People · Finland
Elmo Tiitola
3×3 · top 5.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2011 · 2011TIIT01
Elmo Tiitola has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.24, set at Kirkkonummi Open 2014, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 77th in Finland. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since April 2011, he has put 606 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.41 in April 2011 to 9.24, a 57% improvement. Elmo has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.24 | 11.21 | top 5.5% | 77 / 886 | |
| 4×4 | 35.92 | 41.82 | top 7.7% | 50 / 397 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 3.69 | top 8.7% | 119 / 683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.10 | 1:18.42 | top 11.8% | 34 / 236 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.97 | 21.01 | top 15.1% | 66 / 318 | |
| 6×6 | 2:36.41 | 2:51.01 | top 28.9% | 38 / 119 | |
| 7×7 | 4:33.95 | 4:43.21 | top 42.4% | 41 / 102 |
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 Dec 2014Five personal bests in one day at Vantaa Open 2014.
- 17 May 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.24 at Kirkkonummi Open 2014.
- 17 May 2014Three personal bests in one day at Kirkkonummi Open 2014.
- 2 Nov 2013Three personal bests in one day at Finnish Open 2013.
- 7 Sep 2013Six personal bests in one day at Heureka Open 2013.
- 23 Mar 2013Nine personal bests in one day at Vantaa Open 2013.
Competitions
- VERK XVII 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Finnish Open 2015 · 13 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Vantaa Open 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummi Open 2014 · 17 May 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Heureka Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Open 2013 · 2 Nov 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Heureka Open 2013 · 7 Sep 2013 — 6 personal bests set
- Vantaa Open 2013 · 23 Mar 2013 — 9 personal bests set
- Finnish Open 2012 · 8 Dec 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- Helsinki Open 2012 · 1 Sep 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Finnish Open 2011 · 10 Dec 2011 — 8 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummi Open 2011 · 21 May 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Kotka Open 2011 · 2 Apr 2011
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 122 rounds, finished ahead 87 times
- Niko Paavilainen — met in 107 rounds, finished ahead 44 times · head to head
- Mika Sokka — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 81 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 5.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.