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Andrew Ming
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022MING02
Andrew Ming has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.29, set at Coquitlam Crunch 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 173rd in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2022, he has put 102 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.13 in November 2022 to 7.29, a 28% improvement. Andrew has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.29 | 10.51 | top 1.7% | 173 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.42 | 27.35 | top 16.2% | 342 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 44.80 | 52.56 | top 18.1% | 461 / 3,118 | |
| 2×2 | 4.17 | 4.73 | top 28.7% | 1,955 / 7,173 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 701 / 1,499 |
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
- 2 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Around Metrotown 2023.
- 13 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at Canadian Championship 2023.
- 11 Nov 2022First competition: UBC Odd Weekend 2022. A 12.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Coquitlam Crunch 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Around Metrotown 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Calgary 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UBC Odd Weekend 2022 · 11 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Noah Stelting — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kevin Matthews — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Samuel Li — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.