People · Finland
Lauri Laitinen
Skewb · top 4.3% of 74,164 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024LAIT01
Lauri Laitinen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.85, set at Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38th in Finland. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since April 2024, he has put 908 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.36 in April 2024 to 2.34, a 30% improvement. Lauri has entered 19 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 | 2.85 | 5.92 | top 4.3% | 38 / 411 | |
| 3×3 | 8.77 | 12.76 | top 4.4% | 65 / 886 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 4.13 | top 7.4% | 99 / 683 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.38 | 7.45 | top 9.6% | 92 / 558 | |
| Clock | 8.49 | 10.14 | top 17.4% | 57 / 198 | |
| 4×4 | 44.85 | 50.13 | top 18.2% | 99 / 397 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.52 | 27.37 | top 30.2% | 114 / 318 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.41 | 2:03.07 | top 43.7% | 110 / 236 | |
| Square-1 | 46.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 130 / 160 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.77 at Finnish Championship 2026.
- 1 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Kokkola 2026.
- 21 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at Kanta-Hämeen Kuutionvääntelyt 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Five personal bests in one day at Maunulan Yhteiskoulun Kuutionvääntelyt 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.87 at Kublördag Uppsala III - 2025.
Competitions
- Finnish Championship 2026 · 16 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Kampin Kuutiopäivät 2026 · 8 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kokkola 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Kanta-Hämeen Kuutionvääntelyt 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Maunulan Yhteiskoulun Kuutionvääntelyt 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Kamppi Cube Weekend 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kublördag Uppsala III - 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2025 · 17 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Helsinki 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2024 · 17 Oct 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Autotalo Anime Adventure X 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Autotalo Anime Adventure IX 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pulmapelipäivät 2024 · 7 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lahen Cubefest 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
- Deutsche Cube Days Helsinki 2024 · 6 Apr 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.
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 185 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luukas Lempinen — met in 163 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Eetu Lae — met in 163 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.