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Niko Paavilainen

Pyraminx · top 3.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011PAAV01

Niko Paavilainen has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.07, set at Finnish Open 2013, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in Finland. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since May 2011, he has put 1,532 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.90 in May 2011 to 9.15, a 67% improvement. Niko has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.9% of 129,321 all-time
3.07
signature single · Finnish Open 2013
1,532
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
Pyraminx3.075.38
top 3.9%42 / 551
3×39.1510.02
top 5.2%72 / 875
2×22.143.91
top 5.7%72 / 671
4×434.3641.12
top 6.2%32 / 388
5×51:01.281:06.21
top 6.2%17 / 232
7×72:50.392:57.58
top 8.0%10 / 99
6×61:53.721:59.53
top 8.6%11 / 116
3×3 one-handed15.6419.53
top 9.4%44 / 314
Megaminx1:06.211:15.07
top 13.4%41 / 188
Square-11:12.19—
early days — 2 solves147 / 155
3×3 Fewest Moves59 moves—
early days — 1 solve91 / 95

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

Kirkkonummi Open 2011: 27.90Finnish Open 2011: 17.61Tallinn Open 2012: 13.31Karstula Open 2012: 13.81Helsinki Open 2012: 13.13European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 11.66Estonian Open 2012: 12.75Finnish Open 2012: 11.49Danish Open 2013: 11.50Vantaa Open 2013: 11.28Tallinn Open 2013: 10.95Heureka Open 2013: 9.75Estonian Open 2013: 10.17Finnish Open 2013: 9.27Heureka Open 2014: 9.66Kirkkonummi Open 2014: 9.40Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 9.66Vantaa Open 2014: 9.77Helsinki Blind Weekend 2015: 9.75Kirkkonummi Open 2015: 9.20Kirkkonummi Open 2016: 9.15Finnish Open 2016: 9.61Doge Open 2016: 10.07European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 9.26Elisa Kulma Open 2017: 12.36Tietomaa Open 2017: 9.949.1527.9021 May 201122 Apr 2017

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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.