VERK XVI 2026
- Date
- Jun 27 - 28, 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
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- 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.Lue säännöt (englanniksi, suomeksi) ennen kilpailua.
Suosittelemme saapumaan ilman vieraita. Joudumme kuitenkin sallimaan yhden vieraan per kilpailija.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 15
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 22 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is €10 (Euro).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
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 .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Urho Kinnunen won with an average of 3.01 seconds in the Skewb event. Aapo Ilveskero finished second (4.16) and Niko Ronkainen finished third (4.44).
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niko Ronkainen | 1.74 | 2.50 | Finland | 2.38 | 2.71 | 1.74 | 2.42 | 6.46 | |||
| 2 | Eetu Lae | 2.36 | 2.75 | Finland | 2.53 | 2.95 | 2.76 | 2.36 | 4.26 | |||
| 3 | Luukas Lempinen | 2.09 | 2.83 | Finland | 3.94 | 2.09 | 2.13 | 2.43 | DNF | |||
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aarni Salakari | 29.98 | 32.08 | Finland | 32.02 | 35.67 | 33.19 | 31.03 | 29.98 | |||
| 2 | Urho Kinnunen | 31.72 | 32.54 | Finland | 31.75 | 34.06 | 33.07 | 31.72 | 32.81 | |||
| 3 | Luukas Lempinen | 32.63 | 33.45 | Finland | 33.85 | 32.63 | 33.75 | 36.90 | 32.75 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luukas Lempinen | 53.55 | 57.84 | Finland | 55.79 | 56.22 | 53.55 | 1:02.84 | 1:01.52 | |||
| 2 | Leo Alanen | 53.85 | 1:01.28 | Finland | 1:00.67 | 53.85 | 55.03 | 1:08.13 | 1:15.66 | |||
| 3 | Aarni Salakari | 1:00.32 | 1:01.43 | Finland | 1:02.22 | 1:02.99 | 1:00.49 | 1:01.59 | 1:00.32 | |||
6x6x6 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luukas Lempinen | 1:35.60 | 1:44.89 | Finland | 1:47.29 | 1:51.78 | 1:35.60 | |||||
| 2 | Urho Kinnunen | 1:34.77 | 1:46.43 | Finland | 1:47.16 | 1:34.77 | 1:57.35 | |||||
| 3 | Aarni Salakari | 1:50.35 | 1:53.83 | Finland | 1:50.35 | 1:57.11 | 1:54.03 | |||||
7x7x7 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luukas Lempinen | 2:33.32 | 2:47.15 | Finland | 2:59.44 | 2:33.32 | 2:48.68 | |||||
| 2 | Aarni Salakari | 2:43.66 | 2:55.30 | Finland | 2:51.99 | 3:10.24 | 2:43.66 | |||||
| 3 | Urho Kinnunen | 2:52.80 | 2:57.94 | Finland | 2:56.75 | 2:52.80 | 3:04.28 | |||||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luukas Lempinen | 22 | 32.33 | Finland | 33 | 22 | 42 | |||||
| 2 | Leo Alanen | 26 | 33.33 | Finland | 38 | 26 | 36 | |||||
| 3 | Aarni Salakari | 39 | 43.00 | Finland | 44 | 39 | 46 | |||||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urho Kinnunen | 11.49 | 12.23 | Finland | 11.99 | 12.87 | 11.49 | 11.84 | 13.71 | |||
| 2 | Luukas Lempinen | 14.13 | 16.63 | Finland | 15.78 | 14.13 | DNF | 17.45 | 16.65 | |||
| 3 | Aarni Salakari | 15.39 | 16.77 | Finland | 18.92 | 16.33 | 17.15 | 16.82 | 15.39 | |||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aarni Salakari | 2.75 | 2.93 | Finland | 2.92 | 2.76 | 3.10 | 2.75 | 4.31 | |||
| 2 | Urho Kinnunen | 3.59 | 4.16 | Finland | 3.59 | DNF | 4.05 | 3.70 | 4.72 | |||
| 3 | Leo Alanen | 2.81 | 4.84 | Finland | 6.29 | 2.81 | 3.60 | 6.26 | 4.67 | |||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urho Kinnunen | 44.41 | 51.11 | Finland | 57.21 | 48.19 | 44.41 | 48.35 | 56.79 | |||
| 2 | Luukas Lempinen | 47.61 | 54.49 | Finland | 57.90 | 47.61 | 51.65 | 57.84 | 53.97 | |||
| 3 | Luka Pöyry | 52.53 | 54.88 | Finland | 57.75 | 1:03.32 | 52.53 | 53.56 | 53.34 | |||
Pyraminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oula Riihiaho | 1.76 | 2.38 | Finland | 4.86 | 3.09 | 1.76 | 1.81 | 2.25 | |||
| 2 | Urho Kinnunen | 2.00 | 2.88 | Finland | 2.40 | 4.24 | 3.90 | 2.00 | 2.35 | |||
| 3 | Ahti Isohanni | 2.68 | 3.66 | Finland | 3.36 | 2.68 | 3.64 | 4.66 | 3.99 | |||
Skewb
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urho Kinnunen | 2.54 | 3.01 | Finland | 2.54 | 6.12 | 2.91 | 2.72 | 3.39 | |||
| 2 | Aapo Ilveskero | 2.14 | 4.16 | Finland | 4.60 | 2.14 | 4.81 | 4.21 | 3.68 | |||
| 3 | Niko Ronkainen | 2.56 | 4.44 | Finland | 4.06 | 10.97 | 4.55 | 4.72 | 2.56 | |||
Square-1
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niilo Eskelinen | 5.93 | 6.97 | Finland | 5.93 | 7.16 | 10.86 | 7.20 | 6.54 | |||
| 2 | Luukas Lempinen | 7.16 | 8.38 | Finland | 8.27 | 8.70 | DNF | 7.16 | 8.18 | |||
| 3 | Aarni Salakari | 8.69 | 10.09 | Finland | 10.42 | 10.03 | 8.69 | 13.25 | 9.81 | |||