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50 and Counting Ireland 2024

Wexford · 27 April 2024 · 14 events · 97 competitors · 159 personal bests

Ciarán Beahan won five of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Ryan Eckersley by 0.07 seconds. 97 competitors produced 159 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ciarán Beahan set the 4×4 single national record: 18.88.

Five wins
Ciarán Beahan — 3×3, 4×4, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.07s
closest final — Square-1, Ryan Eckersley over Rían Burke
159
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ciarán Beahan5.976.83
2×2Kalin Doherty1.432.00
4×4Ciarán Beahan18.8824.86
6×6Ciarán Beahan1:15.601:20.14
7×7Ciarán Beahan1:57.031:59.89
3×3 blindfoldedRyan Eckersley24.8425.79
3×3 one-handedCiarán Beahan10.4513.33
ClockRían Burke4.615.03
MegaminxPrabhav Rajaram Nayak34.5240.91
PyraminxEnda Loftus1.962.55
SkewbRonan Finke2.443.47
Square-1Ryan Eckersley9.159.95
4×4 blindfoldedRyan Eckersley1:39.67—
5×5 blindfoldedSimon Kelly——

The PB harvest

159 set · 28 still standing
  • Ciarán Beahan — 4×4 single 18.88: into the top 0.025% of the event's history.
  • Enda Loftus — Skewb single 1.90: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Caleb Gallo — 2×2 single 1.32: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Tiernan O'Brien — 3×3 single 10.15: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Antica Dragos — 3×3 single 10.98: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Tiernan O'Brien — 3×3 one-handed single 18.97: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
  • Caleb Gallo — 3×3 one-handed single 19.92: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.
  • Tymon Szalinski — Clock single 10.09: into the top 25.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 850 results · 14 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Ciarán Beahan won it with a 6.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

  1. 1B2 F2 D2 L' D2 R' D2 F2 R' D2 F2 B U2 L D' B2 L' F2 U' L
  2. 2U2 L2 D' B2 U2 B2 U2 F2 R2 U' L2 F' D' L' D' U2 L2 F' L U R
  3. 3F L2 F D2 F' R2 B' D2 U2 B' D B' L' B2 R2 F L R' D' R
  4. 4R' D B D L2 F2 L2 D' L2 F2 D2 R2 B' D' F2 R B2 R F2
  5. 5F' R D2 F2 D' B2 R2 D2 L2 U' F2 U F2 U R B2 D' R B' L2 R'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 competitors

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 final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.