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KiwiCuber

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My 31 tied OcR from WC13 :D

(Premoves L2 B) D' L2 R2 F2 D R2 D2 R D B2 F U' L B R F2 R2 D' U
F2 U2 B D' R (2x2x2)
L U B2 U' (2x2x3)
D B D B2 L2 B (EO+XXXcross)
L' D L (Finish F2L)
F D2 F' L' D F D F' D' L D2 (ZBLL)
L2 B (Undo Premoves)

A little bit lucky but still an OcR :3

I got NZ NR on the same scramble and had the same 2x2x2 block to start

Solution
F2 U2 B D' R (2x2x2)
L' D L2 D' B D B D B' (XX-cross)
U' L' U L' D' L' D (F2L-3)
B L B' L' U' L' U (F2L-4)
Fw (U L U' L')2 Fw' (OLL)
No Auf PLL skip

38 moves :D
(goal for worlds was to get one success sub-50, got both successes 47 and 38)
 

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I wasn't in Vegas, but here is what I found at home:

First scramble: U2 R' U F' L2 F' B' U' R U' F' R2 F2 D2 R2 F2 D' B2 D2
Solution: x U' [U F2 U', B'] B' U D F' D2 L2 R U' R U' B2 U' R U' R2 U' R' U' R (22 moves found in 20 minutes)

Second scramble: D' L2 R2 F2 D R2 D2 R D B2 F U' L B R F2 R2 D' U
Solution: y D B' U' R F U2 L [L' D L, U2] U' F2 D R U2 R2 U2 R L' U2 (22 moves found in 80 minutes, backup was 33 moves)

Seems easier, when there is no pressure...
 

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My solutions from the world champs.

1st scramble: U2 R' U F' L2 F' B' U' R U' F' R2 F2 D2 R2 F2 D' B2 D2
1st solution: B R' B F U2 D B F' D2 F U2 F' D2 F' D' F D R F R F R U2 L2 U R U' L2 U (29 moves, but DNF by a written mistake)
Pre-scramble: R U' R

1st square: B R' B
2nd square: F U2
2x2x3 block: D B * U2
More 2 squares: F2 D' F D
All but 4 corners: R F R F
Correction: R U' R

I found this skeleton in 45 min. or so, and not enough time left for me
to search optimal insertions. Therefore I did:

Corner 3-cycle: R' U' L2 U R U' L2 U
Insert at *: F' D2 F U2 F' D2 F U2

I wrote down this solution in the final few minutes, and it resulted in DNF. :(

The optimal solution for the skeleton is 28 moves.

2nd scramble: D' L2 R2 F2 D R2 D2 R D B2 F U' L B R F2 R2 D' U
2nd solution: F2 U2 B D' R L' B' L' B L' B L B2 L' D2 B' D L' B2 R' F U2 F' R B L2 B2 D2 (28 moves)
30 min backup solution.

Pre-scramble: B D2

2x2x2 block: F2 U2 B D' R
Pseudo 2x2x3 block: L' B' L' B L'
More square: B L B2
More square: L'
Finish F2L: D2 B' D
LL: L' B2 R' F U2 F' R B L2 B
Correction: B D2

I knew this solution was not enough to win, but couldn't find any better solution in time.

Congrats to the winners with the excellent moves.
Great sum of podium: 25+26+26=77. (WR is 74 in BW Open 2013?)

FYI, Mean of 2 podium for the WC2013:
  1. Sébastien Auroux (29, 26 = 27.5)
  2. Jan Bentlage (28, 31 = 29.5)
  3. Timothy Sun (32, 31 = 31.5)

EDIT: Excellent solutions, Grzegorz.
I like the first solve with EO-first, looks natural and easy to see. :tu
 
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keemy

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I doubt anyone cares to see mine but

(they accidentally gave some competitors the wrong scramble at first I got a 29 on it in like 30 mins =/)
"first scramble": U' B2 F2 R2 U2 R' U B U2 B2 F D' L' B2 L U2
"first solution": R B' F2 L U' L D' L U' L2 U L U R' U2 R2 U2 R' U' L U2 F U' F' L' B' U B U2
Not that great but had a 8 move LL I knew that canceled 1 move into the f2l which was pretty amusing.

