VERK XI 2026

Date: Feb 1, 2026
City: Helsinki, Finland
Venue: VERK
Address: Sörnäistenkatu 1
Details: Instructions emailed to registered competitors
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Niko Ronkainen, Speedcubing Finland ry, and Tomi Ronkainen
WCA Delegates: Niko Ronkainen and Tomi Ronkainen

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Main event
Competitors: 10

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Aarni Salakari won with an average of 4.51 seconds in the Clock event. Atilla Kopecky finished second (4.66) and Leo Alanen finished third (5.03).

Aarni Salakari - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	1	29.22	32.43	Finland	36.61	32.89	29.22	33.95	30.46
	First round	2	28.14	33.47	Finland	34.00	33.23	28.14	35.98	33.18
5x5x5 Cube	Final	3	56.81	1:03.57	Finland	1:09.00	59.15	1:02.57	1:09.09	56.81
	First round	2	1:01.56	1:04.62	Finland	1:04.65	1:03.42	1:07.51	1:01.56	1:05.80
6x6x6 Cube	Final	5	2:01.91	2:09.01	Finland	2:08.43	2:01.91	2:16.69
	First round	3	1:54.01	1:58.31	Finland	1:59.31	2:01.61	1:54.01
7x7x7 Cube	Final	5	3:17.01	3:23.26	Finland	3:28.66	3:24.12	3:17.01
	First round	3	3:10.45	3:13.51	Finland	3:12.91	3:10.45	3:17.16
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	4	15.93	17.74	Finland	18.12	19.88	16.31	18.80	15.93
	First round	4	12.89	16.74	Finland	19.13	17.26	15.62	17.33	12.89
Clock	Final	1	3.53	4.51	Finland	DNF	5.82	3.53	3.95	3.77
	First round	1	2.50	4.11	Finland	5.63	2.50	7.25	2.91	3.79
Square-1	Final	3	7.80	9.04	Finland	8.73	7.80	27.82	9.48	8.92
	First round	3	7.08	9.29	Finland	10.74	7.08	13.08	8.86	8.26

Antto Pitkänen - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	2	31.49	32.79	Finland	32.92	32.59	39.15	32.86	31.49
	First round	5	34.35	37.63	Finland	34.83	40.92	37.13	34.35	DNF
5x5x5 Cube	Final	4	1:03.99	1:07.98	Finland	1:06.88	1:03.99	1:12.28	1:10.20	1:06.85
	First round	6	55.12	1:12.67	Finland	1:22.79	55.12	1:45.64	1:07.87	1:07.34
6x6x6 Cube	Final	3	1:54.53	1:59.85	Finland	2:05.11	1:59.92	1:54.53
	First round	5	1:56.32	2:06.22	Finland	1:56.32	2:17.69	2:04.66
7x7x7 Cube	Final	6	3:20.97	3:28.33	Finland	3:26.08	3:20.97	3:37.95
	First round	6	3:18.21	3:22.48	Finland	3:30.28	3:18.21	3:18.95
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	1	12.00	13.11	Finland	13.53	12.59	13.21	12.00	20.94
	First round	2	13.50	16.28	Finland	19.26	16.78	18.48	13.57	13.50
Clock	Final	5	4.93	8.32	Finland	4.93	10.41	8.24	DNF	6.30
	First round	5	4.27	5.31	Finland	5.12	DNF	4.27	6.06	4.74
Square-1	First round	7	11.52	12.87	Finland	11.83	14.31	11.52	18.71	12.47

Atilla Kopecky - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	First round	8	35.78	40.84	Finland	41.33	41.79	39.39	42.72	35.78
5x5x5 Cube	First round	7	1:12.92	1:18.80	Finland	1:15.35	1:23.05	1:12.92	1:23.73	1:18.01
6x6x6 Cube	First round	8	2:45.00		Finland	2:45.00
7x7x7 Cube	First round	7	4:08.03	4:16.53	Finland	4:08.03	4:14.85	4:26.70
3x3x3 One-Handed	First round	9	20.15	25.87	Finland	28.14	20.15	27.86	26.03	23.73
Clock	Final	2	4.34	4.66	Finland	4.35	5.33	5.05	4.34	4.59
	First round	3	3.18	5.09	Finland	4.91	3.18	5.00	DNF	5.37
Square-1	Final	4	9.53	10.92	Finland	11.74	11.75	10.89	10.13	9.53
	First round	4	8.92	10.28	Finland	13.28	9.84	8.92	10.76	10.25

