Andrew Artiaga

Andrew Artiaga (born August 5, 2005), known online as P1xelAndy, is an American Tetris player from Texas. He is best known for placing second in the 2020 Classic Tetris World Championships (CTWC) and third in the 2022 CTWC. In 2024, Artiaga also became the third player to "beat the game" by triggering a game crash. Seven days later, Artiaga further broke the high score record for the game by around two million points, for which he was recognized by Guinness World Records.

From a young age, Andrew and his younger brother Michael Artiaga experimented with coding, computing, and gaming, with their father being a web developer. Practicing Tetris occasionally on their Game Boy at home, both brothers were inspired to pursue the game further after 16-year-old Joseph Saelee's victory against the 37-year-old and previous champion Jonas Neubauer on YouTube in the 2018 CTWC, marking the beginning of a new generation of Tetris players in the competitive scene. Artiaga has since placed second in the 2020 CTWC, where he lost against his brother, third in the 2022 CTWC, and became the third player to "beat the game" by triggering a game crash on January 4, 2024, only days after it was done for the first time.

Along with briefly holding the high score record for three months, Artiaga has continued to remain in the competitive Tetris scene, placing high in his seed for every CTWC since 2020, and performing particularly well in Delayed Auto Shift (DAS) Masters events since they began in July 2024.

Personal life and upbringing Andrew was born on August 5, 2005, to Van and Randall Artiaga, and is from Fort Worth, Texas. He and his younger brother Michael Artiaga grew up around electronics, as their father was a web developer. Artiaga further learned to experiment in computing, coding, and gaming in elementary school. Andrew made it to the semi-finals, where he won against fellow competitor Nenu Kariko to make it to the finals. In the finals, Andrew was placed against his brother Michael, where they competed against each other in the same house due to COVID-19 restrictions preventing them from playing at a large venue. In the semi-finals, Artiaga lost to his brother, Michael, who went on to place first in the CTWC again, In the lead-up to the 2022 CTWC, Artiaga broke the world record for the highest winning score in a single game at 2.1 million points during a monthly competition in May. Shortly afterward, on January 11, Artiaga broke the record for highest score achieved on NES Tetris, with a total score of 8,952,432 points, later recognized by Guinness World Records. Artiaga's score broke the previous record by around 2 million points, which was regarded by the entertainment website GamesRadar+ as an accomplishment which separated him from his "little brother's shadow". Artiaga held this record for two months until it was surpassed by Alex Thach (known online as "Alex T") on March 11, 2024, with a score of 16,248,080. He reached the same stage at the 2025 CTWC, where he lost to Sam Vaughan (known online as "SV").

From October 17–19, 2025, Artiaga participated in the Jonas Neubauer Cup, defeating defending champion

From August 1–2, 2026, Artiaga won the CTWC DAS World Cup, defeating Justin Yu 4–1 in the final. He became the first player to win both the Jonas Neubauer Cup and the CTWC DAS World Cup.

Playing style Artiaga began his Tetris career as a Delayed Auto Shift (DAS) player, which involved shifting falling pieces repeatedly while holding the buttons to increase the speed the pieces are turned. Before the 2020 CTWC, however, Artiaga adopted hypertapping, This was done to keep up pace with his brother, who had adopted the technique earlier.

Event host CTWC Classic Tetris World Championship held in-person CTM Classic Tetris Monthly held online

Default wins† single-dagger symbol high seed after qualifying round, awarding a single bye‡ double-dagger symbol high seed after qualifying round, awarding a double bye