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Mikael Kähkönen

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021KAHK02

Mikael Kähkönen has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.19, set at Pulmapelipäivät 2022, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in Finland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2021, he has put 156 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.35 in October 2021 to 8.19, a 34% improvement. Mikael has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.19
signature single · Pulmapelipäivät 2022
156
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
3×38.1910.92
top 3.1%44 / 875
Megaminx1:11.261:23.66
top 16.4%51 / 188
Pyraminx6.158.92
top 21.1%198 / 551
4×447.3453.42
top 21.3%103 / 388
2×24.115.98
top 27.9%287 / 671
3×3 one-handed22.9825.03
top 28.7%108 / 314
Skewb13.5815.93
top 73.1%332 / 405

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

Finnish Championship 2021: 12.35Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022: 9.77Pulmapelipäivät 2022: 8.19Level Up Uusimaa 2022: 9.248.1912.3530 Oct 202125 Nov 2022

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 11.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.