In the past year (2025), Aarni Salakari competed in 21 competitions and 442 rounds across 14 events, from Feb 2nd to Dec 29th.
Records
He broke 11 records, and all were NRs.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 62 times across 9 events, including 22 golds, 15 silvers, and 25 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Clock | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Square-1 | | 5 | 8 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | | 1 | 7 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | | 1 | 4 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | | 1 | |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | | 1 | |
| 3x3x3 Cube | | | 1 |
| Pyraminx | | | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 2074 solves and completed 2034.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| Clock | 241 | 260 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 219 | 220 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 210 | 212 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 205 | 205 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 199 | 200 |
| Skewb | 195 | 195 |
| Pyraminx | 174 | 175 |
| Square-1 | 158 | 160 |
| Megaminx | 154 | 155 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 130 | 130 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 67 | 67 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 65 | 65 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 12 | 12 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 5 | 18 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 82 times across 14 events, including 35 singles and 47 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| Clock | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Megaminx | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Skewb | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Square-1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Pyraminx | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| Skewb | 4.05 | 2.46 | 1.59 (64.63%) |
| Clock | 3.08 | 2.27 | 0.81 (35.68%) |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 3:24.43 | 2:39.70 | 44.73 (28.01%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2:19.85 | 1:55.49 | 24.36 (21.09%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 30.14 | 25.64 | 4.50 (17.55%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 1.68 | 1.43 | 0.25 (17.48%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 13.11 | 11.46 | 1.65 (14.40%) |
| Square-1 | 7.03 | 6.30 | 0.73 (11.59%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3:47.11 | 3:24.13 | 22.98 (11.26%) |
| Megaminx | 1:01.15 | 55.50 | 5.65 (10.18%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 57.99 | 52.71 | 5.28 (10.02%) |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 31 | 30 | 1 (3.33%) |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| Clock | 3.71 | 2.75 | 0.96 (34.91%) |
| Skewb | 6.39 | 5.02 | 1.37 (27.29%) |
| Megaminx | 1:13.57 | 59.56 | 14.01 (23.52%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 3.25 | 2.79 | 0.46 (16.49%) |
| Square-1 | 10.13 | 8.74 | 1.39 (15.90%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 33.92 | 29.55 | 4.37 (14.79%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1:08.78 | 1:00.69 | 8.09 (13.33%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2:27.21 | 2:10.70 | 16.51 (12.63%) |
| Pyraminx | 4.34 | 3.87 | 0.47 (12.14%) |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 33.67 | 30.67 | 3 (9.78%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3:55.82 | 3:37.08 | 18.74 (8.63%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 8.78 | 8.12 | 0.66 (8.13%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 15.75 | 15.42 | 0.33 (2.14%) |
Cubers
He met 2061 cubers from 74 countries/regions, 112 of whom competed with him more than once. Niko Ronkainen was the only one who accompanied the whole 21 competitions.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 1949 |
| 2 | 41 |
| 3 | 21 |
| 4 | 16 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 |
| 10 | 1 |
| 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 3 |
| 17 | 1 |
| 18 | 1 |
| 19 | 1 |
| 20 | 1 |
| 21 | 1 |
| All | 2061 |
Regions
He competed in 2 countries/regions.
| Region | Times |
| Finland | 20 |
| USA | 1 |
