Competitions · Finland

VERK IV 2025

Helsinki · 29 March 2025 · 11 events · 17 competitors · 22 personal bests

Luukas Lempinen won five of the eleven events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Antto Pitkänen by 0.01 seconds. 17 competitors produced 22 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today.

The moment

A national record

Aarni Salakari set the Clock average national record: 3.29.

Five wins

Luukas Lempinen — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx, Pyraminx

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Antto Pitkänen over Niko Ronkainen

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
2×2	Antto Pitkänen	1.81	2.54
4×4	Urho Kinnunen	27.07	29.97
5×5	Luukas Lempinen	52.06	58.90
6×6	Luukas Lempinen	1:34.98	1:46.86
7×7	Luukas Lempinen	2:32.77	2:42.89
3×3 one-handed	Branson Lau (劉朗朗)	9.75	12.74
Clock	Aarni Salakari	2.88	3.29
Megaminx	Luukas Lempinen	47.71	56.91
Pyraminx	Luukas Lempinen	2.58	3.44
Skewb	Urho Kinnunen	1.74	2.26
Square-1	Maciej Spirydowicz	6.54	7.83

The PB harvest

22 set · 3 still standing

Branson Lau (劉朗朗) — 5×5 single 50.99: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Antto Pitkänen — Megaminx single 45.74: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Jonathan Lauri — 6×6 single 3:29.26: into the top 54.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

17 competitors · 258 results · 11 events.

Everyone who competed

17 competitors

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 final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.