People · Finland
Alex Stenman
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023STEN03
Alex Stenman has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.29, set at Pulmapelipäivät 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in Finland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since May 2023, he has put 1,031 official solves on the record across eight 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 18.41 in May 2023 to 7.29, a 60% improvement. Alex has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 7.29 | 9.03 | top 1.7% | 24 / 875 | |
| 2×2 | 1.81 | 3.19 | top 3.6% | 49 / 671 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.20 | 6.89 | top 4.3% | 45 / 551 | |
| Skewb | 3.33 | 5.44 | top 6.7% | 54 / 405 | |
| 4×4 | 36.98 | 41.65 | top 8.7% | 52 / 388 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.41 | 22.06 | top 19.0% | 76 / 314 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.94 | 1:36.71 | top 24.9% | 67 / 232 | |
| Square-1 | 30.84 | 43.97 | top 50.9% | 93 / 155 |
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
- 1 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2026.
- 5 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Pulmapelipäivät 2026.
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Kuopion Kuutiokemut 2024.
- 16 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024.
- 10 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Kirkkonummen Kuutiokemut 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.21 at Puzzling at the Shopping Centre Plaza in Salo 2023.
Competitions
- Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pulmapelipäivät 2026 · 5 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Kamppi Cube Weekend 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2025 · 17 Oct 2025
- Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- MurgiJoven Open 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2024 · 17 Oct 2024
- The End of Autotalo Anime Adventure 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Pulmapelipäivät 2024 · 7 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lahen Cubefest 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Deutsche Cube Days Helsinki 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kuopion Kuutiokemut 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024 · 16 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutiokemut 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Puzzling at the Shopping Centre Plaza in Salo 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Pulmapelipäivät 2023 · 9 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Tampere 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 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.
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 209 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Eetu Lae — met in 192 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Luukas Lempinen — met in 191 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.