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Irish Championship 2017

Dublin · 24 June 2017 · 18 events · 68 competitors · 109 personal bests

Ciarán Beahan won seven of the 18 events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Evan Liu by 0.01 seconds. 68 competitors produced 109 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ciarán Beahan set the 5×5 single national record: 51.50.

Seven wins
Ciarán Beahan — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx, Square-1, 3×3 with feet
0.01s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Evan Liu over Tao Yu (喻韬)
109
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ciarán Beahan7.779.19
2×2Tao Yu (喻韬)2.453.22
4×4Evan Liu27.5132.50
5×5Ciarán Beahan51.501:00.61
6×6Ciarán Beahan1:39.241:57.13
7×7Ciarán Beahan2:34.993:02.81
3×3 blindfoldedTao Yu (喻韬)46.87—
3×3 Fewest MovesTao Yu (喻韬)25 moves—
3×3 one-handedEvan Liu13.9616.95
ClockEvan Liu4.756.54
MegaminxCiarán Beahan57.701:00.80
PyraminxJake Donnelly3.955.13
SkewbEvan Liu2.433.83
Square-1Ciarán Beahan10.2113.29
4×4 blindfoldedBen Ridley5:04.84—
5×5 blindfoldedBen Ridley11:04.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindManu Vereecken9 of 10 cubes · 46:47—
3×3 with feetCiarán Beahan46.911:01.28

The PB harvest

109 set · 30 still standing
  • Ciarán Beahan — Square-1 single 9.24: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
  • Mikey Whelan — 3×3 single 9.01: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • John O'Connell — Skewb single 3.44: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Gerard McAteer — 3×3 one-handed single 15.12: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
  • Joshua Meriño — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
  • Tao Yu (喻韬) — Pyraminx single 5.37: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
  • Mikey Whelan — 2×2 single 3.30: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
  • Filip Rudisteanu — 2×2 single 3.39: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

12 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

68 competitors · 566 results · 18 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. Ciarán Beahan won it with a 9.19 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.