Lol funny ending, sad that you didn't meet your goal, welcome to the forum. I get like 10 17's a day but I have only ever gotten a sub-17 single once so I know the pain.
Thanks and yeah i have been averaging like 17 and have been trying to sub 10 for the first time and that one probably should have been =P lol but oh well
Scramble: U' R2 U R2 U2 F2 U L U2 R B' D B2 R' B R D2 L R2 D'
x2 // Inspection
L2 l' U' x' D R' D' // Cross (6/6)
y L' U' L // F2L 1 (3/9)
R U2' R' U L U L' // F2L 2 (7/16)
R U' R' U' R U R' U2 R U' R' // F2L 3 (11/27)
y U2' R U R' U' R U R' // F2L 4 (8/35)
U' R U R' U R U2 R' // OLL (8/43)
U // AUF (1/44) View at alg.garron.us