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Cork Spring 2023

Cork · 25 February 2023 · 12 events · 118 competitors · 213 personal bests

Callum Hales-Jepp won five of the twelve events (5×5, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Richard Madden by 0.08 seconds. 118 competitors produced 213 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anass Doublal set the Pyraminx single national record: 2.61.

Five wins
Callum Hales-Jepp — 5×5, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.08s
closest final — Clock, Richard Madden over Aidan Browne
213
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Richard Madden8.608.90
2×2Kalin Doherty1.491.66
4×4Cillian Hainbach27.9333.98
5×5Callum Hales-Jepp1:09.571:13.61
7×7Callum Hales-Jepp3:05.823:13.89
3×3 blindfoldedCallum Hales-Jepp56.001:16.98
3×3 Fewest MovesAnass Doublal42 moves—
ClockRichard Madden5.828.30
MegaminxCallum Hales-Jepp54.561:01.76
PyraminxRichard Madden2.244.11
SkewbBen Timmons2.984.39
3×3 Multi-BlindCallum Hales-Jepp8 of 11 cubes · 43:53—

The PB harvest

213 set · 35 still standing
  • Kevin Tspon — Pyraminx single 2.25: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • Anass Doublal — Pyraminx single 2.61: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Conor Smith — Pyraminx single 2.97: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Graham D. Downey — Pyraminx single 3.61: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
  • Alex Kelly — Skewb single 3.70: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
  • Anthony Tighe — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Alex Kelly — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Kevin Tspon — Skewb single 3.96: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

118 competitors · 963 results · 12 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. Richard Madden won it with a 8.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

118 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.