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Andrew Mao
Pyraminx · top 0.039% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022MAOA01
Andrew Mao has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.00, set at Kawartha Fall 2025, puts him in the top 0.039% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Canada. Until June 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 54 competitions since May 2022, he has put 1,740 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 1.75 in August 2022 to 0.90, a 49% improvement. Andrew has entered 54 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.00 | 1.52 | top 0.039% | 1 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 0.90 | 1.50 | top 0.38% | 25 / 7,173 | |
| Skewb | 1.64 | 3.11 | top 0.63% | 9 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 | 6.69 | 8.47 | top 1.0% | 102 / 10,392 | |
| 5×5 | 51.32 | 57.33 | top 2.1% | 21 / 1,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.00 | 15.18 | top 3.0% | 64 / 2,620 | |
| Megaminx | 45.28 | 52.35 | top 3.2% | 21 / 1,375 | |
| 4×4 | 30.81 | 31.91 | top 3.3% | 73 / 3,118 | |
| Square-1 | 8.71 | 10.17 | top 4.0% | 28 / 952 | |
| Clock | 6.22 | 7.15 | top 8.0% | 55 / 1,029 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 45.83 | 58.60 | top 8.5% | 32 / 351 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 28 moves | 30.67 | top 9.9% | 32 / 283 | |
| 6×6 | 2:02.02 | 2:09.31 | top 11.8% | 49 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 3:12.37 | 3:29.78 | top 14.1% | 50 / 503 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 6:48.63 | 8:22.15 | top 35.3% | 15 / 60 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Ontario Championship 2024.
- 4 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Newmarket Side Events 2023.
- 24 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Appleby Fall B 2023.
- 27 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Michigan 2023.
- 24 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Southern Ontario Summer - Oshawa 2023.
Competitions
- Brampton Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Favourites Summer 2026 · 14 Jun 2026
- Palmyra Spring 2026 · 31 May 2026
- Puzzles in Pittsford 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Seneca Lake 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Brockport Bash 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Western Ontario Winter 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Waterloo Fall 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Kawartha Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Favourites Fall 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- Clocktober Classic NY 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Brantford Fall 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Brockport Bolt 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- One-Handed Open NY 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Pickering Favourites Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Greater Toronto 2025 · 9 Mar 2025
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Newmarket Side Events 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- Kitchener Mini Morning 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ontario Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024
- Appleby Summer 2024 · 6 Jul 2024
- Michigan Championship 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Spring 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Greater Toronto 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kingston Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Quiet Pickering Winter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Solve 4 Justice Southfield 2024 · 7 Jan 2024
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cicero 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Scarborough Fall A 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Side Events 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Pickering Fall A 2023 · 21 Oct 2023
- Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Appleby Fall B 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ajax 3x3x3 Morning 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Michigan 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Southern Ontario Summer - Oshawa 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Canada 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
- Guelph 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Pickering 2023 · 16 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering B 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites A 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Appleby Winter A 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Canada 2022 · 3 Dec 2022
- Oakville Fall A 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Ajax NxNxN 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Richmond Hill 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Hamilton Side Events 2022 · 28 May 2022
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.
- Arhaan Sareen — met in 213 rounds, finished ahead 80 times
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 137 rounds, finished ahead 132 times
- Ryan Wu — met in 135 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.