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Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022

Kilkenny · 8 October 2022 · 13 events · 96 competitors · 201 personal bests

Richard Madden won three of the 13 events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Laurence He by 0.20 seconds. 96 competitors produced 201 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Enda Loftus set the Pyraminx single national record: 1.35.

Three wins
Richard Madden — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1
0.20s
closest final — 4×4, Laurence He over Callum Hales-Jepp
201
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Richard Madden7.758.64
2×2Steven Kearns2.492.92
4×4Laurence He33.2338.06
5×5Callum Hales-Jepp1:00.431:06.92
6×6Callum Hales-Jepp1:55.922:11.88
3×3 blindfoldedSteven Kearns42.05—
3×3 one-handedRichard Madden13.3515.28
ClockSeán O'Toole5.886.20
MegaminxEnda Loftus52.8757.84
PyraminxEnda Loftus2.212.88
SkewbRían Burke1.974.32
Square-1Richard Madden11.3312.42
3×3 Multi-BlindCallum Hales-Jepp13 of 15 cubes · 53:52—

The PB harvest

201 set · 29 still standing
  • Adam Furlong — 3×3 single 7.31: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Tykhon Pererva — 3×3 single 10.26: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Laurence He — Skewb single 3.64: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
  • Rory Furlong — 3×3 single 10.92: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
  • Maeve Hickey — Skewb single 4.18: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
  • Rory Furlong — 2×2 single 2.86: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
  • Rory Furlong — 4×4 single 41.61: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
  • Adam Furlong — 3×3 one-handed single 18.21: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

96 competitors · 793 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. Richard Madden won it with a 8.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.