People · United States
Andrew Sopchak
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2010 · 2010SOPC01
Andrew Sopchak has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.31, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,901st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since May 2010, he has put 646 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.19 in May 2010 to 8.31, a 61% improvement. Andrew has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.31 | 9.94 | top 3.4% | 1,901 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.68 | 16.86 | top 5.5% | 772 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 4.56 | top 7.8% | 3,062 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 1:12.68 | 1:21.32 | top 17.3% | 1,173 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.71 | 1:49.95 | top 23.9% | 1,850 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.71 | 10.28 | top 25.5% | 6,981 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:52.78 | — | top 30.9% | 640 / 2,092 | |
| 4×4 | 58.31 | 1:11.59 | top 34.7% | 5,576 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 25.03 | 44.63 | top 39.2% | 2,544 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 5 of 7 cubes · 51:41 | — | early days — 3 solves | 461 / 731 | |
| 6×6 | 5:15.83 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,415 / 4,196 |
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
- 6 Apr 2013Three personal bests in one day at Cornell Open Spring 2013.
- 18 Feb 2012Four personal bests in one day at MIT Spring 2012.
- 12 Aug 2011First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at United States National Championships 2011.
- 12 Aug 2011Six personal bests in one day at United States National Championships 2011.
- 16 Jul 2011Three personal bests in one day at Toronto Open Summer 2011.
- 23 Apr 2011First sub-15 3×3: 13.31 at Cornell Spring 2011.
Competitions
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Cornell Open Spring 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Princeton Spring 2013 · 30 Mar 2013
- Levittown Open 2012 · 1 Dec 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Harvard Fall 2012 · 6 Oct 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Yale Fall 2012 · 8 Sep 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Summer 2012 · 18 Aug 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Jersey Shore Open 2012 · 28 Jul 2012
- MIT Spring 2012 · 18 Feb 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- United States National Championships 2011 · 12 Aug 2011 — 6 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Summer 2011 · 16 Jul 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Cornell Spring 2011 · 23 Apr 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2010 · 13 Nov 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2010 · 15 May 2010
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.
- Kian Barry — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Rowe Hessler — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Tim Reynolds — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.