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
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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.

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

Events
Main event
Competitors
15
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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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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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 2.382.711.742.426.46
2 Eetu Lae 2.36 2.75 Finland 2.532.952.762.364.26
3 Luukas Lempinen 2.09 2.83 Finland 3.942.092.132.43DNF

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Aarni Salakari 29.98 32.08 Finland 32.0235.6733.1931.0329.98
2 Urho Kinnunen 31.72 32.54 Finland 31.7534.0633.0731.7232.81
3 Luukas Lempinen 32.63 33.45 Finland 33.8532.6333.7536.9032.75

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Luukas Lempinen 53.55 57.84 Finland 55.7956.2253.551:02.841:01.52
2 Leo Alanen 53.85 1:01.28 Finland 1:00.6753.8555.031:08.131:15.66
3 Aarni Salakari 1:00.32 1:01.43 Finland 1:02.221:02.991:00.491:01.591:00.32

6x6x6 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Luukas Lempinen 1:35.60 1:44.89 Finland 1:47.291:51.781:35.60
2 Urho Kinnunen 1:34.77 1:46.43 Finland 1:47.161:34.771:57.35
3 Aarni Salakari 1:50.35 1:53.83 Finland 1:50.351:57.111:54.03

7x7x7 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Luukas Lempinen 2:33.32 2:47.15 Finland 2:59.442:33.322:48.68
2 Aarni Salakari 2:43.66 2:55.30 Finland 2:51.993:10.242:43.66
3 Urho Kinnunen 2:52.80 2:57.94 Finland 2:56.752:52.803:04.28

3x3x3 Fewest Moves

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Luukas Lempinen 22 32.33 Finland 332242
2 Leo Alanen 26 33.33 Finland 382636
3 Aarni Salakari 39 43.00 Finland 443946

3x3x3 One-Handed

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Urho Kinnunen 11.49 12.23 Finland 11.9912.8711.4911.8413.71
2 Luukas Lempinen 14.13 16.63 Finland 15.7814.13DNF17.4516.65
3 Aarni Salakari 15.39 16.77 Finland 18.9216.3317.1516.8215.39

Clock

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Aarni Salakari 2.75 2.93 Finland 2.922.763.102.754.31
2 Urho Kinnunen 3.59 4.16 Finland 3.59DNF4.053.704.72
3 Leo Alanen 2.81 4.84 Finland 6.292.813.606.264.67

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Urho Kinnunen 44.41 51.11 Finland 57.2148.1944.4148.3556.79
2 Luukas Lempinen 47.61 54.49 Finland 57.9047.6151.6557.8453.97
3 Luka Pöyry 52.53 54.88 Finland 57.751:03.3252.5353.5653.34

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Oula Riihiaho 1.76 2.38 Finland 4.863.091.761.812.25
2 Urho Kinnunen 2.00 2.88 Finland 2.404.243.902.002.35
3 Ahti Isohanni 2.68 3.66 Finland 3.362.683.644.663.99

Skewb

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Urho Kinnunen 2.54 3.01 Finland 2.546.122.912.723.39
2 Aapo Ilveskero 2.14 4.16 Finland 4.602.144.814.213.68
3 Niko Ronkainen 2.56 4.44 Finland 4.0610.974.554.722.56

Square-1

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Niilo Eskelinen 5.93 6.97 Finland 5.937.1610.867.206.54
2 Luukas Lempinen 7.16 8.38 Finland 8.278.70DNF7.168.18
3 Aarni Salakari 8.69 10.09 Finland 10.4210.038.6913.259.81
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