VERK XIV 2026

Date: Apr 11 - 12, 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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Information

Please read through the regulations before the competition.
We highly recommend not bringing any guests. However, we're required to allow 1 guest per competitor.

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Suosittelemme saapumaan ilman vieraita. Joudumme kuitenkin sallimaan yhden vieraan per kilpailija.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 12

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Vincent von Schantz won with an average of 7.12 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Urho Kinnunen finished second (7.84) and Luukas Lempinen finished third (8.86).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Vincent von Schantz	6.58	7.12	Finland	6.72	7.13	7.52	6.58	7.58
2	Urho Kinnunen	5.36	7.84	Finland	7.64	9.29	5.36	6.99	8.89
3	Luukas Lempinen	7.32	8.86	Finland	9.12	7.32	8.62	9.68	8.83

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luukas Lempinen	2.20	2.68	Finland	2.55	2.71	2.79	DNF	2.20
2	Urho Kinnunen	2.18	2.72	Finland	2.18	6.38	2.60	2.68	2.87
3	Eetu Lae	1.92	2.83	Finland	2.88	2.80	2.81	1.92	3.99

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	26.49	30.45	Finland	31.94	30.65	26.49	28.75	32.57
2	Aarni Salakari	29.54	30.76	Finland	29.54	31.18	32.96	30.60	30.50
3	Luukas Lempinen	27.80	31.02	Finland	27.80	30.04	29.94	33.09	33.79

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luukas Lempinen	49.75	55.94	Finland	54.76	49.75	56.31	57.16	56.76
2	Urho Kinnunen	58.02	59.30	Finland	58.06	1:02.88	58.02	1:01.69	58.14
3	Aarni Salakari	1:02.33	1:03.30	Finland	1:03.71	1:02.91	1:03.28	1:02.33	1:05.21

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	1:35.65	1:38.08	Finland	1:35.65	1:38.70	1:39.89
2	Luukas Lempinen	1:34.63	1:38.33	Finland	1:42.45	1:34.63	1:37.90
3	Aarni Salakari	1:53.56	1:59.89	Finland	1:59.92	2:06.20	1:53.56

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luukas Lempinen	2:28.55	2:38.71	Finland	2:39.77	2:47.81	2:28.55
2	Urho Kinnunen	2:44.01	2:50.91	Finland	2:44.01	2:44.55	3:04.18
3	Niko Ronkainen	3:01.42	3:09.82	Finland	3:12.21	3:15.84	3:01.42

3x3x3 Fewest Moves

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luukas Lempinen	31	32.00	Finland	32	33	31
2	Atilla Kopecky	36	37.67	Finland	36	37	40
3	Eetu Lae	43	45.00	Finland	43	43	49

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	9.97	13.07	Finland	9.97	12.16	13.96	15.36	13.08
2	Luukas Lempinen	12.56	15.05	Finland	18.09	14.26	24.06	12.81	12.56
3	Aarni Salakari	14.80	15.16	Finland	15.60	14.83	17.23	15.05	14.80

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Aarni Salakari	2.31	3.16	Finland	3.24	3.23	DNF	3.02	2.31
2	Luukas Lempinen	4.07	6.04	Finland	4.83	9.60	5.58	7.70	4.07
3	Niko Ronkainen	5.31	6.18	Finland	6.85	6.36	6.26	5.93	5.31

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luukas Lempinen	46.10	50.51	Finland	56.74	DNF	46.10	47.94	46.85
2	Urho Kinnunen	45.32	55.40	Finland	46.94	1:01.16	1:02.20	45.32	58.10
3	Ahti Isohanni	54.90	1:01.50	Finland	1:01.93	1:01.22	1:01.35	1:10.38	54.90

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	1.75	2.87	Finland	1.75	3.54	3.80	2.84	2.23
2	Luukas Lempinen	1.99	3.37	Finland	2.41	6.03	4.46	1.99	3.24
3	Atilla Kopecky	1.88	3.43	Finland	1.88	3.84	4.07	2.37	6.36

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luukas Lempinen	1.76	3.19	Finland	3.03	4.32	1.76	3.48	3.06
2	Urho Kinnunen	2.24	3.33	Finland	2.24	4.49	3.08	4.75	2.41
3	Eetu Lae	2.52	4.30	Finland	2.52	3.76	6.71	3.18	5.95

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luukas Lempinen	6.73	7.81	Finland	6.73	7.24	9.10	7.10	9.20
2	Aarni Salakari	7.88	9.29	Finland	7.88	9.43	12.83	8.29	10.15
3	Atilla Kopecky	9.90	12.34	Finland	13.16	11.16	9.90	12.70	23.68