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Theo Kortelainen

2×2 · top 4.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023KORT01

Theo Kortelainen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.89, set at Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54th in Finland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2023, he has put 229 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.69 in July 2023 to 1.89, a 30% improvement. Theo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.89
signature single · Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024
229
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
2×21.894.40
top 4.1%54 / 671
Pyraminx4.549.00
top 10.5%99 / 551
Skewb4.547.75
top 14.8%98 / 405
Clock11.1612.12
top 30.9%86 / 194
3×318.1920.84
top 34.7%369 / 875
Square-124.4338.73
top 37.8%73 / 155
4×41:21.50
top 57.2%232 / 388
3×3 one-handed35.6941.01
top 58.5%190 / 314
Megaminx2:36.91
top 64.6%131 / 188
5×52:29.83
top 65.7%154 / 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

Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2023: 2.69Kirkkonummen Kuutiokemut 2023: 2.91Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024: 1.89Deutsche Cube Days Helsinki 2024: 2.961.892.9622 Jul 20236 Apr 2024

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.