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Tuam Open Saturday 2022

Galway · 26 November 2022 · 9 events · 55 competitors · 81 personal bests

Richard Madden won two of the nine events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Enda Loftus by 0.20 seconds. 55 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Namuun Natsagdorj set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 3 of 4 cubes · 30:01.

Two wins
Richard Madden — 3×3, 4×4
0.20s
closest final — Skewb, Enda Loftus over Rían Burke
81
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Richard Madden7.368.52
2×2Kalin Doherty1.401.77
4×4Richard Madden33.3635.37
3×3 blindfoldedNamuun Natsagdorj1:28.76
ClockSeán O'Toole4.546.93
PyraminxEnda Loftus2.182.95
SkewbEnda Loftus3.264.01
Square-1Rían Burke11.4916.43
3×3 Multi-BlindNamuun Natsagdorj3 of 4 cubes · 30:01

The PB harvest

81 set · 15 still standing
  • Aarush Srivastava — 3×3 single 9.32: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
  • Aarush Srivastava — Pyraminx single 5.40: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
  • Timofey Petsyukha — Pyraminx single 6.12: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
  • Darragh Hassett — Pyraminx single 6.21: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
  • Johnny Edger — Pyraminx single 6.36: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.
  • Brúin Fahy — Clock single 10.05: into the top 25.3% of the event's history.
  • Johnny Edger — 2×2 single 4.53: into the top 33.3% of the event's history.
  • Adrian Penado-Callejas — 3×3 single 19.18: into the top 37.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

55 competitors · 435 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 8.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.