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Aarni Salakari

Clock · top 0.13% of 32,048 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022SALA09

Aarni Salakari has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.27, set at VERK X 2025, puts him in the top 0.13% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Finland. Until June 2024, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 61 competitions since September 2022, he has put 5,629 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 4×4 best has come down from 1:46.88 in November 2022 to 25.64, a 76% improvement. Aarni has entered 61 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.13% of 32,048 all-time
2.27
signature single · VERK X 2025
5,629
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
Clock2.272.75
top 0.13%1 / 194
Pyraminx1.653.79
top 0.61%11 / 551
4×425.6429.55
top 0.88%6 / 388
Square-16.308.21
top 1.0%4 / 155
3×36.908.12
top 1.2%18 / 875
2×21.382.79
top 1.6%21 / 671
3×3 one-handed11.0913.86
top 1.9%17 / 314
5×550.9958.71
top 2.0%6 / 232
Skewb2.464.96
top 2.7%27 / 405
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves30.67
top 4.0%6 / 95
7×72:43.662:55.30
top 6.3%6 / 99
Megaminx52.9158.66
top 6.4%18 / 188
6×61:48.781:51.08
top 6.7%10 / 116
3×3 blindfolded2:39.70—
top 46.3%29 / 61

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

Level Up Uusimaa 2022: 1:46.88Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023: 1:15.21Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2023: 1:12.12Autotalo 2023: 1:03.17Finnish Championship 2023: 43.35Autotalo Anime Adventure III 2023: 43.32Kirkkonummen Kuutiokemut 2023: 42.47Autotalo Anime Adventure I 2024: 43.87Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024: 37.07Deutsche Cube Days Helsinki 2024: 44.67Lahen Cubefest 2024: 42.03Big & Blind & Clock Vantaa 2024: 42.87Autotalo Anime Adventure VI 2024: 37.91Pulmapelipäivät 2024: 38.16Juhannus 2024: 41.00Autotalo Anime Adventure VII 2024: 45.48Autotalo Anime Adventure VIII 2024: 38.54Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2024: 39.73Autotalo Anime Adventure IX 2024: 36.17The End of Autotalo Anime Adventure 2024: 34.11Finnish Championship 2024: 31.10Helsinki 2024: 30.14VERK III 2025: 32.54Kaisaniemi Cubing 2025: 31.37VERK IV 2025: 27.10Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025: 28.92VERK V 2025: 27.71Kampin Kuutiopäivät 2025: 26.50VERK VI 2025: 26.76VERK VII 2025: 25.64Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 29.92VERK VIII 2025: 27.44Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2025: 28.62Puzzling Puzzles Vantaa 2025: 28.50Finnish Championship 2025: 28.28VERK IX 2025: 29.77Caveman Cubing Lohja 2025: 32.72Kamppi Cube Weekend 2025: 29.47VERK X 2025: 27.98Kirkkonummen Jouluvääntelyt 2025: 26.87Maunulan Yhteiskoulun Kuutionvääntelyt 2026: 29.36VERK XI 2026: 28.14VERK XII 2026: 27.88VERK XIII 2026: 26.21Kanta-Hämeen Kuutionvääntelyt 2026: 26.36Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2026: 27.89VERK XIV 2026: 29.54Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 26.98Kampin Kuutiopäivät 2026: 26.96VERK XVI 2026: 29.40Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 27.8125.641:46.8825 Nov 202216 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.