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Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats Saturday 2024

Kilkenny · 3 August 2024 · 12 events · 52 competitors · 88 personal bests

Blake Thompson won four of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by William Carey by 0.03 seconds. 52 competitors produced 88 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Edilson Ruco set the 3×3 single national record: 9.35.

Four wins
Blake Thompson — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.03s
closest final — Skewb, William Carey over Hugo McGrath
88
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Blake Thompson7.268.89
2×2Blake Thompson1.952.90
4×4Ben Timmons33.5437.70
5×5Blake Thompson1:07.221:08.99
3×3 blindfoldedSimon Kelly36.76
3×3 one-handedBlake Thompson17.5218.76
ClockWilliam Carey4.314.63
PyraminxWilliam Carey2.393.59
SkewbWilliam Carey2.744.12
4×4 blindfoldedBen Timmons7:48.00
5×5 blindfoldedSimon Kelly
3×3 Multi-BlindSimon Kelly16 of 27 cubes · 52:15

The PB harvest

88 set · 24 still standing
  • Mariia Lozova — 3×3 single 7.44: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Tyrrell — Pyraminx single 3.37: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
  • Aravind Nair — 3×3 single 9.63: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
  • Hugo McGrath — 3×3 single 9.69: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Tiarnan Hogan — Pyraminx single 4.65: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
  • Aravind Nair — 2×2 single 2.76: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
  • Oisin James Waldron — Skewb single 4.38: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
  • Jamie Barton — 2×2 single 3.24: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

52 competitors · 439 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. Blake Thompson won it with a 8.89 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

52 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.