People · Finland
Frans Meriniemi
2×2 · top 3.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022MERI01
Frans Meriniemi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.81, set at Maunulan Yhteiskoulun Kuutionvääntelyt 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53rd in Finland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2022, he has put 300 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.85 in April 2022 to 10.58, a 41% improvement. Frans has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.81 | 3.82 | top 3.7% | 53 / 683 | |
| 3×3 | 10.58 | 13.18 | top 9.3% | 125 / 886 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.36 | 7.75 | top 15.5% | 143 / 558 | |
| 4×4 | 44.37 | 51.10 | top 17.6% | 94 / 397 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.60 | 24.05 | top 19.5% | 82 / 318 | |
| Skewb | 8.26 | 11.80 | top 43.4% | 231 / 411 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 111 / 236 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:46.72 | — | early days — 2 solves | 38 / 61 | |
| Clock | 21.46 | — | top 68.7% | 145 / 198 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Kamppi Cube Weekend 2025.
- 25 Nov 2022Five personal bests in one day at Level Up Uusimaa 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.49 at Estonian Open 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Estonian Open 2022.
- 15 Apr 2022First competition: Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022. A 17.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- KirkkoNxNummi 2026 · 4 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kampin Kuutiopäivät 2026 · 8 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Maunulan Yhteiskoulun Kuutionvääntelyt 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kamppi Cube Weekend 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023 · 3 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Level Up Uusimaa 2022 · 25 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
- Estonian Open 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022 · 15 Apr 2022
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.
- Urho Kinnunen — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead once
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Luukas Lempinen — met in 66 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.