Mayo Cubing 2025

The Foxford Sport and Leisure Centre filled with rhythmic clicking and quick movements over the weekend of September 13 to September 14 as 54 competitors gathered in Foxford, Ireland. Across 13 official events and 25 rounds of action, tables were stacked with timers and cubes of every size. Away from the pure burst of sprint solving, the mental demands of the weekend took center stage, testing memory, calculation, and precision in an engaging showcase of speedcubing skill.

While high-speed turning dominated the floor, the weekend highlighted the vast mental differences between pure velocity and deep analytical problem solving. Events requiring quiet focus, such as blindfolded solving, offered a striking contrast to the rapid-fire pace of the standard Rubik's Cube. In this environment, Mayo Cubing 2025 gave competitors of every discipline a platform to test their techniques across two full days of high-level speed cubing action.

The premier 3x3x3 Cube contest delivered sharp battles all the way through three rounds of competition. When the final 3x3 results were settled, CJ Furey emerged victorious with a winning average of 7.70 seconds and a best single time of 6.15 seconds. Iollan Walsh secured the second position with an average of 8.15 seconds, closely followed by Stephanie Rose Martin in third place with an average of 8.29 seconds among the 49 competitors.

CJ Furey was not done with top honours, doubling his gold medal haul by winning 3x3x3 One-Handed with an average of 12.84 seconds. Cillian Hainbach took second place in the one-handed final at 15.21 seconds, while Rían Burke collected third place with a 15.46 average. Hainbach also dominated the larger puzzles across the weekend, claiming victories in 4x4x4 Cube with a 25.97 average, 5x5x5 Cube with a 47.84 average, and 6x6x6 Cube with a 1:37.92 winning mark.

Enda Loftus displayed remarkable mental endurance to claim victory in 3x3x3 Multi-Blind, successfully solving 16 out of 17 cubes within 57 minutes and 45 seconds. James McCambridge earned the silver medal in the discipline with 18 out of 24 cubes in an hour flat, while Simon Kelly placed third with 18 out of 26 cubes in 56 minutes and 18 seconds. Kelly also took top honors in the standard 3x3x3 Blindfolded event, recording a winning single solve of 27.26 seconds.

Away from the podium battles, several competitors achieved remarkable milestones across their events. Hnat Dmyterchuk delivered massive personal improvements, dropping his Clock single to 14.58 seconds for a 41.7 percent drop and taking his Pyraminx mark down to 6.31 seconds, which was 38.7 percent faster. Maria Warby posted an impressive 7.40 second Skewb solve that was 38.2 percent faster than her previous best, alongside a 5.63 second 2x2x2 Cube solve that improved by 37.5 percent. Connell Quinlan dropped his 3x3x3 personal best to 14.62 seconds, an 18.7 percent improvement, while Iollan Quinn lowered his 5x5x5 mark to 2:48.32, which was 24.8 percent faster.

First attempts and major event lineups also told great stories at Mayo Cubing 2025. Grace Gallagher tackled 9 events, logging her first official attempts in 4x4x4 Cube at 2:04.90, Square-1 at 45.77 seconds, and Clock at 20.12 seconds. Josu Altadill entered 11 events and dropped his 3x3x3 One-Handed personal best to 22.95 seconds, a 16.7 percent drop. Łukasz Siara took on 10 events and posted a 39.33 second One-Handed best, improving by 24.4 percent. Noah Conway, attending his first WCA competition, took on three events and logged a first 3x3x3 attempt of 43.73 seconds and a Megaminx time of 3:30.94.

Rían Burke proved to be a multi-discipline force, securing gold in Clock with a 4.42 average ahead of Ben Timmons at 4.92 and Cillian Hainbach at 5.01. Burke returned to the top of the podium in Square-1 with a winning average of 9.86 seconds, besting Timmons with 12.91 and Lucas Patrick Dowling with 13.48. In Megaminx, Stephanie Rose Martin took first place with a stellar average of 31.41 seconds, ahead of Enda Loftus at 50.01 and Dowling at 54.66.

The shorter formats wrapped up an intense schedule of events. Lucas Patrick Dowling captured the 2x2x2 Cube title with a winning average of 2.22 seconds, while Enda Loftus earned another title in Pyraminx with an average of 2.41 seconds over Oisín Olwill at 3.13 and Dowling at 3.15. In Skewb, Cathal Burke triumphed with a 3.12 average ahead of Dowling at 3.48 and William Carey at 3.56. Mayo Cubing 2025 brought down the curtain on a lively gathering in Foxford, showcasing the vibrant depth of the sport across Ireland.