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Andrew Knowles

3×3 · top 71.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022KNOW02

Andrew Knowles has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 35.52, set at Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024, puts him in the top 71.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43,186th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since February 2022, he has put 146 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.04 in February 2022 to 35.52, an 11% improvement. Andrew has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 71.2% of 284,439 all-time
35.52
signature single · Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024
146
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×335.5241.38
top 71.2%43,186 / 59,724
Pyraminx12.8521.91
top 72.1%21,350 / 28,708
2×29.7713.15
top 77.0%31,907 / 40,951

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

North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 40.04Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 49.05You Better Belize It 2023: 43.74Cubetcha 2023: 46.97SPAMtown II 2023: 50.78NxN Minnesota 2023: 45.48Elite in Eagan 2024: 42.47Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024: 35.52SPAMtown III MN 2024: 48.254x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024: 35.77Barbados 2025: 37.77Cubing on the Green MN 2025: 36.85The Bahamas Cube Challenge 2026: 37.7835.5250.785 Feb 202217 Jan 2026

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.52 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.