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Andersen Katsev

Pyraminx · top 3.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023KATS04

Andersen Katsev has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.82, set at CubingUSA Western Championship 2023, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 818th in the United States. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since June 2023, he has put 401 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 12 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.71 in June 2023 to 14.46, a 33% improvement. Andersen has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.1% of 129,321 all-time
2.82
signature single · CubingUSA Western Championship 2023
401
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.829.84
top 3.1%818 / 28,708
Clock7.308.73
top 12.2%930 / 8,927
2×23.224.74
top 16.8%6,594 / 40,951
Skewb5.197.39
top 19.6%3,128 / 18,907
3×314.4617.51
top 22.6%12,215 / 59,724
4×41:06.571:13.86
top 43.5%7,177 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed29.5736.12
top 45.7%6,197 / 15,683
5×51:56.452:09.92
top 47.0%3,911 / 9,401
Square-133.5946.85
top 56.2%3,709 / 6,743
Megaminx2:27.902:42.73
top 60.2%4,531 / 7,841
6×64:51.16—
early days — 2 solves3,189 / 4,196
7×79:35.97—
early days — 1 solve3,108 / 3,184

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Cal Poly SLO Spring 2023: 21.71Agoura Cubing 2023: 24.21CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 17.24Rialto Cubing Summer 2023: 19.78Santa Ana Summer A 2023: 21.36Irvine Fall 2023: 18.48Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023: 16.19Agoura SpookCubing 2023: 18.00Thankful for Cubing RPV 2023: 17.45Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023: 14.98USC Cubing 2024: 14.47Fullerton Winter 2024: 17.32Don't Turn SLOw Spring 2024: 16.34Santa Barbara Cubing 2024: 14.71Agoura Cubing Returns 2024: 17.90Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024: 15.33UCSB Cubing 2024: 14.46Santa Barbara Winter 2025: 17.5714.4624.213 Jun 20234 Jan 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.