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Irish Championship 2018

Lucan, Dublin · 14 July 2018 · 13 events · 88 competitors · 161 personal bests

Ciarán Beahan won five of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Daniel Vædele Egdal by 0.32 seconds. 88 competitors produced 161 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Ciarán Beahan set the 7×7 single continental record: 2:12.30.

Five wins
Ciarán Beahan — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.32s
closest final — Clock, Daniel Vædele Egdal over Callum Hales-Jepp
161
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ciarán Beahan6.057.23
2×2Martin Vædele Egdal1.161.48
4×4Ciarán Beahan28.5429.36
5×5Ciarán Beahan43.7849.82
6×6Ciarán Beahan1:36.761:43.21
7×7Ciarán Beahan2:26.812:35.76
3×3 blindfoldedTao Yu (喻韬)25.42—
3×3 one-handedDaniel Rose-Levine9.5412.71
ClockDaniel Vædele Egdal7.107.54
MegaminxJames Macdiarmid40.9750.13
PyraminxMartin Vædele Egdal3.223.47
SkewbMartin Vædele Egdal2.013.20
Square-1Martin Vædele Egdal7.6510.02

The PB harvest

161 set · 39 still standing
  • John O'Connell — 3×3 single 6.78: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Rose-Levine — 6×6 single 1:54.63: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
  • Mikey Whelan — Square-1 single 11.55: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
  • James Thomson — 3×3 single 10.70: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
  • Joshua Meriño — 4×4 single 38.83: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • John O'Connell — 5×5 single 1:09.11: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
  • Andy Lee Mitchell — Pyraminx single 4.96: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
  • Olivia Clarke — Pyraminx single 5.11: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

88 competitors · 673 results · 13 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 7.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

88 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.