People · Finland
Valtu Malinen
2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017MALI07
Valtu Malinen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.59, set at Finnish Championship 2018, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Finland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2017, he has put 391 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.45 in November 2017 to 1.59, a 71% improvement. Valtu has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 1.59 | 3.24 | top 2.6% | 32 / 671 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.78 | 5.84 | top 6.6% | 67 / 551 | |
| 3×3 | 10.92 | 13.91 | top 10.2% | 135 / 875 | |
| Skewb | 4.71 | 7.95 | top 16.0% | 108 / 405 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.17 | 1:32.87 | top 49.0% | 212 / 388 | |
| Square-1 | 34.98 | — | top 58.3% | 109 / 155 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 56.18 | 1:01.72 | top 81.5% | 272 / 314 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Elisa Kulma Open 2019.
- 16 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Pikkujoulut 2018.
- 11 May 2018Four personal bests in one day at Finnish Championship 2018.
- 23 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.79 at Finnish Open 2018.
- 23 Mar 2018Five personal bests in one day at Finnish Open 2018.
- 10 Feb 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.66 at Tapiola Winter Open 2018.
Competitions
- Myyrmäki Summer Challenge 2019 · 24 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Myyrmäki Spring Challenge 2019 · 1 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Vantaa Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Elisa Kulma Open 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Pikkujoulut 2018 · 16 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Ark 2018 · 24 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Finnish Championship 2018 · 11 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Finnish Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Tapiola Winter Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2017 · 17 Nov 2017
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.
- Juho Arjanne — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jami Viljanen — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.