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Pessi Ansaranta

3×3 · top 0.36% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016ANSA02

Pessi Ansaranta has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.77, set at Tapiola Winter Open 2019, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Finland. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since November 2016, he has put 2,917 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.77 in November 2016 to 5.77, a 77% improvement. Pessi has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.36% of 284,439 all-time
5.77
signature single · Tapiola Winter Open 2019
2,917
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
3×35.778.31
top 0.36%8 / 875
2×21.042.13
top 0.64%12 / 671
3×3 one-handed9.6512.48
top 0.82%7 / 314
Skewb2.494.53
top 2.8%30 / 405
4×430.2538.16
top 3.0%14 / 388
Pyraminx3.246.47
top 4.5%47 / 551
Square-19.2414.24
top 4.8%14 / 155
5×51:08.061:17.36
top 10.3%27 / 232
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves33.33
top 12.2%14 / 95
Megaminx1:05.151:14.86
top 12.8%40 / 188
6×62:27.602:38.53
top 24.4%28 / 116
Clock13.0216.77
top 39.7%101 / 194
3×3 blindfolded2:27.22—
top 42.4%27 / 61
7×74:57.945:13.10
top 50.0%50 / 99
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 12:10—
early days — 3 solves17 / 24

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

Finnish Championship 2016: 24.77Elisa Kulma Open 2017: 19.44Helsinki Open 2017: 13.80Tietomaa Open 2017: 15.33Pulmapelipäivät 2017: 23.65World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 12.48Kirkkonummi Open 2017: 11.03Finnish Championship 2017: 8.79Tapiola Winter Open 2018: 9.80Finnish Open 2018: 9.27Finnish Championship 2018: 9.38Vantaa Open 2018: 8.88Ark 2018: 8.00Pikkujoulut 2018: 8.91Lande Open 2018: 8.60Elisa Kulma Open 2019: 8.22Vantaa Open 2019: 8.40Myyrmäki Spring Challenge 2019: 7.77Denmark & Friends 2019: 8.40Kirkkonummi Open 2019: 8.85Myyrmäki Summer Challenge 2019: 8.91Pulmapelipäivät 2019: 6.44Outokumpu Open 2019: 7.58Vantaa Back to School 2019: 7.60Pönde Open 2019: 7.22Finnish Championship 2019: 7.13Tapiola Winter Open 2019: 5.77Elisa Kulma Open 2020: 5.98Helsinki Open 2020: 6.05Operation NxN Myrbacka 2020: 8.26Finnish Championship 2021: 6.76Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022: 7.36Finnish Championship 2022: 7.40Level Up Uusimaa 2022: 7.725.7724.7725 Nov 201625 Nov 2022

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.