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Andy Smith

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009SMIT03

Andy Smith has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.85, set at Johns Hopkins Winter 2015, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 729th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since March 2009, he has put 830 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.41 in March 2009 to 6.85, an 87% improvement. Andy has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.85
signature single · Johns Hopkins Winter 2015
830
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.858.20
top 1.2%729 / 59,724
2×21.432.54
top 1.9%734 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed13.8416.38
top 5.8%812 / 15,683
4×435.7340.98
top 7.4%1,127 / 19,072
5×51:23.781:37.85
top 22.2%1,714 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded2:14.95—
top 38.3%802 / 2,092
Clock31.6841.46
top 86.4%7,689 / 8,927
Square-11:58.90—
early days — 1 solve6,690 / 6,743

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

Fort Lee Winter 2009: 54.41Liberty Science Center Open 2010: 11.18St. Joseph's College Winter 2011: 11.40Newark Head to Head 2011: 10.50Park Ridge Open 2011: 10.00United States National Championships 2011: 9.65Princeton Fall 2011: 9.63Bridgewater Open 2011: 9.13Newark Head to Head 2012: 9.96Captain's Cove competition 2012: 7.50Jersey Shore Open 2012: 8.55United States National Championships 2012: 8.44Levittown Open 2012: 8.88Newark Head to Head 2013: 8.37World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 8.68US Nationals 2014: 7.83Starlight Open 2014: 7.85Johns Hopkins Winter 2015: 6.85Yale Spring 2015: 7.47Cubetoberfest 2015: 8.53For The Love Of Cubing 2016: 6.96World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 6.976.8554.417 Mar 200913 Jul 2017

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.