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Santeri Laine

3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017LAIN01

Santeri Laine has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.66, set at Finnish Championship 2022, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in Finland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since February 2017, he has put 1,947 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.80 in February 2017 to 8.66, a 65% improvement. Santeri has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.66
signature single · Finnish Championship 2022
1,947
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
3×38.6610.85
top 4.1%58 / 875
Pyraminx3.385.30
top 5.0%53 / 551
3×3 one-handed13.4718.86
top 5.2%30 / 314
Square-110.2414.27
top 6.5%21 / 155
2×22.413.50
top 8.0%108 / 671
4×438.9145.73
top 10.9%59 / 388
Skewb4.197.10
top 12.2%82 / 405
Megaminx1:19.551:35.14
top 21.5%57 / 188
Clock9.3013.66
top 21.5%65 / 194
5×51:23.451:36.23
top 21.9%55 / 232
6×63:01.733:15.23
top 41.9%51 / 116
7×74:33.834:55.11
top 42.3%38 / 99
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves53.33
top 59.0%62 / 95
3×3 blindfolded4:39.40—
early days — 2 solves44 / 61

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

Veikkola Open 2017: 24.80Helsinki Open 2017: 17.76World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 13.89Kirkkonummi Open 2017: 14.06Oulu Open 2017: 15.31Finnish Championship 2017: 15.61Tapiola Winter Open 2018: 12.85Finnish Open 2018: 10.50Finnish Championship 2018: 12.37Pulmapelipäivät 2018: 11.68Vantaa Open 2018: 12.75WCA European Championship 2018: 12.27Pikkujoulut 2018: 10.17Lande Open 2018: 10.84Elisa Kulma Open 2019: 10.38Vantaa Open 2019: 10.79Myyrmäki Spring Challenge 2019: 9.70Denmark & Friends 2019: 10.12Kirkkonummi Open 2019: 9.19Tietomaa Open 2019: 10.47Myyrmäki Summer Challenge 2019: 9.39Vantaa Back to School 2019: 10.45Pönde Open 2019: 10.40Nordic Championship 2019: 10.78Finnish Championship 2019: 10.70Operation NxN Myrbacka 2020: 9.80Finnish Championship 2021: 11.59Finnish Championship 2022: 8.668.6624.8025 Feb 201724 Sep 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.