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Elmeri Utriainen

2×2 · top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023UTRI01

Elmeri Utriainen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.30, set at Kirkkonummen Kuutiokemut 2023, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 96th in Finland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2023, he has put 165 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.45 in March 2023 to 10.57, a 36% improvement. Elmeri has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.30
signature single · Kirkkonummen Kuutiokemut 2023
165
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
2×22.304.03
top 7.0%96 / 671
3×310.5711.36
top 9.2%120 / 875
3×3 one-handed24.1032.79
top 31.8%117 / 314
4×458.91
top 35.3%152 / 388
Square-146.46
top 72.6%126 / 155
5×53:04.65
early days — 3 solves181 / 232

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

Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023: 16.45Puzzling at the Shopping Centre Plaza in Salo 2023: 11.99Kirkkonummen Kuutiokemut 2023: 12.36Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024: 11.84Lahen Cubefest 2024: 10.5710.5716.453 Mar 202320 Apr 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.