People · United States
Joseph Chirayil
2×2 · top 10.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025CHIR05
Joseph Chirayil has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.63, set at Steel City Sprint PA 2026, puts him in the top 10.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,015th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since October 2025, he has put 90 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.47 in October 2025 to 17.06, a 24% improvement. Joseph has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 6.84 | top 10.2% | 4,015 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 9.73 | 15.62 | top 23.8% | 1,824 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 5.99 | 10.54 | top 25.6% | 4,175 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 17.06 | 20.05 | top 31.2% | 17,200 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.46 | 10.54 | top 31.7% | 8,855 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.24 | — | early days — 3 solves | 10,901 / 15,683 |
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
- 25 Apr 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.79 at Northern Tier Twist 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Steel City Sprint PA 2026.
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: Northern Tier Twist 2025. A 22.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Presidential Puzzles in PA 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Northern Tier Twist 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Steel City Sprint PA 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Northern Tier Twist 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
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.
- Leia Jiang — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xavier Ye — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dev Choksi — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.