People · Finland
Aapo Friman
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018FRIM02
Aapo Friman has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.26, set at Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 77th in Finland. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2018, he has put 313 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.54 in August 2018 to 9.26, a 68% improvement. Aapo has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.26 | 12.47 | top 5.5% | 77 / 875 | |
| 4×4 | 39.40 | 46.97 | top 11.4% | 61 / 388 | |
| 2×2 | 2.92 | 5.48 | top 13.3% | 176 / 671 | |
| Skewb | 4.55 | 6.74 | top 14.8% | 99 / 405 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.45 | 7.41 | top 16.1% | 149 / 551 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.73 | 24.69 | top 19.8% | 85 / 314 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.23 | — | early days — 1 solve | 94 / 232 |
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
- 15 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.26 at Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022.
- 15 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022.
- 22 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Finnish Championship 2019.
- 4 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at Pönde Open 2019.
- 17 Aug 2019First sub-15 3×3: 11.97 at Vantaa Back to School 2019.
- 1 Mar 2019First sub-20 3×3: 15.04 at Myyrmäki Spring Challenge 2019.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022 · 14 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022 · 15 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Helsinki Open 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Tapiola Winter Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Pönde Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Vantaa Back to School 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Myyrmäki Spring Challenge 2019 · 1 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ark 2018 · 24 Aug 2018 — 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.
- Jami Viljanen — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Urho Kinnunen — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead once
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.