VERK XXI 2026

Date
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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Events
Main event
Competitors: 11

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Urho Kinnunen won with an average of 1.77 seconds in the 2x2x2 Cube event. Eetu Lae finished second (2.01) and Niko Ronkainen finished third (2.53).

Aarni Salakari - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	2 (6)	1.99	3.25	Finland	2.40	1.99	13.26	3.87	3.47
	First round (Dual)	6 (6)	2.26	4.38	Finland	2.26	5.34	3.83	6.89	3.96
5x5x5 Cube	Final	3	57.93	1:03.45	Finland	1:07.44	1:18.37	59.55	57.93	1:03.36
Clock	Final (Dual)	1 (1)	3.12	3.65	Finland	4.02	6.57	3.12	3.42	3.51
	First round (Dual)	1 (1)	2.66	3.94	Finland	4.02	2.66	2.70	DNF	5.11
Skewb	Final (Dual)	4 (5)	4.50	5.23	Finland	5.67	5.38	6.91	4.63	4.50
	First round (Dual)	6 (5)	5.44	6.57	Finland	7.29	6.96	5.45	7.32	5.44
Square-1	Final	2	8.20	9.83	Finland	9.46	10.75	14.22	8.20	9.27

Aaron Fabritius - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	6	34.61	40.84	Finland	37.53	38.91	46.09	46.25	34.61
6x6x6 Cube	Final	5	2:22.53	2:27.23	Finland	2:32.42	2:26.73	2:22.53
7x7x7 Cube	Final	4	3:41.96	3:49.18	Finland	3:41.96	3:50.11	3:55.47
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	First round (Dual)	4 (4)	38	41.00	Finland	41	38	44
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	7 (7)	17.77	24.22	Finland	29.04	17.77	30.82	23.20	20.41
	First round (Dual)	7 (7)	19.53	22.59	Finland	23.22	19.53	23.04	21.50	26.15
Megaminx	Final	3	49.59	57.01	Finland	53.65	49.59	1:00.91	56.51	1:00.87
Pyraminx	Final	3	2.28	3.86	Finland	4.51	2.28	3.77	4.27	3.54

Ahti Isohanni - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	7	42.56	43.25	Finland	43.24	42.56	43.07	43.90	43.44
6x6x6 Cube	Final	7	3:00.10		Finland	3:00.10
7x7x7 Cube	Final	7	4:59.55		Finland	4:59.55
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	First round (Dual)	7 (7)	47	DNF	Finland	47	DNS	DNS
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	4 (5)	15.23	17.21	Finland	17.00	15.23	15.63	19.01	DNF
	First round (Dual)	6 (5)	17.99	20.33	Finland	17.99	27.38	20.09	21.03	19.87
Megaminx	Final	5	48.22	57.93	Finland	54.62	1:00.00	59.50	59.66	48.22
Pyraminx	Final	6	4.18	4.49	Finland	4.56	4.54	4.18	4.36	4.80

Atilla Kopecky - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	4 (4)	2.43	3.70	Finland	2.43	5.91	3.47	3.05	4.59
	First round (Dual)	3 (4)	1.06	2.56	Finland	5.72	1.06	2.42	2.78	2.49
4x4x4 Cube	Final	3	30.27	38.63	Finland	38.92	44.61	38.89	30.27	38.07
5x5x5 Cube	Final	5	1:17.00	1:19.29	Finland	1:17.24	1:21.96	1:17.00	1:29.17	1:18.68
6x6x6 Cube	Final	4	2:02.33	2:21.37	Finland	2:02.33	2:40.10	2:21.67
7x7x7 Cube	Final	5	3:47.56	4:09.54	Finland	4:01.12	3:47.56	4:39.93
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final (Dual)	1 (3)	33	34.00	Finland	33	34	35
	First round (Dual)	3 (3)	36	37.33	Finland	38	36	38
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	6 (6)	16.72	19.26	Finland	20.39	16.72	20.11	17.29	22.21
	First round (Dual)	5 (6)	16.15	19.22	Finland	17.52	20.03	20.12	16.15	22.21
Clock	Final (Dual)	2 (2)	3.28	4.32	Finland	4.24	3.28	3.95	12.68	4.76
	First round (Dual)	3 (2)	3.10	5.40	Finland	4.04	7.57	7.65	4.59	3.10
Megaminx	Final	6	1:01.27	1:11.00	Finland	1:14.26	1:01.27	1:10.30	1:27.98	1:08.44
Pyraminx	Final	4	1.99	4.11	Finland	4.72	3.50	4.54	1.99	4.29
Skewb	Final (Dual)	6 (4)	3.69	7.01	Finland	8.05	7.11	9.64	3.69	5.86
	First round (Dual)	2 (4)	3.56	4.97	Finland	6.06	4.10	4.76	6.35	3.56
Square-1	Final	3	8.57	11.38	Finland	12.49	8.57	12.39	9.51	12.24

