People · Finland
Niko Halinen
3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025HALI03
Niko Halinen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.23, set at Caveman Cubing Lohja 2025, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 109th in Finland. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since September 2025, he has put 135 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.65 in September 2025 to 10.23, a 12% improvement. Niko has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.23 | 12.16 | top 8.1% | 109 / 875 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.11 | 9.41 | top 13.9% | 128 / 551 | |
| 2×2 | 3.65 | 4.49 | top 22.1% | 240 / 671 | |
| 4×4 | 59.03 | 1:10.65 | top 35.4% | 154 / 388 | |
| Skewb | 8.80 | 10.63 | top 47.1% | 241 / 405 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.05 | 2:21.64 | top 59.4% | 140 / 232 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Kamppi Cube Weekend 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025First competition: Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2025. A 12.54 3×3 single to start from.
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2025.
Competitions
- Kamppi Cube Weekend 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Caveman Cubing Lohja 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Ahti Isohanni — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Antto Pitkänen — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.