People · Finland
Ilkka Hämäläinen
2×2 · top 6.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024HAMA01
Ilkka Hämäläinen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.26, set at Gulf of Finland 2024, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in Finland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2024, he has put 82 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:02.54 in February 2024 to 25.17, a 60% improvement. Ilkka has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 2.26 | 8.77 | top 6.7% | 90 / 671 | |
| 3×3 | 25.17 | 27.87 | top 53.0% | 545 / 875 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.43 | — | top 60.2% | 246 / 388 |
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
- 17 Oct 2024First sub-30 3×3: 26.18 at Finnish Championship 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024First sub-60 3×3: 37.76 at Deutsche Cube Days Helsinki 2024.
- 16 Feb 2024First competition: Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024. A 1:02.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Maunulan Yhteiskoulun Kuutionvääntelyt 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kampin Kuutiopäivät 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Helsinki 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2024 · 17 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Gulf of Finland 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lahen Cubefest 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Deutsche Cube Days Helsinki 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024 · 16 Feb 2024
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.
- Antto Pitkänen — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Urho Kinnunen — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.