People · Finland
Ville Seppänen
3×3 · top 5.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2008 · 2008SEPP01
Ville Seppänen has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.06, set at Vantaa Open 2013, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 71st in Finland. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since February 2008, he has put 755 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.65 in February 2008 to 9.06, a 56% improvement. Ville has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.06 | 10.98 | top 5.0% | 71 / 875 | |
| 2×2 | 2.05 | 3.15 | top 5.1% | 65 / 671 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 39.53 | 46.10 | top 6.6% | 6 / 61 | |
| 4×4 | 40.43 | 48.20 | top 12.6% | 65 / 388 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.18 | 7.88 | top 14.3% | 130 / 551 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | 32.33 | top 14.8% | 19 / 95 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.22 | 20.72 | top 15.7% | 68 / 314 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 4:42.34 | — | top 20.0% | 4 / 10 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 9:48.58 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2 / 4 | |
| Square-1 | 18.41 | 29.02 | top 24.4% | 55 / 155 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.56 | 1:36.73 | top 25.3% | 70 / 232 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.50 | 1:47.04 | top 28.5% | 72 / 188 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 4 cubes · 12:45 | — | top 40.6% | 9 / 24 | |
| 7×7 | 4:45.34 | 5:25.54 | top 46.2% | 45 / 99 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 May 2011Eight personal bests in one day at Kirkkonummi Open 2011.
- 22 Jan 2011Nine personal bests in one day at Helsinki Open 2011.
- 1 Oct 2010Four personal bests in one day at European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010.
- 28 Aug 2010Three personal bests in one day at Finnish Open 2010.
- 27 Feb 2010First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Helsinki Open 2010.
- 16 Jan 2010Four personal bests in one day at Aachen Open 2010.
Competitions
- FMC Europe 2015 · 28 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Cube Days 2013 · 23 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Heureka Open 2013 · 7 Sep 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Stockholm Open 2013 · 30 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Vantaa Open 2013 · 23 Mar 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Open 2012 · 8 Dec 2012
- Helsinki Open 2012 · 1 Sep 2012
- Kirkkonummi Open 2011 · 21 May 2011 — 8 personal bests set
- Helsinki Open 2011 · 22 Jan 2011 — 9 personal bests set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010 · 1 Oct 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Finnish Open 2010 · 28 Aug 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Helsinki Open 2010 · 27 Feb 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Aachen Open 2010 · 16 Jan 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Helsinki Open 2009 · 7 Mar 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Swedish Cube Day competition 2008 · 6 Dec 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Tampere Open 2008 · 25 Oct 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Open 2008 · 19 Jul 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Helsinki Open 2008 · 23 Feb 2008 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Aili Asikainen — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 71 times
- Joey Gouly — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 65 times · head to head
- Teemu Tiinanen — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 72 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.