People · Finland
Anssi Vanhala
3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2005 · 2005VANH01
Anssi Vanhala has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.69, set at Estonian Open 2012, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in Finland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since April 2005, he has put 921 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.00 in April 2005 to 7.69, a 49% improvement. Anssi has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 7.69 | 10.78 | top 2.3% | 31 / 875 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.19 | 16.61 | top 3.2% | 24 / 314 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.69 | 5.73 | top 11.3% | 105 / 551 | |
| 2×2 | 3.18 | 4.24 | top 16.4% | 192 / 671 | |
| 4×4 | 43.71 | 49.29 | top 16.7% | 88 / 388 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.53 | 1:36.50 | top 26.5% | 67 / 188 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | — | top 30.0% | 34 / 95 | |
| Clock | 11.46 | 11.93 | top 32.3% | 89 / 194 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.84 | 1:53.05 | top 39.0% | 99 / 232 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:28.25 | — | top 42.7% | 28 / 61 | |
| 7×7 | 7:12.34 | 7:40.93 | early days — 3 solves | 79 / 99 | |
| 6×6 | 5:33.55 | — | early days — 1 solve | 101 / 116 |
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
- 27 Oct 2012Four personal bests in one day at Estonian Open 2012.
- 10 Dec 2011Five personal bests in one day at Finnish Open 2011.
- 22 Jan 2011First sub-10 3×3: 8.06 at Helsinki Open 2011.
- 22 Jan 2011Four personal bests in one day at Helsinki Open 2011.
- 7 Nov 2009Three personal bests in one day at Estonian Open 2009.
- 19 Jul 2008Three personal bests in one day at Finnish Open 2008.
Competitions
- Kirkkonummi Open 2016 · 5 Mar 2016
- Estonian Open 2013 · 12 Oct 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Danish Open 2013 · 23 Feb 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Open 2012 · 8 Dec 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Estonian Open 2012 · 27 Oct 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Latvian Open 2012 · 22 Sep 2012
- Helsinki Open 2012 · 1 Sep 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Finnish Open 2011 · 10 Dec 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- Estonian Open 2011 · 8 Oct 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Tallinn Open 2011 · 18 Jun 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummi Open 2011 · 21 May 2011
- Kotka Open 2011 · 2 Apr 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Helsinki Open 2011 · 22 Jan 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- Estonian Open 2010 · 18 Sep 2010
- Finnish Open 2010 · 28 Aug 2010
- Helsinki Open 2010 · 27 Feb 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Estonian Open 2009 · 7 Nov 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Finnish Open 2009 · 29 Aug 2009
- Helsinki Open 2009 · 7 Mar 2009
- Tampere Open 2008 · 25 Oct 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Open 2008 · 19 Jul 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Helsinki Open 2008 · 23 Feb 2008
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2007 · 15 Dec 2007 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007 · 5 Oct 2007
- Finnish Open 2007 · 18 Aug 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Helsinki Open 2007 · 13 Jan 2007 — 4 personal bests set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006 · 23 Sep 2006 — 3 personal bests set
- SveKub Annual Meeting competition 2006 · 18 Mar 2006 — 5 personal bests set
- Swedish Open 2005 · 10 Sep 2005 — 2 personal bests set
- German Open 2005 · 23 Apr 2005 — 2 personal bests 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 83 rounds, finished ahead 70 times
- Teemu Tiinanen — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 71 times · head to head
- Niko Paavilainen — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.