People · Finland
Jimi Helminen
Pyraminx · top 8.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023HELM02
Jimi Helminen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.21, set at Maunulan Yhteiskoulun Kuutionvääntelyt 2026, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 81st in Finland. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since September 2023, he has put 532 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Skewb best has come down from 8.91 in April 2024 to 3.90, a 56% improvement. Jimi has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.21 | 7.54 | top 8.7% | 81 / 551 | |
| Skewb | 3.90 | 6.44 | top 10.2% | 70 / 405 | |
| 3×3 | 12.06 | 13.28 | top 14.1% | 175 / 875 | |
| 4×4 | 42.81 | 49.88 | top 15.5% | 81 / 388 | |
| 2×2 | 3.47 | 4.63 | top 19.8% | 224 / 671 | |
| Square-1 | 16.65 | 24.87 | top 20.1% | 48 / 155 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.72 | 1:23.36 | top 22.3% | 58 / 188 | |
| Clock | 9.72 | 12.26 | top 23.7% | 73 / 194 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.17 | 1:42.97 | top 30.0% | 81 / 232 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.71 | 33.51 | top 43.7% | 151 / 314 | |
| 6×6 | 3:46.68 | — | top 61.1% | 72 / 116 | |
| 7×7 | 5:52.15 | — | early days — 1 solve | 63 / 99 |
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
- 7 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at VERK XIII 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Nine personal bests in one day at Maunulan Yhteiskoulun Kuutionvääntelyt 2026.
- 17 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Finnish Championship 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025Nine personal bests in one day at Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025.
- 2 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at VERK I 2025.
Competitions
- VERK XIII 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Maunulan Yhteiskoulun Kuutionvääntelyt 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 9 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2025 · 17 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- VERK VII 2025 · 26 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 9 personal bests set
- VERK I 2025 · 2 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2024 · 17 Oct 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- The End of Autotalo Anime Adventure 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Autotalo Anime Adventure X 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Autotalo Anime Adventure VII 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Deutsche Cube Days Helsinki 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024 · 16 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Autotalo Anime Adventure II 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling at the Shopping Centre Plaza in Salo 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
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.
- Luukas Lempinen — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead once
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 138 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aarni Salakari — met in 130 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.