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Niko Ronkainen

2×2 · top 0.25% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2010 · 2010RONK01

Niko Ronkainen has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.82, set at Vienna Open 2022, puts him in the top 0.25% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Finland. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 324 competitions since February 2010, he has put 23,199 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.34 in February 2010 to 6.75, an 80% improvement. Niko has entered 324 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.25% of 186,767 all-time
0.82
signature single · Vienna Open 2022
23,199
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
2×20.821.95
top 0.25%2 / 671
Skewb1.573.44
top 0.53%5 / 405
Pyraminx1.934.13
top 1.0%20 / 551
3×36.759.35
top 1.1%17 / 875
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves26.33
top 1.5%2 / 95
3×3 one-handed10.8714.80
top 1.7%14 / 314
4×429.2634.83
top 2.4%13 / 388
Clock4.505.26
top 3.3%13 / 194
5×557.511:05.31
top 4.3%14 / 232
7×72:45.972:59.42
top 6.8%7 / 99
Megaminx57.721:08.49
top 8.8%26 / 188
6×61:55.222:03.95
top 9.2%13 / 116
Square-112.6218.45
top 11.1%28 / 155

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

Helsinki Open 2010: 33.34Finnish Open 2010: 20.09Estonian Open 2010: 15.41Helsinki Open 2011: 16.56Kotka Open 2011: 15.34Kirkkonummi Open 2011: 15.47Swedish Championship 2011: 12.90Estonian Open 2011: 15.13Finnish Open 2011: 14.66Tallinn Open 2012: 13.56Karstula Open 2012: 14.80Helsinki Open 2012: 12.71European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 12.83Estonian Open 2012: 13.94Finnish Open 2012: 15.21Vantaa Open 2013: 11.21Tallinn Open 2013: 13.36Heureka Open 2013: 12.44Estonian Open 2013: 11.70Finnish Open 2013: 12.28Heureka Open 2014: 13.36Stockholm Open 2014: 10.42Kirkkonummi Open 2014: 12.01Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 11.51Finnish Championship 2014: 10.74Vantaa Open 2014: 10.37Finnish Open 2015: 10.46World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 10.60Helsinki Blind Weekend 2015: 10.53Estonian Open 2015: 11.55Finnish Championship 2015: 11.01Kirkkonummi Open 2015: 10.50Kirkkonummi Open 2016: 9.69Finnish Open 2016: 8.96Doge Open 2016: 9.60European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 8.92Cube N' Meme 2016: 9.83Finnish Championship 2016: 9.86Elisa Kulma Open 2017: 10.13Veikkola Open 2017: 9.98Helsinki Open 2017: 8.99Tietomaa Open 2017: 8.95Pulmapelipäivät 2017: 10.18World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.89Kirkkonummi Open 2017: 9.76Oulu Open 2017: 9.31Finnish Championship 2017: 10.37Northern Lights Open 2018: 9.41Tapiola Winter Open 2018: 9.73Finnish Open 2018: 9.25Norwegian Championship 2018: 9.47Tietomaa Open 2018: 9.08Finnish Championship 2018: 9.88Pulmapelipäivät 2018: 9.59Vantaa Open 2018: 9.12WCA European Championship 2018: 9.64Ark 2018: 9.92Dutch Nationals 2018: 9.15Oulu Open 2018: 9.68Nordic Championship 2018: 9.75Pikkujoulut 2018: 8.45Lande Open 2018: 9.58Lights of Reykjavik 2019: 9.07Elisa Kulma Open 2019: 9.99Vantaa Open 2019: 10.16Myyrmäki Spring Challenge 2019: 9.56Denmark & Friends 2019: 9.30Kirkkonummi Open 2019: 9.59Tietomaa Open 2019: 9.78London Open 2019: 8.72Myyrmäki Summer Challenge 2019: 9.58Pulmapelipäivät 2019: 10.32Outokumpu Open 2019: 10.28WCA World Championship 2019: 8.66Vantaa Back to School 2019: 7.75Hungarian Open 2019: 9.78Pönde Open 2019: 9.24Italian Championship 2019: 9.18Finnish Championship 2019: 9.23Tapiola Winter Open 2019: 7.98Elisa Kulma Open 2020: 8.45Annuntia Open 2020: 9.34Helsinki Open 2020: 8.32Cubing Egypt Winter 2020: 8.78Estonian Open 2020: 9.59Operation NxN Myrbacka 2020: 10.20Polish Championship 2021: 9.02Finnish Championship 2021: 7.86AUA Open 2021: 9.25Tietomaa Open 2022: 8.99Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2022: 8.31Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022: 9.24ACA 7th Anniversary 2022: 8.84SPQR Open 2022: 9.60Tallinn Open 2022: 8.08Pulmapelipäivät 2022: 9.70New York Championship 2022: 6.93Thessaloniki Open 2022: 7.78Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 9.45German Nationals 2022: 9.03Estonian Open 2022: 9.07Gulf of Finland 2022: 10.00Dubai Summer Open 2022: 9.54Finnish Championship 2022: 9.10TEC Open 2022: 10.15Vienna Open 