VERK XV 2026

Date: May 15 - 16, 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

The competition takes place overnight.
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.

Kilpailu tapahtuu yöllä.
Lue säännöt (englanniksi, suomeksi) ennen kilpailua.
Suosittelemme saapumaan ilman vieraita. Joudumme kuitenkin sallimaan yhden vieraan per kilpailija.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 11

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If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
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No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.
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Urho Kinnunen won with an average of 8.60 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Remo Pihel finished second (9.77) and Eetu Lae finished third (9.79).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	7.96	8.60	Finland	8.02	7.96	10.29	9.19	8.58
2	Remo Pihel	6.95	9.77	Estonia	6.95	9.77	12.72	10.39	9.15
3	Eetu Lae	8.13	9.79	Finland	8.13	9.06	9.90	10.88	10.42

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Atilla Kopecky	1.19	2.28	Finland	2.52	4.25	1.19	3.12	1.21
2	Eetu Lae	1.79	2.32	Finland	2.69	1.99	1.79	2.27	7.97
3	Luukas Lempinen	1.98	2.60	Finland	1.98	2.32	2.06	5.23	3.42

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Remo Pihel	26.71	30.91	Estonia	31.55	26.71	31.39	29.79	34.90
2	Urho Kinnunen	29.52	31.16	Finland	30.13	32.87	35.00	29.52	30.48
3	Luukas Lempinen	30.40	33.70	Finland	33.81	30.40	32.61	34.69	37.55

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luukas Lempinen	52.53	53.87	Finland	52.67	56.06	52.89	52.53	1:01.12
2	Remo Pihel	53.20	59.27	Estonia	1:04.00	56.24	53.20	58.60	1:02.96
3	Urho Kinnunen	57.56	1:03.18	Finland	1:04.57	1:02.48	1:02.88	1:04.17	57.56

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	1:30.64	1:46.92	Finland	2:03.64	1:30.64	1:46.49
2	Luukas Lempinen	1:37.03	1:47.02	Finland	1:37.03	2:01.56	1:42.48
3	Remo Pihel	1:38.75	1:49.23	Estonia	1:51.06	1:57.88	1:38.75

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luukas Lempinen	2:28.36	2:41.59	Finland	2:28.36	2:43.03	2:53.39
2	Urho Kinnunen	2:39.63	2:47.96	Finland	2:57.73	2:46.51	2:39.63
3	Remo Pihel	2:42.51	2:57.04	Estonia	2:42.51	3:12.17	2:56.45

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	9.47	11.09	Finland	9.47	10.42	10.57	13.68	12.29
2	Luukas Lempinen	15.57	17.48	Finland	19.12	19.03	15.57	15.83	17.58
3	Niko Ronkainen	14.29	17.76	Finland	14.29	20.38	16.98	17.24	19.06

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Atilla Kopecky	3.71	3.91	Finland	DNF	3.71	3.72	3.78	4.23
2	Luukas Lempinen	4.28	5.00	Finland	4.40	4.28	13.13	6.04	4.56
3	Niko Ronkainen	4.93	5.79	Finland	5.76	5.93	4.93	5.68	6.47

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	41.51	47.15	Finland	48.78	56.37	43.52	49.16	41.51
2	Luukas Lempinen	45.64	50.16	Finland	49.54	1:01.35	53.24	45.64	47.71
3	Remo Pihel	56.21	58.22	Estonia	58.04	1:03.47	59.73	56.88	56.21

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	2.74	3.29	Finland	8.04	3.76	2.74	3.12	3.00
2	Luukas Lempinen	2.29	3.42	Finland	2.68	2.29	3.22	4.37	DNF
3	Remo Pihel	3.35	4.07	Estonia	3.35	4.36	3.97	3.87	4.60

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	1.17	2.66	Finland	2.80	4.35	1.17	1.52	3.67
2	Luukas Lempinen	3.05	4.15	Finland	3.05	5.22	3.41	4.86	4.17
3	Remo Pihel	3.17	4.33	Estonia	5.01	4.04	4.20	4.75	3.17

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luukas Lempinen	7.67	10.20	Finland	7.67	11.57	DNF	9.51	9.53
2	Atilla Kopecky	7.93	11.14	Finland	7.93	11.06	11.55	11.44	10.92
3	Urho Kinnunen	9.06	11.35	Finland	26.03	10.57	10.62	12.87	9.06