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Viljami Mettovaara

2×2 · top 4.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017METT01

Viljami Mettovaara has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.01, set at VERK XV 2026, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 63rd in Finland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since September 2017, he has put 954 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.55 in September 2017 to 12.69, a 46% improvement. Viljami has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.01
signature single · VERK XV 2026
954
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
2×22.014.77
top 4.8%63 / 671
Pyraminx4.446.91
top 9.9%95 / 551
Skewb4.447.64
top 14.0%94 / 405
3×312.6914.47
top 16.4%199 / 875
Megaminx1:17.491:32.46
top 20.2%56 / 188
4×448.6453.01
top 22.9%108 / 388
3×3 one-handed21.4330.43
top 24.4%99 / 314
5×51:31.111:36.47
top 28.2%76 / 232
Clock11.6713.44
top 33.4%92 / 194
6×63:00.323:14.18
top 41.2%50 / 116
7×74:35.624:46.53
top 43.0%40 / 99
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves
early days — 3 solves58 / 95
Square-133.5441.65
top 56.1%103 / 155
3×3 blindfolded7:41.17
early days — 1 solve59 / 61

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

Kirkkonummi Open 2017: 23.55Finnish Championship 2017: 21.77Tapiola Winter Open 2018: 19.34Finnish Open 2018: 20.87Ark 2018: 17.48Pikkujoulut 2018: 16.24Myyrmäki Spring Challenge 2019: 15.40Denmark & Friends 2019: 16.96Pönde Open 2019: 14.45Tapiola Winter Open 2019: 13.88Operation NxN Myrbacka 2020: 12.91Finnish Championship 2021: 14.37Estonian Open 2022: 12.69Gulf of Finland 2022: 16.75Kuutiostoren Kuutiokekkerit 2022: 13.71Autotalo All Events 2 2023: 13.22Puzzling at the Shopping Centre Plaza in Salo 2023: 13.63Lahen Cubefest 2024: 13.29Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2024: 13.61VERK XV 2026: 14.0712.6923.5516 Sep 201715 May 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.