Andrew Artiaga

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	Artiaga competing in the 2022 Classic Tetris World Championship qualifying round
Personal information
Name	Andrew Artiaga
Born	2004 or 2005 (age 18–19)
Career information
Games	Classic Tetris
Playing career	2018–present
Career highlights and awards
	CTWC runner-up (2020); CTWC third place (2022);

Andrew Artiaga, known online as P1xelAndy, is an American Tetris player from Texas. Competitively, Artiaga has placed second in the 2020 Classic Tetris World Championships (CTWC) and third in the 2022 CTWC. On January 4, 2024, Artiaga also became the third person to ever "beat" the game, only days after his competitors did so for the first time.

From a young age, Andrew and his younger brother Michael Artiaga experimented in coding, computing, and gaming, with their father being a web developer. Practicing classic NES Tetris only occasionally before on their home Nintendo Game Boy, both brothers would be 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 to the competitive scene. Artiaga has continued to remain competitive since, placing high in his seed for every CTWC since 2020.

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