Eetu Lae - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	First round	9	39.07	41.69	Finland	44.96	39.58	44.30	39.07	41.18
5x5x5 Cube	First round	9	1:30.44	1:35.79	Finland	1:50.46	1:31.71	1:30.44	1:37.71	1:37.96
6x6x6 Cube	First round	9	3:19.50		Finland	3:19.50
7x7x7 Cube	First round	9	5:38.08		Finland	5:38.08
3x3x3 One-Handed	First round	8	15.87	21.87	Finland	19.05	DNF	26.32	15.87	20.23
Clock	First round	9	5.83	10.36	Finland	10.03	5.83	8.33	12.71	DNF
Square-1	First round	8	15.27	17.37	Finland	17.08	19.76	15.27	18.79	16.25

Leo Alanen - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	First round	7	37.80	39.53	Finland	39.90	41.27	38.88	39.81	37.80
5x5x5 Cube	Final	5	1:02.47	1:09.78	Finland	1:15.56	1:03.97	1:09.84	1:15.52	1:02.47
	First round	4	1:03.58	1:07.89	Finland	1:07.97	1:11.84	1:09.31	1:03.58	1:06.39
6x6x6 Cube	Final	4	2:00.93	2:01.83	Finland	2:01.05	2:03.51	2:00.93
	First round	6	1:59.19	2:08.09	Finland	2:20.47	2:04.62	1:59.19
7x7x7 Cube	Final	3	3:07.19	3:12.81	Finland	3:09.71	3:21.54	3:07.19
	First round	5	3:08.23	3:17.95	Finland	3:08.23	3:23.56	3:22.06
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	5	15.94	17.91	Finland	25.11	17.46	18.47	15.94	17.79
	First round	6	14.32	18.53	Finland	14.32	17.81	19.22	21.54	18.56
Clock	Final	3	3.15	5.03	Finland	3.77	6.26	3.15	DNF	5.07
	First round	2	3.66	4.55	Finland	4.10	3.66	DNF	4.64	4.90
Square-1	Final	5	8.94	11.75	Finland	8.94	16.14	11.59	12.63	11.03
	First round	5	8.78	11.11	Finland	8.78	10.22	9.70	13.40	27.00

Luukas Lempinen - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	3	28.06	34.02	Finland	33.55	37.99	35.90	32.61	28.06
	First round	1	30.79	31.57	Finland	30.92	30.79	37.71	32.90	30.90
5x5x5 Cube	Final	1	52.64	58.33	Finland	53.50	1:00.42	1:03.53	1:01.08	52.64
	First round	1	50.50	1:00.59	Finland	1:01.47	59.69	1:03.85	1:00.62	50.50
6x6x6 Cube	Final	2	1:50.84	1:52.00	Finland	1:50.84	1:53.63	1:51.53
	First round	1	1:38.67	1:45.22	Finland	1:48.08	1:38.67	1:48.90
7x7x7 Cube	Final	1	2:39.22	3:00.00	Finland	2:41.72	2:39.22	3:39.05
	First round	1	2:44.02	2:48.22	Finland	2:50.90	2:44.02	2:49.73
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	3	13.07	16.34	Finland	13.07	15.93	17.59	16.53	16.56
	First round	5	16.76	17.52	Finland	16.76	18.34	16.79	18.65	17.42
Clock	Final	6	4.00	8.39	Finland	4.00	6.40	10.07	8.69	11.02
	First round	6	4.07	5.61	Finland	11.44	5.84	6.54	4.07	4.45
Square-1	Final	2	6.36	7.39	Finland	7.21	6.79	6.36	8.16	9.89
	First round	2	6.70	8.51	Finland	8.79	10.03	24.56	6.70	6.71

