People · Finland
Noel Salmela
Clock · top 23.3% of 32,048 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024SALM04
Noel Salmela has been competing for a year. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 9.63, set at Kaisaniemi Cubing 2025, puts him in the top 23.3% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 69th in Finland. Across 6 competitions since December 2024, he has put 67 official solves on the record across ten events. His Clock best has come down from 12.34 in March 2025 to 9.63, a 22% improvement. Noel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 9.63 | 11.41 | top 23.3% | 69 / 194 | |
| 2×2 | 4.52 | 6.21 | top 33.2% | 319 / 671 | |
| 4×4 | 58.39 | — | top 34.8% | 151 / 388 | |
| Skewb | 8.93 | 13.55 | top 47.9% | 245 / 405 | |
| 3×3 | 26.31 | 27.22 | top 55.4% | 570 / 875 | |
| Megaminx | 2:22.54 | — | top 57.7% | 119 / 188 | |
| 5×5 | 2:26.38 | — | top 64.1% | 151 / 232 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.52 | — | top 66.0% | 214 / 314 | |
| 6×6 | 5:13.53 | — | early days — 3 solves | 98 / 116 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 60 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 92 / 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
Best single per competition, Clock. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at VERK III 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at VERK II 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024First competition: Helsinki 2024. A 26.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kaisaniemi Cubing 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- VERK III 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- VERK II 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- VERK I 2025 · 2 Feb 2025
- Finnish FMC Series I 2025 · 17 Jan 2025
- Helsinki 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
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 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luukas Lempinen — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Niilo Eskelinen — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.