People · Finland
Valo Pekkarinen
2×2 · top 53.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023PEKK02
Valo Pekkarinen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.28, set at Puzzling at the Shopping Centre Plaza in Salo 2023, puts him in the top 53.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 467th in Finland. Across 5 competitions since May 2023, he has put 99 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 24.43 in May 2023 to 18.29, a 25% improvement. Valo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 6.28 | 11.61 | top 53.7% | 467 / 671 | |
| 3×3 | 40.23 | 45.41 | top 77.1% | 749 / 875 | |
| Skewb | 15.73 | 19.70 | top 80.5% | 358 / 405 | |
| Pyraminx | 18.29 | 23.93 | top 90.3% | 530 / 551 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:30.59 | — | early days — 2 solves | 307 / 314 | |
| 4×4 | 3:42.82 | — | early days — 1 solve | 385 / 388 |
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
- 20 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Finnish Championship 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-60 3×3: 51.44 at Puzzling at the Shopping Centre Plaza in Salo 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Puzzling at the Shopping Centre Plaza in Salo 2023.
- 21 May 2023First competition: Tampere 2023. A 1:12.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lahen Cubefest 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024 · 16 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Finnish Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Puzzling at the Shopping Centre Plaza in Salo 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 4 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 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Atilla Kopecky — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.