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Solving by the Shannon 2023

Limerick · 22 July 2023 · 12 events · 111 competitors · 210 personal bests

Ciarán Beahan won five of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ciarán Beahan by 0.26 seconds. 111 competitors produced 210 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Gergely Novotni set the 5×5 single national record: 47.72.

Five wins
Ciarán Beahan — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed
0.26s
closest final — 3×3, Ciarán Beahan over Cillian Hainbach
210
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ciarán Beahan6.998.02
2×2Kalin Doherty0.981.97
4×4Ciarán Beahan23.8527.31
5×5Ciarán Beahan41.2443.93
6×6Ciarán Beahan1:13.271:16.37
3×3 blindfoldedEnda Loftus1:14.611:26.05
3×3 one-handedCiarán Beahan11.4312.85
ClockWilliam Carey6.277.39
MegaminxGergely Novotni36.8438.33
PyraminxEnda Loftus1.601.85
SkewbCathal Burke1.743.40
Square-1Rían Burke13.3816.75

The PB harvest

210 set · 59 still standing
  • Cormac Coffey — 2×2 single 1.89: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Maeve Hickey — Pyraminx single 3.25: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Paul Cotter — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Anthony Tighe — Pyraminx single 3.63: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Cormac Coffey — 3×3 single 9.51: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
  • Caelan Tan — Pyraminx single 3.77: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Sinéad Cleary — 2×2 single 2.42: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Kim Hackett — 3×3 single 10.49: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

111 competitors · 861 results · 12 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 8.02 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 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.