VERK XVII 2026

Date: Sep 5 - 6, 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: 21

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Leo Alanen won with an average of 2.46 seconds in the 2x2x2 Cube event. Antto Pitkänen finished second (2.70) and Urho Kinnunen finished third (2.88).

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Leo Alanen	2.05	2.46	Finland	4.18	3.01	2.25	2.05	2.12
2	Antto Pitkänen	1.98	2.70	Finland	3.87	3.82	2.00	1.98	2.27
3	Urho Kinnunen	2.09	2.88	Finland	4.69	2.09	2.86	2.55	3.23

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	27.80	28.99	Finland	28.00	27.80	33.28	29.38	29.59
2	Aarni Salakari	30.28	33.32	Finland	30.96	35.50	30.28	38.96	33.49
3	Leo Alanen	35.22	35.95	Finland	36.15	35.22	35.97	DNF	35.74

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Aarni Salakari	59.10	1:01.78	Finland	1:02.69	1:00.74	1:01.92	59.10	1:06.32
2	Urho Kinnunen	58.83	1:04.74	Finland	1:10.28	1:05.42	1:00.59	58.83	1:08.20
3	Leo Alanen	1:05.59	1:06.91	Finland	1:07.95	1:22.23	1:05.59	1:06.99	1:05.80

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	1:39.30	1:41.37	Finland	1:44.31	1:40.49	1:39.30
2	Aarni Salakari	1:49.39	1:59.99	Finland	2:00.25	1:49.39	2:10.33
3	Leo Alanen	1:54.28	2:00.50	Finland	2:05.94	2:01.27	1:54.28

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	2:38.22	2:57.04	Finland	2:38.22	3:09.55	3:03.35
2	Leo Alanen	2:59.05	3:05.16	Finland	3:06.12	2:59.05	3:10.32
3	Niko Ronkainen	2:58.42	3:15.58	Finland	2:58.42	3:22.97	3:25.35

3x3x3 Fewest Moves

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tymur Ostapets (Тимур Остапець)	23	25.00	Ukraine	26	26	23
2	Urho Kinnunen	25	27.33	Finland	31	25	26
3	Leo Alanen	28	30.33	Finland	28	33	30

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	10.14	11.77	Finland	12.79	10.14	11.47	14.48	11.04
2	Antto Pitkänen	12.67	13.25	Finland	12.68	13.59	13.47	14.02	12.67
3	Leo Alanen	13.34	15.20	Finland	18.93	15.72	15.33	14.55	13.34

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Aarni Salakari	2.60	3.61	Finland	3.68	3.78	2.60	4.10	3.37
2	Atilla Kopecky	3.40	4.86	Finland	3.40	4.01	DNF	4.88	5.70
3	Niko Ronkainen	5.42	6.07	Finland	5.42	6.05	6.11	6.06	6.31

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	45.72	48.73	Finland	46.80	48.31	51.09	45.72	55.66
2	Ahti Isohanni	44.64	52.08	Finland	52.21	1:07.38	51.65	52.37	44.64
3	Leo Alanen	52.17	55.16	Finland	55.39	53.36	1:06.51	52.17	56.72

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Oula Riihiaho	2.02	2.75	Finland	3.01	6.84	2.02	2.73	2.50
2	Aaron Fabritius	2.94	3.28	Finland	3.75	3.28	3.46	2.94	3.09
3	Urho Kinnunen	2.62	3.59	Finland	2.67	4.51	2.62	3.62	4.47

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	2.35	3.10	Finland	2.57	3.99	3.02	3.71	2.35
2	Eetu Lae	2.93	3.60	Finland	2.99	4.51	3.31	2.93	6.14
3	Niko Ronkainen	2.81	4.15	Finland	2.81	5.71	4.84	4.23	3.38

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Aarni Salakari	7.71	8.10	Finland	8.21	7.71	11.34	7.98	8.10
2	Leo Alanen	8.49	9.63	Finland	10.26	11.09	8.49	9.94	8.70
3	Atilla Kopecky	7.46	9.83	Finland	11.61	12.64	10.36	7.46	7.51