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Seaside Solving Sunday 2022

Waterford · 10 April 2022 · 9 events · 49 competitors · 68 personal bests

Richard Madden won five of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Richard Madden by 0.19 seconds. 49 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Enda Loftus set the Pyraminx average national record: 3.03.

Five wins
Richard Madden — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1
0.19s
closest final — 2×2, Richard Madden over Enda Loftus
68
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Richard Madden7.959.50
2×2Richard Madden2.983.60
4×4Richard Madden35.1040.92
3×3 blindfoldedJan Bentlage55.501:18.57
3×3 one-handedRichard Madden12.1514.80
ClockJan Bentlage7.217.36
PyraminxEnda Loftus2.763.57
SkewbJan Bentlage3.985.56
Square-1Richard Madden11.9113.75

The PB harvest

68 set · 4 still standing
  • Darragh Sullivan — 3×3 single 16.13: into the top 28.2% of the event's history.
  • Evan Healy — 3×3 single 18.58: into the top 35.9% of the event's history.
  • Darragh Sullivan — 2×2 single 5.75: into the top 48.2% of the event's history.
  • Darragh Sullivan — 4×4 single 1:23.85: into the top 59.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

49 competitors · 385 results · 9 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. Richard Madden won it with a 9.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

49 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.