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Väinö Leppänen

3×3 · top 3.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022LEPP02

Väinö Leppänen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Caveman Cubing Lohja 2025, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in Finland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since April 2022, he has put 2,127 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.35 in April 2022 to 2.24, a 70% improvement. He has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 288,433 all-time
8.53
signature single · Caveman Cubing Lohja 2025
2,127
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
3×38.5312.43
top 3.8%56 / 886
Skewb2.836.34
top 4.2%37 / 411
2×22.243.53
top 6.6%86 / 683
Pyraminx4.416.12
top 9.8%95 / 558
4×440.6552.75
top 12.9%69 / 397
3×3 one-handed17.5724.51
top 14.0%63 / 318
Megaminx1:17.691:36.36
top 20.4%59 / 193
Square-120.2226.70
top 28.5%60 / 160
5×51:38.261:43.99
top 34.1%91 / 236
Clock12.6715.04
top 38.1%101 / 198
6×63:29.363:52.80
top 54.5%66 / 119
7×75:43.495:52.13
top 63.7%64 / 102
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves58.67
early days — 3 solves86 / 96

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

Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022: 7.35Pulmapelipäivät 2022: 5.26Kuutiostoren Kuutiokekkerit 2022: 4.67Sormet Jäässä Järvenpäässä 2023: 4.50Tampere 2023: 3.28Pulmapelipäivät 2023: 3.77Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2023: 3.29Finnish Championship 2023: 3.59Kirkkonummen Kuutiokemut 2023: 4.80Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024: 5.45Kuopion Kuutiokemut 2024: 3.91Pulmapelipäivät 2024: 2.90Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2024: 2.74Estonian Championship 2024: 4.04Finnish Championship 2024: 4.47Helsinki 2024: 4.63Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025: 2.91VERK V 2025: 3.78Kampin Kuutiopäivät 2025: 3.25Pulmapelipäivät 2025: 2.62Norwegian Championship 2025: 3.10VERK VIII 2025: 2.43Puzzling Puzzles Vantaa 2025: 2.81Finnish Championship 2025: 2.93VERK IX 2025: 3.02Caveman Cubing Lohja 2025: 3.14Kamppi Cube Weekend 2025: 3.24Maunulan Yhteiskoulun Kuutionvääntelyt 2026: 2.24VERK XIII 2026: 4.19Kanta-Hämeen Kuutionvääntelyt 2026: 2.80Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2026: 3.03VERK XIV 2026: 2.57Kokkola 2026: 2.55Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 3.31Åland Open 2026: 3.50Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2026: 3.99VERK XVII 2026: 2.46KirkkoNxNummi 2026: 3.18Kaisaniemi Cubing 2026: 2.522.247.3515 Apr 202211 Oct 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.