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Don't Fail Kinsale 2024

Kinsale, Cork · 30 November 2024 · 10 events · 106 competitors · 129 personal bests

Daniel Rush won four of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by CJ Furey by 0.01 seconds. 106 competitors produced 129 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Daniel Rush set the Square-1 single continental record: 6.95.

Four wins
Daniel Rush — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6
0.01s
closest final — Pyraminx, CJ Furey over Miłosz Andzel
129
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Daniel Rush5.616.12
2×2Kalin Doherty1.171.53
4×4Daniel Rush23.9326.89
5×5Daniel Rush46.3848.79
6×6Daniel Rush1:20.431:28.65
3×3 blindfoldedSimon Kelly26.92—
ClockWilliam Carey4.094.20
PyraminxCJ Furey2.583.08
SkewbWilliam Carey2.082.67
Square-1Ryan Eckersley6.858.98

The PB harvest

129 set · 43 still standing
  • Scott Froggatt — 3×3 single 6.52: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Rush — Square-1 single 6.95: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Ronan Finke — 3×3 single 7.57: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Iarfhlaith Cunningham — 2×2 single 1.77: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Ronan Finke — Square-1 single 8.69: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Iarfhlaith Cunningham — Clock single 5.69: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
  • Igor Chojnacki — 2×2 single 2.22: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
  • Tadhg Beckett — 3×3 single 9.70: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

106 competitors · 877 results · 10 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. Daniel Rush won it with a 6.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

106 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.