People · Canada
Andrew Poon
Pyraminx · top 2.5% of 130,891 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016POON02
Andrew Poon has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.60, set at Ontario Championship 2024, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in Canada. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since June 2016, he has put 498 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 55.27 in June 2016 to 9.58, an 83% improvement. Andrew has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.60 | 4.52 | top 2.5% | 90 / 4,913 | |
| 3×3 | 9.58 | 11.51 | top 6.4% | 613 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.25 | 3.93 | top 6.7% | 431 / 7,245 | |
| 4×4 | 38.29 | 43.67 | top 10.2% | 241 / 3,180 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.40 | 19.82 | top 13.6% | 293 / 2,632 | |
| Skewb | 4.55 | 6.29 | top 14.9% | 323 / 2,928 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.79 | 1:25.61 | top 16.0% | 197 / 1,546 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.50 | 1:14.89 | top 16.6% | 146 / 1,393 | |
| 6×6 | 2:51.80 | 3:08.93 | top 37.0% | 188 / 683 |
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
- 9 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Ontario Championship 2024.
- 18 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Pickering A 2023.
- 24 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.79 at Pickering Spring 2018.
- 17 Jun 2017Five personal bests in one day at Newmarket Open 2017.
- 10 Dec 2016First sub-20 3×3: 17.00 at Toronto Limited Fall 2016.
- 10 Dec 2016Four personal bests in one day at Toronto Limited Fall 2016.
Competitions
- Ontario Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pickering Fall A 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Southern Ontario Summer - Newmarket 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering A 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Winter B 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Oakville Fall B 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- No 3x3x3 Cambridge 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
- Newmarket Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Spring 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Winter 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
- Oakville Limited Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Open 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Toronto Limited Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Toronto Limited Summer 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2016 · 18 Jun 2016
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.
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 88 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brennen Lin — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Leo Min-Bedford — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.