People · United States
Andy Simpson
Pyraminx · top 3.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022SIMP04
Andy Simpson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.04, set at PBs in Palisades Spring 2026, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,019th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since September 2022, he has put 908 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.11 in September 2022 to 11.91, a 67% improvement. Andy has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.04 | 8.16 | top 3.8% | 1,019 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 11.91 | 13.80 | top 13.7% | 7,414 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.07 | 4.73 | top 15.1% | 6,012 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 5.35 | 7.39 | top 20.9% | 3,381 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 9.43 | 10.91 | top 22.0% | 1,734 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 48.51 | 52.34 | top 22.8% | 3,510 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.37 | 1:35.38 | top 25.3% | 1,772 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 19.39 | 26.00 | top 26.5% | 1,761 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.77 | 25.02 | top 28.2% | 3,684 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.40 | 1:50.21 | top 34.2% | 2,754 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 41.67 | top 44.8% | 982 / 2,059 | |
| 6×6 | 3:41.40 | 4:49.80 | top 59.3% | 2,302 / 4,262 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:03.13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,452 / 2,128 | |
| 7×7 | 6:27.90 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,336 / 3,236 |
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
- 16 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2026.
- 5 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at New York Big and Quiet Championship 2026.
- 18 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Berwick Spring 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at GCU Winter 2024.
- 31 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.53 at New York New Year 2024.
- 19 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Hudson Valley 2023.
Competitions
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2026 · 16 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- New York Big and Quiet Championship 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Dobbs Ferry Triple-Double 2026 · 2 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Side Events in Palisades 2026 · 5 Apr 2026
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lodi Solves Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Long Island Summer 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Great Peconic Bay 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Winter 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Flushing Glow Open AM 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Flushing Glow PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Side Events in Nyack 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Summer 2024 · 8 Sep 2024
- New Rochelle at Nite 2 2024 · 12 Jun 2024
- Newark Academy Spring 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- New Jersey Championship 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Berwick Spring 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- North Jersey Speedsolving A 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Great Peconic Bay Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Edgemont Cubing 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubes on the Bayside Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Parsippany Mini PM 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- GCU Winter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- New York New Year 2024 · 31 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Connecticut Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- West Chester Fall 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Babylon Summer 2022 · 18 Sep 2022
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ayden Dincher — met in 134 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.