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Andy Smith
3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010SMIT01
Andy Smith has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.20, set at Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,986th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since January 2010, he has put 384 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.42 in January 2010 to 9.20, a 75% improvement. Andy has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 9.20 | 9.73 | top 5.3% | 2,986 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 4.58 | top 7.7% | 3,031 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.87 | 1:19.70 | top 16.0% | 1,237 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 43.34 | 53.90 | top 16.2% | 2,456 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.31 | 25.55 | top 21.3% | 2,728 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.65 | 13.74 | top 41.8% | 11,990 / 28,708 | |
| 7×7 | 4:43.28 | 5:08.89 | top 45.5% | 1,320 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 4:04.90 | 4:18.00 | top 67.1% | 2,611 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 2:54.71 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,592 / 7,841 |
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
- 15 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.39 at Mountains Open Up 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at Mountains Open Up 2023.
- 22 Feb 2014Three personal bests in one day at Caltech Winter Open 2014.
- 16 Nov 2013Four personal bests in one day at Caltech Fall Open 2013.
- 26 Jul 2013Four personal bests in one day at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013.
- 6 Apr 2013Four personal bests in one day at Antelope Valley Spring Open 2013.
Competitions
- Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mountains Open Up 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall Open 2013 · 16 Nov 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Antelope Valley Fall 2013 · 12 Oct 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2013 · 17 Aug 2013
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Antelope Valley Spring Open 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter Open 2013 · 23 Feb 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Diamond Bar Open 2012 · 14 Oct 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Eagle Peak - San Diego Open 2012 · 29 Sep 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Antelope Valley Summer 2012 · 16 Jun 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Spring 2012 · 26 May 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2012 · 17 Mar 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Bayview Hills Open 2010 · 16 Jan 2010
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.
- Michael Young — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Samuel Chiu — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- James Hamory — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.