People · United States
Andrew Sternberg
3×3 · top 7.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025STER02
Andrew Sternberg has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.09, set at Michigan Mini 43 2026, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,256th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2025, he has put 170 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.51 in August 2025 to 10.09, a 51% improvement. Andrew has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.09 | 11.89 | top 7.7% | 4,256 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.83 | 6.28 | top 12.1% | 3,157 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 7.37 | 11.40 | top 12.5% | 956 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 3.18 | 4.15 | top 16.4% | 6,428 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 48.52 | 54.11 | top 22.8% | 3,459 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.77 | 32.86 | top 28.1% | 3,630 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 6.34 | 8.39 | top 28.5% | 4,661 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:33.03 | 1:41.62 | top 30.1% | 2,109 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.90 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,214 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 3:52.52 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,440 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 5:42.84 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,901 / 3,184 |
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
- 7 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Michigan Mini 43 2026.
- 5 Jun 2026Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026.
- 28 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Bowling Green Spring 2026.
- 4 Jan 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.70 at Imagination Station B 2026.
- 4 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Imagination Station B 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.75 at Washtenaw Slow Fall 2025.
Competitions
- Michigan Mini 43 2026 · 7 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026 · 5 Jun 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Bowling Green Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Imagination Station B 2026 · 4 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Slow Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025
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.
- Jack Keenan — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Wesley Barwinski — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Eliott Warren — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.