People · Finland
Pekka Parviainen
2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019PARV01
Pekka Parviainen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.14, set at Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 72nd in Finland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since November 2019, he has put 1,089 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.73 in November 2019 to 9.51, a 35% improvement. Pekka has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.14 | 4.55 | top 5.7% | 72 / 671 | |
| 3×3 | 9.51 | 13.36 | top 6.1% | 89 / 875 | |
| 4×4 | 42.18 | 47.55 | top 14.7% | 78 / 388 | |
| Clock | 8.38 | 10.29 | top 17.0% | 54 / 194 | |
| Skewb | 5.30 | 8.87 | top 20.5% | 132 / 405 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.15 | 1:38.62 | top 27.4% | 75 / 232 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.30 | 10.89 | top 30.3% | 245 / 551 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.25 | 33.73 | top 34.9% | 125 / 314 | |
| 6×6 | 3:40.03 | 4:01.96 | top 58.7% | 66 / 116 | |
| Megaminx | 2:32.23 | — | top 62.2% | 125 / 188 | |
| 7×7 | 6:52.89 | — | top 78.9% | 77 / 99 |
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
- 3 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Swedish Championship 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Autotalo All Events 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Sormet Jäässä Järvenpäässä 2023.
- 10 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.51 at Oulu Open 2022.
- 10 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Oulu Open 2022.
- 12 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Kuutiostoren Kuutiokekkerit 2022.
Competitions
- Finnish Championship 2025 · 17 Oct 2025
- Kaisaniemi Cubing 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- Autotalo Anime Adventure I 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Suur-Kloostri Side Events 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Itämeri 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Autotalo Anime Adventure III 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- Autotalo Anime Adventure II 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Puzzling at the Shopping Centre Plaza in Salo 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Autotalo Anime Adventure 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Championship 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Tampere 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Autotalo Big Cubes 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Autotalo Minx - Clove Shake 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Autotalo All Events 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023 · 3 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Sormet Jäässä Järvenpäässä 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Onnellista Uutta Vuotta 2023 · 1 Jan 2023
- Oulu Open 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Kuutiostoren Kuutiokekkerit 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- PärNuti Cubing 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Finnish Championship 2021 · 30 Oct 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Helsinki Open 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 7 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2019 · 22 Nov 2019
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.
- Arttu Puttonen — met in 244 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Antto Pitkänen — met in 234 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 228 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.