Competitions · Ireland

Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022

Kilkenny · 23 July 2022 · 7 events · 72 competitors · 64 personal bests

Richard Madden won three of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Adam Furlong by 0.08 seconds. 72 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 50 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Adam Furlong took a Pyraminx single of 7.35 down to 3.92, 47 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Richard Madden — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx

0.08s

closest final — 5×5, Adam Furlong over Laurence He

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Richard Madden	8.43	9.09
2×2	Jonathan Plug	3.91	3.97
4×4	Adam Furlong	28.41	34.82
5×5	Adam Furlong	1:09.26	1:13.72
3×3 one-handed	Richard Madden	13.83	14.38
Megaminx	Peri Le Dain	47.99	51.91
Pyraminx	Richard Madden	3.50	4.23

The PB harvest

64 set · 23 still standing

Adam Furlong — 4×4 single 28.41: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Adam Furlong — Pyraminx single 3.92: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Oliver Schuch — 3×3 single 10.06: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Mary Hennessy — Pyraminx single 4.37: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Faith Hill — Pyraminx single 4.76: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Oliver Schuch — 2×2 single 2.85: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Tiernan Garvey — 3×3 single 11.74: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
Eóin Willam Wayne — 3×3 single 11.97: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

50 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

72 competitors · 419 results · 7 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 9.09 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.