Competitions · Ireland

Lets Go Back to Carlow 2026

Carlow · 30 May 2026 · 11 events · 65 competitors · 73 personal bests

CJ Furey won two of the eleven events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Stephanie Rose Martin by 0.01 seconds. 65 competitors produced 73 personal bests, 52 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Con Dillon took a Skewb single of 7.41 down to 3.31, 55 percent better in one day.

Two wins

CJ Furey — 3×3, 5×5

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Stephanie Rose Martin over Kalin Doherty

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	CJ Furey	5.60	6.99
2×2	Stephanie Rose Martin	1.12	1.63
4×4	Ben Timmons	32.77	36.32
5×5	CJ Furey	51.47	1:03.57
3×3 blindfolded	Kalin Doherty	27.73	47.65
3×3 one-handed	Stephanie Rose Martin	11.37	12.98
Clock	Jack Corr	2.96	4.59
Pyraminx	Oisín Olwill	1.69	2.06
Skewb	Lucas Patrick Dowling	2.44	3.41
Square-1	Cormac Finke	9.57	11.95
3×3 Multi-Blind	Ben Timmons	13 of 15 cubes · 56:39	—

The PB harvest

73 set · 52 still standing

Stephanie Rose Martin — 2×2 single 1.12: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.
Conor Ryan McMorrow — Skewb single 1.76: into the top 0.84% of the event's history.
Lucas Patrick Dowling — 4×4 single 31.08: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Kalin Doherty — 3×3 blindfolded single 27.73: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Conor Ryan McMorrow — 3×3 one-handed single 14.24: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Logan Tully — Skewb single 3.30: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Con Dillon — Skewb single 3.31: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Deasúin Kenny — Square-1 single 10.54: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

65 competitors · 512 results · 11 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 6.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

65 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.