2022: 9.43Latvian Championship 2022: 9.49Irish Championship 2022: 8.92Kuutiostoren Kuutiokekkerit 2022: 8.47Level Up Uusimaa 2022: 8.71Jerusalem Open 2022: 9.80Oulu Open 2022: 8.95Bratislava Christmas Cubing 2022: 8.28Onnellista Uutta Vuotta 2023: 8.55Vilnius Winter Open 2023: 8.81Sormet Jäässä Järvenpäässä 2023: 9.23Swisscubing Cup I 2023: 8.76Tbilisi Cube Day 2023: 10.00Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023: 8.80Oman Open 2023: 7.78Gulf of Finland 2023: 9.38Ehte Cube Days 2023: 9.12Hiroshima Spring 2023: 8.24Autotalo All Events 2023: 8.06TKTK Workday Cubing I 2023: 8.78Autotalo Small Cubes 2023: 9.02Serenissima Warm Up 2023: 8.95San Marino Nationals 2023: 9.09Tampere 2023: 8.68Autotalo All Events 2 2023: 6.75Deck 9 2023: 7.76TalliNxN 2023: 7.93Pulmapelipäivät 2023: 8.41Zreče Open 2023: 8.39Swisscubing Cup IV 2023: 9.04Autotalo Common 2023: 8.86Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2023: 8.60Gotland Open 2023: 8.08Autotalo 2023: 7.71TKTK Workday Cubing II 2023: 9.71Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 7.53Puzzling at the Shopping Centre Plaza in Salo 2023: 9.21Parthenope Back to School 2023: 8.40Banja Luka Cube Day 2023: 9.16Estonian Open 2023: 9.61Jordan Nationals 2023: 9.10Finnish Championship 2023: 8.26Ukrainian Nationals 2023: 8.65Kirkkonummen Kuutiokemut 2023: 7.63Italian Championship 2023: 8.36Back to Bishkek 2024: 9.20Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024: 7.93Kuopion Kuutiokemut 2024: 8.08Deutsche Cube Days Helsinki 2024: 9.70Lahen Cubefest 2024: 8.66Cubing Mada 2024: 8.68Kolla Spring Cup 2024: 9.79Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2024: 9.19Gulf of Finland 2024: 9.61Pulmapelipäivät 2024: 7.84Parthenope Summer Open 2024: 8.47Juhannus 2024: 9.1024 Hours in Åker 2024: 10.02Varna Open 2024: 8.54Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 9.59Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2024: 8.68Autotalo Anime Adventure X 2024: 8.49Portugal Championship 2024: 7.96Luxembourg Nationals 2024: 9.03Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024: 8.15Estonian Championship 2024: 8.61Andorran Championship 2024: 9.21Finnish Championship 2024: 8.37Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 9.75Cool Down Singapore 2024: 10.53Helsinki 2024: 8.68İstanbul Welcome 2025: 7.16Eretum I 2025: 8.71Osijek Open 2025: 8.99Oulu 2025: 8.92Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025: 8.69Tallinn Spring 2025: 8.51Kampin Kuutiopäivät 2025: 9.03Danish Championship 2025: 7.81Pulmapelipäivät 2025: 8.75Berlin Summer Open 2025: 8.02VERK VII 2025: 8.97Arnhem Open 2025: 8.94Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.01Hawaiian Island Tour - Kona 2025: 8.81Hawaiian Island Tour - Waimea 2025: 9.17Hawaiian Island Tour - Hilo 2025: 8.53Hawaiian Island Tour - Kāhala Open 2025: 9.98Hawaiian Island Tour - Honolulu 2025: 8.17Gibraltar Open 2025: 7.93Szansa Cubing Open Warsaw 2025: 9.65Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2025: 8.54Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 9.14Finnish Championship 2025: 8.72VERK IX 2025: 9.21Hungarian Open 2025: 9.10Utsjoki 2025: 10.04Vienna Autumn 2025: 8.45Caveman Cubing Lohja 2025: 9.32Kamppi Cube Weekend 2025: 8.67Kirkkonummen Jouluvääntelyt 2025: 8.39Sofia Open 2026: 8.33Maunulan Yhteiskoulun Kuutionvääntelyt 2026: 8.70Rīga Open 2026: 8.35Hämeenlinna 2026: 7.94No Rush Hasselt 2026: 8.37Kanta-Hämeen Kuutionvääntelyt 2026: 9.54Kopli NxN Rampage 2026: 8.56Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2026: 8.90VERK XIV 2026: 9.72Split Open 2026: 9.39Kokkola 2026: 8.85Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 8.93Kampin Kuutiopäivät 2026: 7.91VERK XV 2026: 9.85Swisscubing Cup III 2026: 8.67Uppsalaligan 5: Pouch - 2026: 11.24Dosson al Cubo 2026: 8.44Pulmapelipäivät 2026: 7.39Åland Open 2026: 8.62FLIP Open 2026: 8.72Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.00Thessaloniki Summer Open 2026: 9.04Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2026: 8.70Stockholmsligan 1: Nappar - 2026: 7.96Ocaña BotijOpen 2026: 8.43Bilbao Goes Dark - Eclipse Day 2026: 8.36Romanian Nationals 2026: 7.85Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 8.266.7533.3427 Feb 201028 Aug 2026

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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.