People · Finland
Saarni Salminen
Pyraminx · top 14.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022SALM05
Saarni Salminen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.21, set at Sormet Jäässä Järvenpäässä 2023, puts him in the top 14.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 135th in Finland. Across 3 competitions since November 2022, he has put 110 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 7% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.67 in November 2022 to 12.52, a 25% improvement. Saarni has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.21 | 7.20 | top 14.5% | 135 / 551 | |
| 3×3 | 12.52 | 15.01 | top 15.7% | 193 / 875 | |
| Skewb | 4.95 | 10.29 | top 17.7% | 114 / 405 | |
| 2×2 | 3.95 | 5.10 | top 25.9% | 273 / 671 | |
| 4×4 | 1:34.93 | — | top 67.2% | 273 / 388 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 53.07 | — | early days — 2 solves | 265 / 314 |
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 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.17 at Sormet Jäässä Järvenpäässä 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Sormet Jäässä Järvenpäässä 2023.
- 25 Nov 2022First competition: Level Up Uusimaa 2022. A 16.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023 · 3 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Sormet Jäässä Järvenpäässä 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Level Up Uusimaa 2022 · 25 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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 24 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jānis Zirnis — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Niilo Eskelinen — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.