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Castletown Showdown 2025

Co Laois · 31 May 2025 · 13 events · 66 competitors · 102 personal bests

Ciarán Beahan won four of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Rían Burke by 0.15 seconds. 66 competitors produced 102 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ciarán Beahan set the 6×6 single national record: 1:08.12.

Four wins
Ciarán Beahan — 3×3, 4×4, 6×6, 7×7
0.15s
closest final — Skewb, Rían Burke over Hugo McGrath
102
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ciarán Beahan6.336.73
2×2Lucas Patrick Dowling1.352.42
4×4Ciarán Beahan20.6123.87
5×5Cillian Hainbach45.1852.99
6×6Ciarán Beahan1:08.121:18.87
7×7Ciarán Beahan1:50.091:55.80
3×3 blindfoldedColm McCarthy38.34—
3×3 one-handedCJ Furey10.3812.50
MegaminxJack Corr57.431:00.77
SkewbRían Burke2.813.77
Square-1Rían Burke9.4510.68
4×4 blindfoldedColm McCarthy3:43.03—
5×5 blindfoldedColm McCarthy13:22.00—

The PB harvest

102 set · 33 still standing
  • Conor Smith — 3×3 single 8.41: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Daithí O'Connor — 4×4 single 33.45: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Adam Kenny — 2×2 single 2.81: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
  • Eddie Dunne — 2×2 single 2.82: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
  • Simon Kelly — 4×4 single 41.77: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
  • Cian Crowley — 2×2 single 3.06: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
  • Colm Fitz — Skewb single 4.68: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
  • Rian McDermott — 2×2 single 3.17: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

66 competitors · 568 results · 13 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 6.73 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

66 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.