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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.

3×3
best event — top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.69
signature single · Estonian Open 2012
921
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
3×37.6910.78
top 2.3%31 / 875
3×3 one-handed12.1916.61
top 3.2%24 / 314
Pyraminx4.695.73
top 11.3%105 / 551
2×23.184.24
top 16.4%192 / 671
4×443.7149.29
top 16.7%88 / 388
Megaminx1:27.531:36.50
top 26.5%67 / 188
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves
top 30.0%34 / 95
Clock11.4611.93
top 32.3%89 / 194
5×51:44.841:53.05
top 39.0%99 / 232
3×3 blindfolded2:28.25
top 42.7%28 / 61
7×77:12.347:40.93
early days — 3 solves79 / 99
6×65:33.55
early days — 1 solve101 / 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

German Open 2005: 15.00Swedish Open 2005: 14.66SveKub Annual Meeting competition 2006: 12.47European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006: 12.40Helsinki Open 2007: 12.14Finnish Open 2007: 12.14World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 13.06Helsinki Open 2008: 13.33Finnish Open 2008: 12.72Tampere Open 2008: 11.94Helsinki Open 2009: 13.60Finnish Open 2009: 12.77Estonian Open 2009: 11.05Helsinki Open 2010: 10.43Helsinki Open 2011: 8.06Kotka Open 2011: 10.47Kirkkonummi Open 2011: 9.58Tallinn Open 2011: 9.91Estonian Open 2011: 10.16Finnish Open 2011: 10.43Helsinki Open 2012: 9.56Latvian Open 2012: 10.06Estonian Open 2012: 7.69Finnish Open 2012: 9.44Danish Open 2013: 9.15Estonian Open 2013: 9.847.6915.0023 Apr 200512 Oct 2013

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-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.