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Andrew Tao

3×3 Multi-Blind · top 0.094% of 4,268 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022TAOA01

Andrew Tao has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3 Multi-Blind: a personal-best single of 60 of 63 cubes · 58:36, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.094% of the 4,268 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in the United States. Across 39 competitions since May 2022, he has put 472 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.23 in May 2022 to 7.79, a 31% improvement. Andrew has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Multi-Blind
best event — top 0.094% of 4,268 all-time
60 of 63 cubes · 58:36
signature single · Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026
472
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 Multi-Blind60 of 63 cubes · 58:36—
top 0.094%3 / 731
3×3 blindfolded16.6520.89
top 0.56%18 / 2,092
3×37.799.61
top 2.4%1,419 / 59,724
4×4 blindfolded2:16.052:39.01
top 4.0%17 / 440
5×5 blindfolded5:15.96—
top 5.3%11 / 218
3×3 one-handed23.2428.86
top 29.4%3,803 / 15,683
2×24.265.80
top 29.8%11,839 / 40,951

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

Princeton Spring 2022: 11.23Princeton Fall 2022: 10.41MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023: 8.40Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023: 8.76Princeton Fall 2023: 8.50Manhattan Mini C 2023: 9.16DFW Winter Variation 2024: 8.13Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 8.76CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024: 8.53Penn Cube Day Fall 2024: 9.16Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024: 8.13Liberty Science Center Open A 2025: 9.64Penn Cube Day Spring 2025: 9.00NYU Spring 2025: 8.21Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.34No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026: 9.17Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.797.7911.237 May 20222 Jul 2026

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-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.