Competitions · Ireland

Don't Fail Kinsale 2023

Kinsale, Cork · 2 December 2023 · 9 events · 124 competitors · 198 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Patrick Ponce by 0.08 seconds. 124 competitors produced 198 personal bests, 48 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jack Corr set the Clock single national record: 3.29.

Three wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.08s

closest final — 3×3, Patrick Ponce over Ciarán Beahan

198

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	5.56	7.36
2×2	Kalin Doherty	1.58	2.45
4×4	Ciarán Beahan	21.32	26.21
5×5	Ciarán Beahan	41.88	44.18
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	8.66	9.70
Clock	Jack Corr	3.29	4.20
Pyraminx	CJ Furey	3.44	3.85
Skewb	Ronan Finke	2.93	3.47
Square-1	Patrick Ponce	7.95	9.51

The PB harvest

198 set · 48 still standing

Diarmuid Leo Clarke — Pyraminx single 2.84: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Tymon Szalinski — Pyraminx single 2.86: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Onome Brownly-Otiede — Pyraminx single 4.32: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Jamie Blennerhassett — 3×3 single 10.68: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Euan Mc Donnell — Pyraminx single 4.55: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Alex Brett — Pyraminx single 4.85: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Euan Mc Donnell — Skewb single 4.61: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
Graham D. Downey — 3×3 one-handed single 18.43: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 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

124 competitors · 979 results · 9 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

124 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.