People · Finland
Taavi Martikainen
Pyraminx · top 7.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023MART66
Taavi Martikainen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.96, set at Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2024, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 72nd in Finland. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2023, he has put 114 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His Pyraminx best has come down from 6.50 in May 2023 to 3.96, a 39% improvement. Taavi has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.96 | 7.05 | top 7.5% | 72 / 551 | |
| 2×2 | 3.83 | 6.21 | top 24.3% | 262 / 671 | |
| 3×3 | 18.98 | 21.86 | top 37.0% | 391 / 875 | |
| Clock | 16.13 | 20.42 | top 52.3% | 119 / 194 | |
| 4×4 | 1:29.72 | — | top 63.4% | 257 / 388 | |
| Skewb | 14.21 | 15.81 | top 75.5% | 341 / 405 | |
| 5×5 | 3:29.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 198 / 232 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.98 at Lahen Cubefest 2024.
- 21 May 2023First competition: Tampere 2023. A 29.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Lahen Cubefest 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutiokemut 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Tampere 2023 · 21 May 2023
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.
- Antto Pitkänen — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Urho Kinnunen — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.