People · United States
Andrew Pretorius
2×2 · top 5.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025PRET01
Andrew Pretorius has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.05, set at Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,035th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2025, he has put 51 official solves on the record across seven events. Andrew has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.05 | 4.21 | top 5.1% | 2,035 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 13.20 | 16.38 | top 18.1% | 9,704 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 9.05 | 13.60 | top 48.8% | 8,715 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 30.70 | 36.36 | top 50.6% | 3,319 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.48 | 49.12 | top 63.1% | 8,912 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.56 | 12.99 | top 64.4% | 19,022 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:49.23 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,974 / 19,072 |
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
- 15 Mar 2025First competition: Atlanta Algs at AIS 2025. A 14.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Atlanta Algs at AIS 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 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.
- Ethan Owens — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Clay Moore — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Raymond Goslow — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.