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Spencer Andersen

3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016ANDE02

Spencer Andersen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.18, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2017, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,964th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since February 2016, he has put 973 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.11 in February 2016 to 9.18, a 52% improvement. Spencer has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.18
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2017
973
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.1811.83
top 5.3%2,964 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed15.9419.62
top 10.1%1,334 / 15,683
2×22.673.48
top 10.6%4,180 / 40,951
4×439.3746.06
top 11.4%1,675 / 19,072
Pyraminx4.946.01
top 12.8%3,321 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves35.67
top 14.8%327 / 2,040
Square-115.5523.00
top 17.7%1,196 / 6,743
Skewb5.436.48
top 21.4%3,421 / 18,907
5×51:25.001:30.36
top 23.3%1,806 / 9,401
Megaminx1:25.261:30.33
top 25.1%1,725 / 7,841
6×62:40.082:57.29
top 30.8%1,084 / 4,196
Clock11.2113.89
top 31.1%2,440 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded2:11.682:54.72
top 37.2%780 / 2,092
7×74:22.264:29.96
top 38.4%1,075 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 20:32—
early days — 2 solves628 / 731

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

Williams Winter 2016: 19.11New Hampshire Open 2016: 14.79MIT Spring 2016: 14.13Northeastern Spring 2016: 15.60Lexington Summer 2016: 13.01Sharon Summer 2016: 14.29Quabbin Open 2016: 12.79Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 10.41Monument Mountain Winter 2017: 11.52WPI Winter Cube Day 2017: 12.37Weston Spring 2017: 10.79Maybe Melrose Spring 2017: 10.36Quabbin Spring 2017: 10.33Lexington Summer 2017: 11.47CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 9.18CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 12.86Connect Community 2018: 11.08MIT Winter 2020: 11.40Cubing with the Viking 2020: 12.92Amherst Open 2022: 11.80Cubing in Cambridge 2023: 10.66Return to Quabbin 2023: 11.42CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 10.65The Battle of Lexington 2024: 12.429.1819.1113 Feb 201627 Jan 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.