People · United States
Trinayan Thanigai
2×2 · top 46.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025THAN06
Trinayan Thanigai has been competing for a year. 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 46.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,243rd in the United States. Across 7 competitions since October 2025, he has put 94 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.98 in October 2025 to 22.60, a 49% improvement. Trinayan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 46.8% | 19,243 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 22.60 | 26.91 | top 47.1% | 27,641 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 9.64 | 15.22 | top 52.7% | 9,639 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.55 | 17.90 | top 75.8% | 22,799 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.09 | — | top 77.4% | 14,435 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 26.03 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,113 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 3:16.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,756 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:01.90 | 1:41.44 | top 85.0% | 12,949 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 3:51.26 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,289 / 8,026 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2026.
- 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
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- 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 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kavin Rajendran — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kathryn Zavadil — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 2.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.