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Kari Hyttinen

3×3 · top 0.29% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016HYTT01

Kari Hyttinen has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.61, set at Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022, puts him in the top 0.29% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Finland. Until March 2013, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since June 2016, he has put 4,105 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.49 in June 2016 to 5.61, a 61% improvement. Kari has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.29% of 284,439 all-time
5.61
signature single · Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022
4,105
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
3×35.617.48
top 0.29%6 / 875
3×3 one-handed9.2714.33
top 0.63%6 / 314
4×425.4731.28
top 0.83%5 / 388
2×21.202.44
top 1.0%15 / 671
5×551.3355.01
top 2.2%7 / 232
Pyraminx2.525.06
top 2.2%28 / 551
Skewb2.394.90
top 2.5%24 / 405
Square-18.3512.59
top 3.5%12 / 155
Megaminx46.9951.63
top 3.8%12 / 188
6×61:41.301:46.53
top 4.4%6 / 116
7×72:46.812:58.18
top 7.0%8 / 99
Clock8.4111.31
top 17.1%55 / 194
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves42.33
top 40.9%43 / 95
3×3 blindfolded3:44.53—
early days — 1 solve37 / 61

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

Doge Open 2016: 14.49Cube N' Meme 2016: 9.91Finnish Championship 2016: 9.96Elisa Kulma Open 2017: 9.84Veikkola Open 2017: 6.76Helsinki Open 2017: 8.71Tietomaa Open 2017: 8.70Kirkkonummi Open 2017: 8.12Oulu Open 2017: 6.91Finnish Championship 2017: 8.31Tapiola Winter Open 2018: 8.41Finnish Open 2018: 7.35Finnish Championship 2018: 8.07Pulmapelipäivät 2018: 7.50Vantaa Open 2018: 8.30Ark 2018: 6.90Oulu Open 2018: 8.04Pikkujoulut 2018: 7.96Lande Open 2018: 7.21Myyrmäki Spring Challenge 2019: 6.40Tietomaa Open 2019: 7.54Myyrmäki Summer Challenge 2019: 7.40Pulmapelipäivät 2019: 6.98Outokumpu Open 2019: 7.65Vantaa Back to School 2019: 6.56Pönde Open 2019: 6.68Finnish Championship 2019: 6.89Tapiola Winter Open 2019: 6.26Helsinki Open 2020: 7.40Finnish Championship 2021: 7.17Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022: 5.61Kuutiostoren Kuutiokekkerit 2022: 6.03Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023: 6.82Finnish Championship 2023: 7.05Kirkkonummen Kuutiokemut 2023: 6.75Finnish Championship 2025: 6.59Kamppi Cube Weekend 2025: 5.86Maunulan Yhteiskoulun Kuutionvääntelyt 2026: 6.305.6114.4918 Jun 201624 Jan 2026

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 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.