People · Greece
Zois Lefkidis
3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016LEFK01
Zois Lefkidis has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.05, set at Athens Winter Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Greece. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since December 2016, he has put 1,382 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.51 in December 2016 to 7.05, a 66% improvement. Zois has entered 28 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 | 7.05 | 9.36 | top 1.4% | 21 / 982 | |
| 4×4 | 28.41 | 33.78 | top 2.0% | 11 / 384 | |
| 2×2 | 1.49 | 3.33 | top 2.1% | 26 / 733 | |
| 5×5 | 57.69 | 1:03.37 | top 4.4% | 7 / 205 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.36 | 6.39 | top 4.9% | 26 / 524 | |
| Skewb | 3.77 | 8.24 | top 9.4% | 23 / 268 | |
| 6×6 | 1:59.50 | 2:07.51 | top 10.8% | 6 / 78 | |
| 7×7 | 3:05.75 | 3:16.98 | top 12.1% | 5 / 62 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.62 | 23.47 | top 14.1% | 39 / 288 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.80 | 1:25.92 | top 18.5% | 31 / 155 | |
| Square-1 | 31.46 | 50.75 | top 52.1% | 52 / 106 | |
| Clock | 17.05 | 21.02 | top 55.6% | 105 / 180 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 35 / 77 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:44.19 | — | top 76.9% | 26 / 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
- 6 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Thessaloniki Open 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Trikala Open 2025.
- 8 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Greek Nationals 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023Four personal bests in one day at Athens Winter Open 2023.
- 15 Oct 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Greek Open 2022.
- 24 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cyprus Championship 2022.
Competitions
- Thessaloniki Summer Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Greek Nationals 2025 · 5 Dec 2025
- Volos Wild Open 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Thessaloniki Open 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Peristeri Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Trikala Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Greek Nationals 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Salonica Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Autumn Cubing Reunion Athens A - 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Katerini Beach Open 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cubes Athens 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Greek Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Salonica Autumn Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Loutraki Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Voula Summer Open 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Larissa Spring Open 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Athens Winter Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Greek Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Cyprus Championship 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Thessaloniki Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 9 personal bests set
- Athens SNFestival Cubing 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 9 personal bests set
- Greece New Year 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Greece Autumn 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Greece New Year 2018 · 2 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Greece Spring Open 2017 · 10 Apr 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Greece Winter Open 2016 · 28 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best 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.
- Vasilis Prigkos — met in 206 rounds, finished ahead 35 times · head to head
- Michael Eleftheriades — met in 201 rounds, finished ahead 88 times · head to head
- Iasonas Mylonas — met in 158 rounds, finished ahead 70 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.