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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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: 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).

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	1.06	1.77	Finland	2.19	1.06	1.57	1.54	3.84
2	Eetu Lae	1.45	2.01	Finland	1.77	DNF	1.86	1.45	2.40
3	Niko Ronkainen	1.34	2.53	Finland	2.22	1.34	8.51	1.78	3.58

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	28.32	33.25	Finland	28.32	36.09	30.71	32.95	DNF
2	Luukas Lempinen	29.18	33.25	Finland	30.90	33.78	35.75	35.06	29.18
3	Atilla Kopecky	30.27	38.63	Finland	38.92	44.61	38.89	30.27	38.07

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luukas Lempinen	48.07	53.32	Finland	48.07	54.28	1:00.54	49.72	55.97
2	Urho Kinnunen	53.71	56.03	Finland	53.87	53.71	59.14	55.07	1:00.95
3	Aarni Salakari	57.93	1:03.45	Finland	1:07.44	1:18.37	59.55	57.93	1:03.36

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luukas Lempinen	1:33.67	1:36.98	Finland	1:33.67	1:42.17	1:35.11
2	Urho Kinnunen	1:34.76	1:50.69	Finland	1:34.76	2:12.03	1:45.27
3	Niko Ronkainen	2:07.72	2:14.92	Finland	2:18.85	2:18.20	2:07.72

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luukas Lempinen	2:26.32	2:34.58	Finland	2:39.08	2:38.35	2:26.32
2	Urho Kinnunen	2:23.39	2:46.45	Finland	3:00.93	2:55.03	2:23.39
3	Niko Ronkainen	3:08.83	3:20.12	Finland	3:08.83	3:25.27	3:26.26

3x3x3 Fewest Moves

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tymur Ostapets (Тимур Остапець)	22	24.33	Ukraine	27	24	22
2	Urho Kinnunen	25	26.67	Finland	29	26	25
3	Atilla Kopecky	33	34.00	Finland	33	34	35

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	10.65	12.46	Finland	14.85	15.47	11.60	10.65	10.94
2	Luukas Lempinen	11.94	14.52	Finland	16.50	15.07	11.99	17.34	11.94
3	Eetu Lae	13.61	15.68	Finland	13.97	17.52	21.95	15.55	13.61

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Aarni Salakari	3.12	3.65	Finland	4.02	6.57	3.12	3.42	3.51
2	Atilla Kopecky	3.28	4.32	Finland	4.24	3.28	3.95	12.68	4.76
3	Luukas Lempinen	5.06	5.37	Finland	5.13	5.07	5.92	5.06	DNF

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	47.79	52.31	Finland	56.52	51.30	59.46	49.10	47.79
2	Luukas Lempinen	47.27	55.31	Finland	57.56	56.52	51.84	59.02	47.27
3	Aaron Fabritius	49.59	57.01	Finland	53.65	49.59	1:00.91	56.51	1:00.87

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	1.61	2.91	Finland	5.53	1.61	1.93	2.59	4.20
2	Luukas Lempinen	2.26	3.36	Finland	4.44	3.25	2.26	3.24	3.60
3	Aaron Fabritius	2.28	3.86	Finland	4.51	2.28	3.77	4.27	3.54

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Urho Kinnunen	2.43	2.99	Finland	2.43	6.47	3.03	2.96	2.99
2	Luukas Lempinen	2.44	3.88	Finland	4.29	3.84	6.30	2.44	3.52
3	Niko Ronkainen	2.58	4.26	Finland	4.82	4.45	3.51	2.58	8.47

Square-1

#	Name	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luukas Lempinen	4.86	NR	7.82	Finland	4.86	8.72	9.95	6.62	8.11
2	Aarni Salakari	8.20		9.83	Finland	9.46	10.75	14.22	8.20	9.27
3	Atilla Kopecky	8.57		11.38	Finland	12.49	8.57	12.39	9.51	12.24