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Andrew Hwang

2×2 · top 2.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2010 · 2010HWAN02

Andrew Hwang has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.55, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 957th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since October 2010, he has put 930 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.58 in October 2010 to 10.28, a 38% improvement. Andrew has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.4% of 189,179 all-time
1.55
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013
930
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.554.87
top 2.4%957 / 41,674
3×310.2811.94
top 8.3%4,645 / 60,666
3×3 one-handed17.5025.78
top 13.9%1,823 / 15,900
4×443.9449.37
top 17.0%2,612 / 19,354
5×51:25.871:34.21
top 24.1%1,895 / 9,537
Pyraminx6.919.63
top 27.2%7,552 / 29,168
7×74:35.895:01.88
top 43.1%1,262 / 3,236
6×63:04.213:08.15
top 43.2%1,625 / 4,262
3×3 blindfolded2:31.405:28.07
top 43.8%947 / 2,128
Skewb9.1413.60
top 49.5%8,972 / 19,164
Megaminx2:07.942:36.30
top 50.3%3,820 / 8,026
Square-11:08.86—
early days — 2 solves6,051 / 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

Virginia Open 2010: 16.58Washington DC Winter 2011: 12.27Marietta Open 2011: 12.81United States National Championships 2011: 14.68Appalachia 2011: 11.53MIT Fall 2011: 13.80Raleigh Open 2012: 12.44United States National Championships 2012: 13.76Battle of Appalachia 2012: 11.38Raleigh Open 2013: 12.18World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 12.13US Nationals 2014: 11.39US Nationals 2015: 12.42Atlanta Open 2015: 13.48Crossroads Cubing 2017: 11.39Crossroads Cubing Spring 2017: 12.02Hendersonville Fall 2017: 10.58Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017: 12.23Wolfpack Winter 2018: 11.08Wolfpack Quiet Qualifier 2018: 10.68Carolina Season Starter 2018: 11.55Tar Heel Tango 2018: 10.28Wolfpack Winter 2019: 10.8010.2816.5816 Oct 201016 Mar 2019

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.

  • Corey Sakowski — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
  • Evan Liu — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Tim Reynolds — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 14 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.