People · United States
Trinayan Thanigai
2×2 · top 46.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025THAN06
Trinayan Thanigai has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.62, set at Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026, puts him in the top 46.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,914th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since October 2025, he has put 65 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.98 in October 2025 to 25.51, a 42% improvement. Trinayan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 5.62 | 6.94 | top 46.7% | 18,914 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 9.64 | 19.69 | top 52.7% | 9,495 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 25.51 | 26.91 | top 53.7% | 31,516 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.55 | 17.90 | top 75.7% | 22,427 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 2:11.88 | — | top 86.5% | 16,355 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:12.90 | 1:41.44 | top 90.1% | 13,791 / 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
- 2 May 2026First sub-30 3×3: 26.74 at Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026.
- 19 Oct 2025First competition: NCSU Wolfpack 2025. A 43.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Apex Algs Again 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NxN Nonsense NC 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NCSU Wolfpack 2025 · 19 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.
- Rue Clippinger — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Natassia Jones — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Orion Leavitt-Lytle — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.