Eetu Lae - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	1 (2)	1.45	2.01	Finland	1.77	DNF	1.86	1.45	2.40
	First round (Dual)	4 (2)	1.95	2.61	Finland	1.95	2.60	2.76	3.69	2.47
4x4x4 Cube	Final	4	31.27	38.72	Finland	31.37	46.60	31.27	46.22	38.57
5x5x5 Cube	Final	6	1:17.12	1:28.24	Finland	1:17.12	1:19.46	1:33.46	1:31.79	1:33.52
6x6x6 Cube	Final	6	2:47.34		Finland	2:47.34
7x7x7 Cube	Final	6	4:33.17		Finland	4:33.17
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	3 (3)	13.61	15.68	Finland	13.97	17.52	21.95	15.55	13.61
	First round (Dual)	3 (3)	14.12	15.70	Finland	17.68	14.12	14.69	14.73	DNF
Clock	Final (Dual)	5 (6)	7.72	9.22	Finland	10.24	9.18	7.72	8.24	18.66
	First round (Dual)	5 (6)	6.22	10.16	Finland	8.71	DNF	10.30	11.47	6.22
Megaminx	Final	4	51.40	57.84	Finland	58.47	51.40	55.06	1:21.10	1:00.00
Pyraminx	Final	5	2.87	4.31	Finland	3.30	2.88	2.87	6.74	DNF
Skewb	Final (Dual)	5 (6)	3.39	5.41	Finland	3.39	6.60	4.68	4.94	6.86
	First round (Dual)	3 (6)	4.32	5.36	Finland	6.85	5.70	4.32	5.68	4.71
Square-1	Final	5	11.89	14.88	Finland	12.76	15.26	DNF	16.61	11.89

Luukas Lempinen - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	8 (5)	3.95		DNF	Finland	DNF	DNF	3.95	DNF	DNF
	First round (Dual)	5 (5)	1.74		2.75	Finland	1.74	4.23	2.23	DNF	1.78
4x4x4 Cube	Final	2	29.18		33.25	Finland	30.90	33.78	35.75	35.06	29.18
5x5x5 Cube	Final	1	48.07		53.32	Finland	48.07	54.28	1:00.54	49.72	55.97
6x6x6 Cube	Final	1	1:33.67		1:36.98	Finland	1:33.67	1:42.17	1:35.11
7x7x7 Cube	Final	1	2:26.32		2:34.58	Finland	2:39.08	2:38.35	2:26.32
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	First round (Dual)	8 (8)	DNF		DNF	Finland	DNF	DNS	DNS
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	2 (2)	11.94		14.52	Finland	16.50	15.07	11.99	17.34	11.94
	First round (Dual)	2 (2)	12.26		15.60	Finland	DNF	12.26	12.80	19.56	14.45
Clock	Final (Dual)	7 (3)	4.36		DNF	Finland	7.11	4.57	4.36	DNF	DNF
	First round (Dual)	2 (3)	5.06		5.37	Finland	5.13	5.07	5.92	5.06	DNF
Megaminx	Final	2	47.27		55.31	Finland	57.56	56.52	51.84	59.02	47.27
Pyraminx	Final	2	2.26		3.36	Finland	4.44	3.25	2.26	3.24	3.60
Skewb	Final (Dual)	2 (2)	2.44		3.88	Finland	4.29	3.84	6.30	2.44	3.52
	First round (Dual)	5 (2)	3.52		5.56	Finland	5.92	6.46	4.31	3.52	DNF
Square-1	Final	1	4.86	NR	7.82	Finland	4.86	8.72	9.95	6.62	8.11

Matteus Markus Raja - Estonia WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	5 (7)	5.96	11.11	Estonia	13.63	9.79	9.92	5.96	18.16
	First round (Dual)	7 (7)	9.48	13.08	Estonia	9.48	14.49	13.01	21.39	11.74
Clock	Final (Dual)	8 (8)	DNF		Estonia	DNF	DNF
	First round (Dual)	8 (8)	20.70	DNF	Estonia	20.70	47.88	DNF	24.67	DNF
Skewb	Final (Dual)	8 (8)	11.88	14.46	Estonia	11.88	12.35	13.82	17.21	19.90
	First round (Dual)	8 (8)	9.88	13.84	Estonia	15.52	16.07	13.87	9.88	12.12

