Competitions · Ireland

Solving by the Barrow 2025

Athy, Kildare · 29 November 2025 · 11 events · 87 competitors · 109 personal bests

Stephanie Rose Martin won two of the eleven events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kalin Doherty by 0.06 seconds. 87 competitors produced 109 personal bests, 51 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rían Burke set the Square-1 single national record: 6.39.

Two wins

Stephanie Rose Martin — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.06s

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

109

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	CJ Furey	6.36	7.41
2×2	Kalin Doherty	1.58	1.91
4×4	Stephanie Rose Martin	24.52	28.24
5×5	Elliott Laurent	50.85	52.67
3×3 blindfolded	Colm McCarthy	31.86	—
3×3 one-handed	Stephanie Rose Martin	10.79	11.80
Clock	Jack Corr	2.80	3.54
Pyraminx	Oisín Olwill	2.17	3.09
Skewb	William Carey	2.16	2.67
Square-1	Rían Burke	7.92	9.13
4×4 blindfolded	Colm McCarthy	2:59.64	—

The PB harvest

109 set · 51 still standing

Rían Burke — Clock single 3.10: into the top 0.89% of the event's history.
Tiarnan Hogan — 2×2 single 1.15: into the top 0.9% of the event's history.
Rían Burke — Square-1 single 6.39: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Vladyslav Hordiienko — Skewb single 1.91: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Maksym B. Tsymbaliuk (Максим Б. Цимбалюк) — 4×4 single 29.98: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Colm McCarthy — Pyraminx single 2.77: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Nikita Grytsenko (Микита Гриценко) — 4×4 single 32.19: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Oli Sweeney — 2×2 single 2.22: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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

87 competitors · 652 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 7.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

87 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.