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It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2025

Nenagh · 17 May 2025 · 13 events · 58 competitors · 71 personal bests

Cillian Hainbach won five of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Cillian Hainbach by 0.42 seconds. 58 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Adam Bermingham set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 23 moves.

Five wins
Cillian Hainbach — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Clock
0.42s
closest final — Clock, Cillian Hainbach over Jack Corr
71
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3CJ Furey5.936.64
4×4Cillian Hainbach24.9527.31
5×5Cillian Hainbach52.1554.07
6×6Cillian Hainbach1:38.741:42.50
7×7Cillian Hainbach2:35.182:47.36
3×3 blindfoldedColm McCarthy29.66—
3×3 Fewest MovesAdam Bermingham23 moves27.33
3×3 one-handedCJ Furey10.0413.63
ClockCillian Hainbach3.594.51
MegaminxJane Kelly51.8857.55
Square-1Adam Bermingham8.069.63
4×4 blindfoldedColm McCarthy4:00.83—
5×5 blindfoldedKalin Doherty——

The PB harvest

71 set · 19 still standing
  • CJ Furey — Clock single 5.94: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Cillian Hainbach — Megaminx single 54.52: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
  • Simon Kelly — Clock single 6.77: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Logan Tully — Megaminx single 1:03.28: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
  • Daniel O'Neill — 3×3 single 12.57: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
  • Cormac Finke — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 32 moves: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
  • Dylan McAuliffe — 3×3 single 14.58: into the top 23.0% of the event's history.
  • Joanna Byik — 3×3 single 14.65: into the top 23.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

58 competitors · 473 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. CJ Furey won it with a 6.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.