In the past year (2025), Ilias Nikolaou competed in 12 competitions and 153 rounds across 13 events, from Feb 15th to Dec 7th.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 23 times across 8 events, including 8 golds, 9 silvers, and 6 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2 | 1 | |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | | 1 | 1 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | | 1 | |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | | 1 | |
| 4x4x4 Cube | | | 2 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | | | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 739 solves and completed 723.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 162 | 165 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 109 | 110 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 99 | 100 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 78 | 80 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 54 | 55 |
| Skewb | 50 | 50 |
| Pyraminx | 48 | 50 |
| Clock | 35 | 40 |
| Square-1 | 25 | 25 |
| Megaminx | 24 | 25 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 21 | 21 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 15 | 15 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 3 | 3 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 56 times across 12 events, including 25 singles and 31 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Megaminx | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Square-1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Clock | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Pyraminx | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Skewb | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 7.22 | 5.40 | 1.82 (33.70%) |
| Square-1 | 17.04 | 13.47 | 3.57 (26.50%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 33.23 | 26.58 | 6.65 (25.02%) |
| Megaminx | 1:21.48 | 1:06.04 | 15.44 (23.38%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3:33.84 | 2:58.41 | 35.43 (19.86%) |
| Clock | 10.22 | 8.88 | 1.34 (15.09%) |
| Pyraminx | 4.07 | 3.58 | 0.49 (13.69%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 13.65 | 12.22 | 1.43 (11.70%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1:59.35 | 1:50.85 | 8.50 (7.67%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 57.32 | 53.72 | 3.60 (6.70%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 1.56 | 1.50 | 0.06 (4.00%) |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| Skewb | 7.65 | 5.05 | 2.60 (51.49%) |
| Pyraminx | 7.40 | 5.95 | 1.45 (24.37%) |
| Megaminx | 1:33.92 | 1:16.10 | 17.82 (23.42%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2:21.68 | 1:56.96 | 24.72 (21.14%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3:41.22 | 3:10.42 | 30.80 (16.17%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 38.40 | 33.21 | 5.19 (15.63%) |
| Square-1 | 21.38 | 19.30 | 2.08 (10.78%) |
| Clock | 11.34 | 10.32 | 1.02 (9.88%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1:00.59 | 57.04 | 3.55 (6.22%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 8.81 | 8.38 | 0.43 (5.13%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 15.11 | 14.83 | 0.28 (1.89%) |
Cubers
He met 406 cubers from 26 countries/regions, 196 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 210 |
| 2 | 83 |
| 3 | 51 |
| 4 | 23 |
| 5 | 15 |
| 6 | 5 |
| 7 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 |
| All | 406 |
Regions
He competed in 2 countries/regions.
| Region | Times |
| Greece | 10 |
| Cyprus | 2 |
