Andrew Artiaga

Andrew Artiaga, 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 classic NES 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 competitive since, placing high in his seed for every CTWC since 2020, and placing particularly well in Delayed Auto Shift (DAS) Masters events since they began in July 2024.