People · Finland
Heikki Nieminen
Skewb · top 4.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018NIEM03
Heikki Nieminen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.96, set at Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in Finland. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since March 2018, he has put 573 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Skewb best has come down from 13.71 in March 2018 to 2.96, a 78% improvement. Heikki has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.96 | 5.38 | top 4.8% | 42 / 405 | |
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 4.75 | top 6.8% | 93 / 671 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.32 | 7.78 | top 9.3% | 86 / 551 | |
| 3×3 | 13.56 | 15.80 | top 19.4% | 222 / 875 | |
| 4×4 | 54.00 | 1:02.26 | top 29.5% | 128 / 388 | |
| Clock | 15.93 | 18.23 | top 51.6% | 118 / 194 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.05 | 2:33.58 | top 53.7% | 129 / 232 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.73 | 38.90 | top 54.9% | 177 / 314 | |
| Square-1 | 35.79 | — | top 59.6% | 110 / 155 | |
| Megaminx | 2:57.88 | — | early days — 2 solves | 146 / 188 |
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 Apr 2024Five personal bests in one day at Deutsche Cube Days Helsinki 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Finnish Championship 2022.
- 10 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.13 at Pulmapelipäivät 2022.
- 12 Feb 2022Five personal bests in one day at Tietomaa Open 2022.
- 30 Oct 2021First sub-20 3×3: 17.52 at Finnish Championship 2021.
Competitions
- Deutsche Cube Days Helsinki 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023 · 3 Mar 2023
- Finnish Championship 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Pulmapelipäivät 2022 · 10 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022 · 15 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Tietomaa Open 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2021 · 30 Oct 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Helsinki Open 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Vantaa Back to School 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummi Open 2019 · 12 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Elisa Kulma Open 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Lande Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Vantaa Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Finnish Championship 2018 · 11 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Finnish Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018
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 129 rounds, finished ahead once
- Urho Kinnunen — met in 120 rounds, finished ahead once
- Antto Pitkänen — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.