UCD Cube Days 2026

A total of 117 competitors took their seats across 19 rounds of play as UCD Cube Days 2026 brought intense speedcubing action to University College Dublin on April 25 and 26. The two-day gathering in Dublin, Ireland highlighted rapid progression across the board, demonstrating how quickly newer solvers are closing the gap on established benchmarks in 2026. Across eight distinct disciplines, the field showed that steady preparation translates into major drops on the timer.

The premier 3x3x3 Cube event drew 107 entrants through four rigorous rounds, culminating in a dramatic final where mere fractions of a second decided the title. Ciarán Beahan claimed victory with a winning average of 7.66 seconds, edging out Cillian Hainbach whose 7.69 average kept the pressure on until the final solve. Stephanie Rose Martin completed the podium in third place with an average of 7.87, while Beahan also secured the weekend best single solve of 6.04 seconds during the headline 3x3 results battle.

Fast solving continued in the 2x2x2 Cube, where Kalin Doherty took first place with a crisp 1.81 average, bolstered by a best single of 1.20 seconds. Daniel Hamilton followed in second place with a 2.26 average, while Lucas Harford rounded out the top three with 2.36. Hamilton was exceptionally active throughout the weekend, appearing on multiple podiums across different puzzle formats during the cubing competition.

Beyond the main podiums, the event highlighted significant individual milestones among competitors making rapid strides in their official careers. Joshua Devlin delivered one of the weekend largest single-event drops, cutting his 2x2x2 Cube personal best to 3.29 seconds, which was 69.3 percent faster than his previous mark of 10.73. Ben Connolly achieved a 64.9 percent improvement in Pyraminx with a new best of 4.40 seconds compared to an earlier 12.53, while Jacob Roantree lowered his Square-1 best by 58.8 percent down to 20.08 seconds and notched a 25th-place finish in Skewb. Therese Bermudo logged her first official Pyraminx solve at 21.18 seconds and dropped her 3x3x3 Cube mark by 48.2 percent to 1:03.19.

That same upward trajectory was visible across a range of other disciplines at the WCA competition. Bowen Quigley recorded a first Pyraminx attempt of 19.21 seconds and improved on the classic Rubik's Cube by 40.9 percent with a time of 35.68 seconds. Conor Denis Fleming took on four events, putting up debut marks of 10.75 seconds in Pyraminx and 21.66 seconds in Skewb while shaving 19 percent off his 2x2x2 Cube time to hit 4.34. Jay Arav Reddy Gaddam entered four events, logging first-time attempts of 3:03.09 in Megaminx, 9.58 in Pyraminx, and 4.09 in 2x2x2 Cube. Meanwhile, Morgan Ó Torna Evans tackled six events, dropping their Skewb best by 44.7 percent to 6.77 seconds and lowering their Clock best to 9.71.

Specialist events added further variety to the schedule at UCD Cube Days 2026. In Megaminx, Stephanie Rose Martin secured another top finish by capturing the title with an average of 26.83 seconds and a best single of 24.79. Prabhav Rajaram Nayak took second place with a 30.67 average, followed by Daniel Hamilton in third at 43.33. In Square-1, Adam Bermingham took the gold with an average of 9.37 seconds, finishing ahead of Hamilton at 9.69 and Cormac Finke at 11.32.

The rotational puzzles moved at high speed as well. Taj Bressert topped the Skewb standings with a winning average of 2.76 seconds, finishing ahead of William Carey at 2.83 and Ronan Finke at 3.32. Ben Timmons captured first place in Clock with an average of 4.34 seconds, leading Daniel Hamilton at 5.02 and Bressert at 5.47. In Pyraminx, Oisín Olwill won the event with a 2.26 average and a single of 1.16, ahead of Alex Hamilton at 2.58 and Vladyslav Hordiienko at 3.03.

The weekend concluded with the mental test of 3x3x3 Blindfolded, where Colm McCarthy took the top spot with a single solve of 25.54 seconds. Ben Timmons secured second place with 43.82, while Kalin Doherty completed the podium in 1:05.96. Across all events, Irish competitors earned 21 podium places alongside two for the Netherlands and one for Ukraine, capping off a dynamic showcase of speed cubing excellence in Dublin.