Niilo Eskelinen - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	5	34.68	37.85	Finland	34.68	41.11	38.06	39.09	36.40
	First round	6	31.34	39.24	Finland	42.62	43.53	36.36	38.74	31.34
5x5x5 Cube	First round	8	1:11.70	1:21.75	Finland	1:32.93	1:11.70	1:27.63	1:23.92	1:13.69
6x6x6 Cube	First round	7	2:30.89	2:58.26	Finland	2:30.89	3:27.33	2:56.55
7x7x7 Cube	First round	8	4:12.46		Finland	4:12.46
3x3x3 One-Handed	First round	7	20.18	21.05	Finland	20.36	23.47	22.26	20.54	20.18
Clock	Final	7	6.24	DNF	Finland	12.69	6.24	DNF	DNF	DNF
	First round	4	4.72	5.17	Finland	5.03	4.72	7.64	5.02	5.46
Square-1	Final	1	5.60	6.96	Finland	8.16	5.60	7.25	7.44	6.18
	First round	1	6.64	7.84	Finland	7.36	10.47	7.62	8.54	6.64

Niko Ronkainen - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	6	37.16	38.74	Finland	46.48	40.73	38.11	37.16	37.37
	First round	4	35.08	37.35	Finland	47.60	35.11	37.98	38.96	35.08
5x5x5 Cube	Final	6	1:07.80	1:10.81	Finland	1:11.88	1:12.31	1:07.80	1:08.25	1:13.19
	First round	5	1:07.24	1:11.37	Finland	1:12.40	1:09.23	1:07.24	1:12.49	1:16.16
6x6x6 Cube	Final	6	2:00.15	2:09.80	Finland	2:16.80	2:00.15	2:12.44
	First round	4	2:02.85	2:05.79	Finland	2:10.14	2:04.38	2:02.85
7x7x7 Cube	Final	4	3:09.59	3:20.31	Finland	3:09.59	3:24.43	3:26.92
	First round	4	3:07.82	3:16.00	Finland	3:14.23	3:07.82	3:25.95
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	6	16.72	18.01	Finland	18.28	19.19	17.99	17.77	16.72
	First round	3	14.73	16.65	Finland	16.67	14.73	16.64	16.64	18.69
Clock	Final	4	5.09	7.20	Finland	7.15	6.38	5.09	8.06	8.84
	First round	7	5.04	5.72	Finland	5.58	5.87	5.04	5.79	5.80
Square-1	First round	9	16.71	26.27	Finland	28.90	16.71	32.29	35.52	17.63

Tomi Ronkainen - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
Clock	First round	10	10.76		12.65		Finland	10.76	12.44	12.98	12.52	19.96

Urho Kinnunen - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	4	29.86	35.97	Finland	35.17	36.95	35.84	36.90	29.86
	First round	3	26.94	33.52	Finland	26.94	38.95	29.74	31.87	DNF
5x5x5 Cube	Final	2	56.49	1:01.07	Finland	56.49	1:01.04	1:01.56	1:04.61	1:00.61
	First round	3	51.42	1:05.21	Finland	1:13.16	59.32	1:06.67	1:09.64	51.42
6x6x6 Cube	Final	1	1:38.28	1:44.02	Finland	1:50.66	1:38.28	1:43.11
	First round	2	1:43.00	1:45.99	Finland	1:43.00	1:47.53	1:47.43
7x7x7 Cube	Final	2	2:52.60	3:02.64	Finland	3:00.97	2:52.60	3:14.36
	First round	2	2:48.14	3:05.94	Finland	3:14.10	3:15.58	2:48.14
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	2	11.67	15.72	Finland	15.08	11.67	16.34	15.75	DNF
	First round	1	10.40	14.20	Finland	12.08	10.40	13.75	16.83	16.77
Clock	First round	8	3.95	6.14	Finland	3.95	DNF	5.60	4.98	7.84
Square-1	Final	6	9.74	16.22	Finland	9.74	22.71	11.08	14.86	DNF
	First round	6	7.58	11.17	Finland	7.58	12.37	17.30	10.17	10.96