Competitions · Ireland

Dublin Summer Solving Saturday 2023

Dublin · 19 August 2023 · 6 events · 72 competitors · 86 personal bests

Iollan Walsh won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Iollan Walsh by 0.15 seconds. 72 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

James Le Guiniec took a 2×2 single of 13.74 down to 4.41, 68 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Iollan Walsh — 3×3, 2×2

0.15s

closest final — 2×2, Iollan Walsh over Ronan Finke

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Iollan Walsh	7.90	8.69
2×2	Iollan Walsh	1.96	3.11
4×4	CJ Furey	37.87	41.56
3×3 one-handed	CJ Furey	14.29	17.63
Pyraminx	Kevin Tspon	2.87	3.79
Skewb	Ronan Finke	2.88	3.64

The PB harvest

86 set · 33 still standing

Carter Hazley — 2×2 single 1.26: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Diarmuid Leo Clarke — 2×2 single 2.55: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Michael Hawkshaw — 3×3 single 11.28: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Cian Ó Flannagáin — 2×2 single 2.84: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Carter Hazley — 3×3 one-handed single 18.55: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
Cathal Murdock — Pyraminx single 5.72: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Alex McCormack — 3×3 single 13.18: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
Ephrem Xavio Richard — 3×3 single 14.47: into the top 22.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 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

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

The field

72 competitors · 443 results · 6 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. Iollan Walsh won it with a 8.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.