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Andrew Shao

2×2 · top 19.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009SHAO04

Andrew Shao has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.40, set at Cat and Mouse 2010, puts him in the top 19.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,440th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since July 2009, he has put 39 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.55 in July 2009 to 21.91, a 17% improvement. Andrew has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 19.0% of 186,767 all-time
3.40
signature single · Cat and Mouse 2010
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.4011.73
top 19.0%7,440 / 40,951
3×321.9126.39
top 45.2%26,049 / 59,724
4×41:55.192:01.16
top 79.5%14,713 / 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

Indiana Summer Open 2009: 26.55Cat and Mouse 2010: 21.9121.9126.5525 Jul 200917 Jul 2010

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.