People · Finland
Elias Gröhn
Skewb · top 1.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024GROH05
Elias Gröhn has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.90, set at Spanish Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in Finland. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2024, he has put 176 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 4.85 in June 2025 to 1.90, a 61% improvement. Elias has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.90 | 4.35 | top 1.1% | 11 / 405 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.26 | 7.53 | top 9.0% | 82 / 551 | |
| 2×2 | 2.80 | 4.66 | top 12.0% | 159 / 671 | |
| 3×3 | 12.41 | 15.55 | top 15.3% | 188 / 875 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 103 / 188 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.94 | — | early days — 2 solves | 137 / 232 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.83 | — | early days — 2 solves | 235 / 388 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.90 | — | early days — 2 solves | 238 / 314 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Spanish Championship 2025.
- 17 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.73 at Finnish Championship 2025.
- 17 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Finnish Championship 2025.
- 6 Jun 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.36 at Pulmapelipäivät 2025.
- 6 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Pulmapelipäivät 2025.
- 17 Oct 2024First competition: Finnish Championship 2024. A 21.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kokkola 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2025 · 17 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Pulmapelipäivät 2025 · 6 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2024 · 17 Oct 2024
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.
- Okko Vuotikka — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Väinö Leppänen — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.