People · Finland
Leevi Salo
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021SALO01
Leevi Salo has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.89, set at Autotalo Small Cubes 2023, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Finland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2021, he has put 746 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.12 in October 2021 to 7.89, a 22% improvement. Leevi 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.89 | 10.46 | top 2.6% | 37 / 875 | |
| 2×2 | 1.79 | 3.11 | top 3.5% | 48 / 671 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.92 | 17.61 | top 8.0% | 38 / 314 | |
| Skewb | 4.84 | 8.49 | top 17.0% | 112 / 405 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.60 | 1:30.02 | top 24.1% | 63 / 188 | |
| 4×4 | 51.68 | 1:02.58 | top 26.8% | 119 / 388 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.16 | 14.60 | top 61.7% | 412 / 551 |
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
- 12 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Kuutiostoren Kuutiokekkerit 2022.
- 12 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Kuutiostoren Kuutiokekkerit 2022.
- 10 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Pulmapelipäivät 2022.
- 12 Feb 2022Three personal bests in one day at Tietomaa Open 2022.
- 30 Oct 2021First competition: Finnish Championship 2021. A 10.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzling Puzzles Vantaa 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Lahen Cubefest 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Deutsche Cube Days Helsinki 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutiokemut 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Autotalo Small Cubes 2023 · 30 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Autotalo All Events 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
- Sormet Jäässä Järvenpäässä 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Level Up Uusimaa 2022 · 25 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kuutiostoren Kuutiokekkerit 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pulmapelipäivät 2022 · 10 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Tietomaa Open 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2021 · 30 Oct 2021
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 159 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Antto Pitkänen — met in 149 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Urho Kinnunen — met in 143 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.