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Valter Paananen

3×3 · top 89.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025PAAN01

Valter Paananen has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 55.36, set at Stockholmsligan Tatu - Mamba 2025, puts him in the top 89.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,576th in Sweden. Across 2 competitions since October 2025, he has put 10 official solves on the record across two events. Valter has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 89.4% of 284,439 all-time
55.36
signature single · Stockholmsligan Tatu - Mamba 2025
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
3×355.361:23.26
top 89.4%2,576 / 2,925
Clock44.07
early days — 2 solves525 / 546

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

Stockholmsligan Tatu - Mamba 2025: 55.36Stockholmsligan 3: Surskallar - 2026: 1:01.5255.361:01.5229 Oct 202517 Feb 2026

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-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 5.36 away.
  • A sub-40 Clock single — 29,869 people have one; it is 4.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.