Dublin Autumn Solving 2025

Inside the Perrystown Community Centre over the weekend of August 30 to August 31, the rhythmic clack of turning plastic set a frantic tempo from the early rounds to the finals. With titles and podium honours hanging on hundredths of a second, Dublin Autumn Solving 2025 gathered 78 competitors in Dublin, Ireland for an action-packed 20-round campaign. As a premier WCA competition on the Irish calendar for 2025, every qualification cutoff carried high stakes across ten distinct puzzle disciplines.

The premier 3x3x3 Cube event drew a fierce field of 74 entrants through three intense stages of cuts. In the championship decider, Switzerland competitor Alwin Rölz captured the title with a dominant 6.96 winning average, highlighted by a scorching 5.55 single solve. The chase for the remaining podium steps saw Ireland competitors battle closely, with Ciarán Beahan claiming the runner-up spot with an average of 7.92, narrowly keeping Cillian Hainbach in third place at 8.06 in the final 3x3 results.

Alwin Rölz extended his weekend success into 3x3x3 One-Handed, securing victory across two rounds of play with an 11.78 winning average and an 11.42 best single. Behind him, CJ Furey earned the silver medal with a 12.68 average, while Stephanie Rose Martin rounded out the podium in 13.57. Across the entire program of this speedcubing meeting, Rölz proved to be a formidable international challenger against a strong home delegation.

The battle on the big cubes belonged decisively to Ciarán Beahan, who claimed a double victory across both 4x4x4 Cube and 5x5x5 Cube. In the 4x4x4 final, Beahan logged a 22.79 winning average and an 18.90 single to outpace Alwin Rölz, who took second in 24.00, and Cillian Hainbach in third at 25.45. Beahan followed that performance by topping the single-round 5x5x5 Cube field of 43 competitors, posting a 41.54 winning average ahead of Hainbach at 49.48 and Stephanie Rose Martin at 49.78.

Shorter puzzle formats yielded some of the closest margins of Dublin Autumn Solving 2025. In the 2x2x2 Cube final, Kalin Doherty captured first place with an average of 2.00, edging out Stephanie Rose Martin by a single hundredth of a second at 2.01, while Julian Bürgi took third in 2.58. The Skewb competition saw Ronan Finke claim top honours with a 2.86 winning average, leading Lucas Patrick Dowling at 3.29 and Rölz at 3.52. In Clock, William Carey took the title with a 3.97 average over Rölz at 4.48 and Martin at 4.56.

Beyond the championship podiums, the Perrystown hall witnessed breakthrough milestones across all skill levels. Joe Losken made a massive leap on the 2x2x2 Cube, delivering a personal best of 6.86 that improved on his previous mark of 12.62 by 45.6 percent, while also posting a first ever attempt at Pyraminx in 12.82. Ricí O'Connell shaved 31 percent off his 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube best with a 15.94 solve, alongside a first Pyraminx effort of 5.66. Lenard Kengyel tackled seven separate events, improving his 3x3x3 best to 21.11 by 27.4 percent and recording first attempts in Clock at 37.09 and 3x3x3 One-Handed at 1:24.61. Darragh McGarry also made rapid strides, chopping his 3x3x3 single to 25.96 for a 27.1 percent drop.

First-time achievements continued throughout the tournament floor as athletes expanded their repertoires. Catarina Almeida completed her first WCA competition by competing in four events, highlighted by a 5.19 on 2x2x2 Cube and a 1:14.27 on 4x4x4 Cube. Turlough Hearty likewise tackled his debut tournament across four events, finishing 31st in Pyraminx and posting a 21.22 single in 3x3x3. Jacob Mcavinue improved his 3x3x3 best to 14.52, dropped his 4x4x4 mark to 1:16.98, and registered a first Skewb solve of 13.10. Celine Tian entered four events, posting debut official marks of 4.25 in 2x2x2 Cube, 7.75 in Pyraminx, and 1:00.20 in 4x4x4 Cube.

Specialist solving events brought additional drama to the timetable. Stephanie Rose Martin topped the Megaminx leaderboard with a winning average of 28.85 and a 28.47 single. In Pyraminx, Oisín Olwill outlasted a 69-competitor field to win in 2.19. In 3x3x3 Blindfolded, which tests pure memory and execution under a blindfold, Simon Kelly seized gold with a 32.91 single, narrowly beating Tobias Peter at 32.98 and Kalin Doherty at 42.26.

When the final timers reset at Dublin Autumn Solving 2025, the host country had amassed 22 podium finishes to Switzerland's eight across the ten featured disciplines. The spirited speed cubing displays in Perrystown highlighted both elite title-chasing precision and personal development across every round. With new personal benchmarks established and titles settled, Dublin Autumn Solving 2025 delivered an exceptional showcase for the sport as competitors look forward to the next stage of the regional calendar.