Competitions · Ireland

Dublin Winter Solving 2025

Dublin · 25 January 2025 · 14 events · 74 competitors · 161 personal bests

Cillian Hainbach won three of the 14 events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Megaminx, won by Stephanie Rose Martin by 0.27 seconds. 74 competitors produced 161 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Stephanie Rose Martin set the Megaminx single national record: 30.92.

Three wins

Cillian Hainbach — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6

0.27s

closest final — Megaminx, Stephanie Rose Martin over Prabhav Rajaram Nayak

161

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Cillian Hainbach	6.33	7.08
2×2	Lucas Patrick Dowling	1.25	1.73
4×4	Stephanie Rose Martin	24.61	29.06
5×5	Cillian Hainbach	51.14	55.63
6×6	Cillian Hainbach	1:43.54	1:46.22
7×7	Elliott Laurent	2:35.28	2:40.76
3×3 blindfolded	Simon Kelly	35.10	—
3×3 one-handed	Nikita Grytsenko (Микита Гриценко)	14.85	15.43
Clock	Jack Corr	3.08	3.44
Megaminx	Stephanie Rose Martin	30.92	35.60
Pyraminx	Vladyslav Hordiienko	2.07	3.01
Skewb	Nikita Grytsenko (Микита Гриценко)	2.16	2.59
Square-1	Adam Bermingham	7.85	10.43
3×3 Multi-Blind	Colm McCarthy	15 of 18 cubes · 57:19	—

The PB harvest

161 set · 30 still standing

Nikita Grytsenko (Микита Гриценко) — Skewb single 1.31: into the top 0.22% of the event's history.
Brandon McCann — 2×2 single 1.54: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Nikita Grytsenko (Микита Гриценко) — 2×2 single 1.73: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Rory Menary — 3×3 one-handed single 12.64: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Ben Timmons — Megaminx single 50.22: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Rory Menary — Skewb single 3.22: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Luca Hennessy — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Vladyslav Hordiienko — Clock single 6.55: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

74 competitors · 879 results · 14 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. Cillian Hainbach won it with a 7.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.