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Viljo Elo

3×3 one-handed · top 0.3% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016ELOV01

Viljo Elo has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 8.47, set at Autotalo Common 2023, puts him in the top 0.3% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Finland. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since November 2016, he has put 2,167 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 32.02 in November 2016 to 8.47, a 74% improvement. Viljo has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.3% of 73,695 all-time
8.47
signature single · Autotalo Common 2023
2,167
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
3×3 one-handed8.4710.50
top 0.3%1 / 314
3×37.188.24
top 1.5%23 / 875
2×21.662.98
top 2.9%38 / 671
4×430.9139.81
top 3.4%20 / 388
Megaminx45.9353.94
top 3.4%9 / 188
Pyraminx3.125.74
top 4.1%43 / 551
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves29.00
top 6.2%9 / 95
5×51:06.401:18.85
top 9.2%25 / 232
Skewb3.817.47
top 9.6%69 / 405
Clock8.8710.78
top 19.3%61 / 194
3×3 blindfolded1:21.802:33.66
top 20.2%12 / 61
Square-119.1425.49
top 25.9%57 / 155
6×62:38.072:49.08
top 29.7%38 / 116
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 33:16—
top 29.8%5 / 24
7×74:37.794:58.47
top 43.7%41 / 99
4×4 blindfolded15:57.00—
early days — 1 solve8 / 10

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

Finnish Championship 2016: 32.02Finnish Championship 2017: 15.18Finnish Open 2018: 12.53Ark 2018: 11.51Myyrmäki Summer Challenge 2019: 9.57Nordic Championship 2019: 12.14Finnish Championship 2019: 10.05Helsinki Open 2020: 12.66Finnish Championship 2021: 11.46ACA 7th Anniversary 2022: 11.75Pulmapelipäivät 2022: 9.07Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 10.26Finnish Championship 2022: 11.18Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 11.39Level Up Uusimaa 2022: 10.15Sormet Jäässä Järvenpäässä 2023: 9.34Ehte Cube Days 2023: 8.86Autotalo Small Cubes 2023: 8.93Autotalo Common 2023: 8.47Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2023: 10.66Autotalo 2023: 8.70Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 11.19Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024: 9.62Kuopion Kuutiokemut 2024: 9.98Autotalo Anime Adventure VI 2024: 9.40Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 9.43VERK III 2025: 9.76Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 10.808.4732.0225 Nov 201622 Aug 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.