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Emil Karjalainen

2×2 · top 50.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018KARJ02

Emil Karjalainen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.93, set at Tietomaa Open 2019, puts him in the top 50.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 444th in Finland. Across 2 competitions since April 2018, he has put 25 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.35 in April 2018 to 26.59, an 18% improvement. Emil has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 50.2% of 186,767 all-time
5.93
signature single · Tietomaa Open 2019
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
2×25.939.99
top 50.2%444 / 671
3×326.5929.88
top 56.0%574 / 875

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

Tietomaa Open 2018: 32.35Tietomaa Open 2019: 26.5926.5932.3514 Apr 201827 Apr 2019

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.