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Andrew Zhao
3×3 · top 10.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024ZHAO44
Andrew Zhao has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.15, set at PBs in Palisades Open 2026, puts him in the top 10.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,923rd in the United States. Across 17 competitions since August 2024, he has put 307 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 59.30 in August 2024 to 11.15, an 81% improvement. Andrew has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 11.15 | 15.37 | top 10.9% | 5,923 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.12 | 5.46 | top 15.6% | 6,111 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.45 | 8.59 | top 16.1% | 4,269 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 10.90 | 15.74 | top 29.6% | 2,310 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:42.19 | 2:02.29 | top 35.9% | 2,564 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.68 | 30.85 | top 38.5% | 5,117 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 7.82 | 10.78 | top 39.9% | 6,882 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.49 | — | top 56.3% | 4,771 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.16 | — | top 60.0% | 10,408 / 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
- 21 Feb 2026First sub-15 3×3: 11.15 at PBs in Palisades Open 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at PBs in Palisades Open 2026.
- 14 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at UMBC Winter 2026.
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at New-Cumberland County 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.13 at Puzzles in Pottsville 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Puzzles in Pottsville 2025.
Competitions
- Cherry Hill Mini May 2026 · 28 May 2026
- RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Lodi Solves Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- UMBC Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- No Sprinting NY 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- King of Prussia Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Tipping Point Bloomsburg 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Great Peconic Bay 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New-Cumberland County 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Puzzles in Pottsville 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pop Off Princeton 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Long Island Winter Solstice 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Happy Valley Fall PA 2024 · 1 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Amherst Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
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.
- Alex Hamburg — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Charles Darrington — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jalen Shareef — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.