Competitions · United Kingdom

Belfast Winter 2023

Belfast, County Antrim · 14 January 2023 · 10 events · 138 competitors · 217 personal bests

Steven Kearns won two of the ten events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Steven Kearns by 0.21 seconds. 138 competitors produced 217 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and 52 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛) set the 4×4 single national record: 32.67.

Two wins

Steven Kearns — 3×3, 5×5

0.21s

closest final — 3×3, Steven Kearns over Cillian Hainbach

217

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Steven Kearns	8.18	9.07
2×2	Kalin Doherty	1.27	1.94
4×4	Matthew Lowe	31.76	33.69
5×5	Steven Kearns	1:11.52	1:12.47
3×3 blindfolded	Jonathan Dammann	41.32	—
3×3 one-handed	Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛)	16.58	18.09
Clock	Seán O'Toole	5.35	6.08
Megaminx	Enda Loftus	53.80	1:02.40
Pyraminx	Enda Loftus	2.04	2.22
Skewb	Rían Burke	3.28	3.68

The PB harvest

217 set · 47 still standing

Natan Regiec — 3×3 single 8.29: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Eric Quinn — 3×3 single 8.50: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Liam Craven — 3×3 single 9.97: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
James Tyrrell — 5×5 single 1:03.43: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Dylan Smith — Pyraminx single 4.18: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Liam Craven — 2×2 single 2.59: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Abi Sweetlove — 2×2 single 2.61: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Eric Quinn — Skewb single 4.11: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

52 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

138 competitors · 1236 results · 10 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. Steven Kearns won it with a 9.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

138 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.