Niko Ronkainen - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	7 (3)	2.06	DNF	Finland	2.55	DNF	DNF	3.39	2.06
	First round (Dual)	2 (3)	1.34	2.53	Finland	2.22	1.34	8.51	1.78	3.58
4x4x4 Cube	Final	5	37.83	39.83	Finland	37.83	41.92	39.63	37.93	45.24
5x5x5 Cube	Final	4	1:07.68	1:11.74	Finland	1:13.19	1:17.62	1:09.80	1:07.68	1:12.23
6x6x6 Cube	Final	3	2:07.72	2:14.92	Finland	2:18.85	2:18.20	2:07.72
7x7x7 Cube	Final	3	3:08.83	3:20.12	Finland	3:08.83	3:25.27	3:26.26
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final (Dual)	2 (6)	65	66.33	Finland	65	67	67
	First round (Dual)	6 (6)	64	66.67	Finland	69	64	67
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	5 (4)	14.13	17.62	Finland	21.26	17.39	16.09	19.37	14.13
	First round (Dual)	4 (4)	13.75	16.41	Finland	21.29	14.88	17.57	16.78	13.75
Clock	Final (Dual)	3 (4)	6.00	6.48	Finland	6.25	6.00	6.57	6.62	7.06
	First round (Dual)	4 (4)	5.85	9.63	Finland	5.85	DNF	9.11	8.20	11.58
Megaminx	Final	7	1:16.32	1:19.94	Finland	1:23.75	1:16.32	1:32.92	1:18.40	1:17.68
Pyraminx	Final	7	4.00	5.62	Finland	4.00	6.53	4.83	5.50	15.09
Skewb	Final (Dual)	3 (3)	2.58	4.26	Finland	4.82	4.45	3.51	2.58	8.47
	First round (Dual)	4 (3)	3.63	5.52	Finland	6.42	5.76	3.63	6.31	4.48
Square-1	Final	6	16.75	24.88	Finland	16.75	22.70	28.45	23.49	30.87

Tomi Ronkainen - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	6 (8)	10.97	25.39	Finland	10.97	DNF	20.72	31.92	23.54
	First round (Dual)	8 (8)	14.25	21.06	Finland	18.15	21.94	14.25	24.32	23.10
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final (Dual)	5 (5)	68	DNF	Finland	68	70	DNF
	First round (Dual)	5 (5)	56	61.00	Finland	57	56	70
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	8 (8)	2:02.34	DNF	Finland	2:02.34	2:22.26	DNF	DNS	DNS
	First round (Dual)	8 (8)	1:40.74	DNF	Finland	2:01.52	2:25.82	1:40.74	DNS	DNS
Clock	Final (Dual)	6 (7)	11.39	16.91	Finland	DNF	24.80	11.39	11.94	13.98
	First round (Dual)	6 (7)	11.13	12.09	Finland	12.00	12.30	11.13	11.97	13.57

Tymur Ostapets (Тимур Остапець) - Ukraine WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final (Dual)	4 (1)	25	DNF	Ukraine	26	25	DNF
	First round (Dual)	1 (1)	22	24.33	Ukraine	27	24	22
Skewb	Final (Dual)	7 (7)	6.91	8.26	Ukraine	7.74	10.93	9.43	7.61	6.91
	First round (Dual)	7 (7)	6.64	8.70	Ukraine	9.60	8.68	7.82	6.64	12.74

Urho Kinnunen - Finland WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	3 (1)	1.53	3.28	Finland	2.50	3.42	1.53	5.73	3.91
	First round (Dual)	1 (1)	1.06	1.77	Finland	2.19	1.06	1.57	1.54	3.84
4x4x4 Cube	Final	1	28.32	33.25	Finland	28.32	36.09	30.71	32.95	DNF
5x5x5 Cube	Final	2	53.71	56.03	Finland	53.87	53.71	59.14	55.07	1:00.95
6x6x6 Cube	Final	2	1:34.76	1:50.69	Finland	1:34.76	2:12.03	1:45.27
7x7x7 Cube	Final	2	2:23.39	2:46.45	Finland	3:00.93	2:55.03	2:23.39
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final (Dual)	3 (2)	23	DNF	Finland	DNF	23	DNF
	First round (Dual)	2 (2)	25	26.67	Finland	29	26	25
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	1 (1)	10.65	12.46	Finland	14.85	15.47	11.60	10.65	10.94
	First round (Dual)	1 (1)	11.55	13.83	Finland	11.55	11.61	16.91	16.01	13.86
Clock	Final (Dual)	4 (5)	3.45	7.57	Finland	3.45	5.44	4.22	13.05	DNF
	First round (Dual)	7 (5)	6.71	DNF	Finland	12.85	12.35	6.71	DNF	DNF
Megaminx	Final	1	47.79	52.31	Finland	56.52	51.30	59.46	49.10	47.79
Pyraminx	Final	1	1.61	2.91	Finland	5.53	1.61	1.93	2.59	4.20
Skewb	Final (Dual)	1 (1)	2.02	3.12	Finland	2.02	2.92	DNF	3.91	2.52
	First round (Dual)	1 (1)	2.43	2.99	Finland	2.43	6.47	3.03	2.96	2.99
Square-1	Final	4	12.50	13.13	Finland	12.94	13.33	13.12	14.45	12.50