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Andrew Farkas
Pyraminx · top 5.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014FARK01
Andrew Farkas has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.57, set at ODU Big Blue Spring 2017, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,510th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2014, he has put 225 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.14 in November 2014 to 10.84, a 51% improvement. Andrew has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.57 | 11.93 | top 5.8% | 1,510 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 10.84 | 12.71 | top 10.1% | 5,521 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.76 | 12.77 | top 16.4% | 2,615 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 3.25 | 5.24 | top 17.3% | 6,845 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 53.51 | 1:10.89 | top 29.1% | 4,581 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.43 | 27.46 | top 32.8% | 4,332 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:49.02 | — | top 74.3% | 6,714 / 9,537 | |
| 7×7 | 8:13.80 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,947 / 3,236 | |
| Square-1 | 1:12.41 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,170 / 6,846 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017.
- 31 Jul 2015First sub-20 3×3: 11.87 at US Nationals 2015.
- 31 Jul 2015First sub-15 3×3: 11.87 at US Nationals 2015.
- 22 Nov 2014First competition: Charlotte Open Fall 2014. A 22.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Tar Heel Tango 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Crossroads Cubing 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Wolfpack Quiet Qualifier 2018 · 29 Apr 2018
- Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Charlotte Open Fall 2014 · 22 Nov 2014
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.
- Zachary Ochs — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Athul Vikas — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.