13 at Athens Summer Break B 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024First competition: Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024. A 19.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Easter Fever Athens A 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pre-Nationals Warm-Up Athens 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Athens Never Ending Summer B 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Peristeri Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Double Triple Athens A 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Athens Summer Break B 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 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.
- Pantos Pantos — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Faidon Kourmoulakis — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Ioannis Ntalis — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.