People · Finland
Alpertti Kananen
2×2 · top 7.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023KANA05
Alpertti Kananen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at Finnish Championship 2025, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 104th in Finland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since June 2023, he has put 713 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.26 in June 2023 to 11.36, a 34% improvement. Alpertti has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 4.29 | top 7.9% | 104 / 683 | |
| 3×3 | 11.36 | 14.02 | top 11.7% | 153 / 886 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.52 | 7.36 | top 16.6% | 154 / 558 | |
| Skewb | 6.17 | 10.95 | top 27.2% | 173 / 411 | |
| Clock | 10.84 | 13.27 | top 29.2% | 83 / 198 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.85 | 37.97 | top 44.1% | 155 / 318 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.42 | 1:18.84 | top 45.4% | 199 / 397 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.55 | — | top 51.6% | 109 / 193 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at León Open 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025.
- 1 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Italian Championship 2024.
- 17 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.84 at Finnish Championship 2024.
- 17 Oct 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Finnish Championship 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2024.
Competitions
- Finnish Championship 2025 · 17 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- León Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pulmapelipäivät 2025 · 6 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kampin Kuutiopäivät 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Helsinki 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2024 · 17 Oct 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Jukkasjärvi Midnight Sun 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- 50 and Counting Ireland 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Lahen Cubefest 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Kuopion Kuutiokemut 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024 · 16 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutiokemut 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling at the Shopping Centre Plaza in Salo 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Isle of Wight Summer 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Feltre: WC Warmup 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pulmapelipäivät 2023 · 9 Jun 2023
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 125 rounds, never finished ahead
- Antto Pitkänen — met in 122 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Luukas Lempinen — met in 111 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.