first scramble: U2 R' U F' L2 F' B' U' R U' F' R2 F2 D2 R2 F2 D' B2 D2
solution: B' L2 B' D B R U F2 D F' U' F D R' U2 R' U' R F' U2 B U F U B' U

2x2x2: B' L2 B' D B
xcross +good setup: R U F (insert here) U' F R'
finish skeleton: U2 R' U' R F' U F (bruno here) U2

5 corner cycle and I just had nice insertions

and for the final scramble all my starts ended up with bad edges at the end so I gave up =/ the best I found was like 35 but half the moves were spent fixing the last 5 edges.
 

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Thanks. I sometimes use corner-edge pair commutators and find it difficult to use them without wide turns :p. I can do that if I have a lot of time left, but if I'm in a hurry I just need to write down the solution with wide moves...

Just remember that you can NOT use slice turns now. Rotations and wide turns are still there, but slices aren't
 

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F' D' B' D' F2 D F' R F2 D B U' F2 B' R' B' D B' U F2 D2 R D2 L R

2x2: B D U R U R'
2x2x3 + 1 pair: B' U B2 U2 B U2 B
4th pair: U' L' U' L U2 F U2 F'
OLL: L F' L' F U F U' F' U

30 moves is ridiculous for me. I was about to give up on this too. Tried a different F2L about 30 minutes in.

Found in 37 minutes.
 

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scramble: R' F2 L' R' F2 U2 L' F2 L F2 L' B R' U' L U2 B' D R2 B'

2x2x3+EO: U2 B U2 F' U D' L' F' R'
edges+1 corner: F2 D2 F' D F2
14 moves

to bad the corners such though D:
According to IF:

2x2x3+EO: U2 B [@1] U2 F' U D' L' F' R'
edges+1 corner: F2 D2 F' D F2

Insert at [@1]: U' (R' B L2 B' R B L2 [@2] B') U
Insert at [@2]: U' F' [@3] U B' U' F U B
Insert at [@3]: F2 U B U' F2 U B' U'

resulted in 27 moves in total.

Now IF seems to be able to do 1-move setup.
 

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F' D' B' D' F2 D F' R F2 D B U' F2 B' R' B' D B' U F2 D2 R D2 L R

2x2: B D U R U R'
2x2x3 + 1 pair: B' U B2 U2 B U2 B
4th pair: U' L' U' L U2 F U2 F'
OLL: L F' L' F U F U' F' U

30 moves is ridiculous for me. I was about to give up on this too. Tried a different F2L about 30 minutes in.

Found in 37 minutes.

OLL: F' L' U L U L' U' L F

results in 29 moves.
 

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Hi Baiqiang, while I appreciate the new features, I dislike that 8 movers are apparently not prefered when finding insertions. I often get 9 or 10 movers now with just 1 or 2 moves more cancelation at the same place where an 8 miover could be inserted with exactly the same outcome. I don't know the code of the IF, but wouldn't it be quite easy to set a higher priority on pur 8 movers?
 

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Hi Baiqiang, while I appreciate the new features, I dislike that 8 movers are apparently not prefered when finding insertions. I often get 9 or 10 movers now with just 1 or 2 moves more cancelation at the same place where an 8 miover could be inserted with exactly the same outcome. I don't know the code of the IF, but wouldn't it be quite easy to set a higher priority on pur 8 movers?

My program is not yet ready suitable for release but it searches pure commutators first, then with set-up moves.. So it finds the 8 mover first, and if the total move count is lower than with a set-up move (even with set-up move you should be able to cancel more moves) it does not choose the pure commutator.
 

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Hi Baiqiang, while I appreciate the new features, I dislike that 8 movers are apparently not prefered when finding insertions. I often get 9 or 10 movers now with just 1 or 2 moves more cancelation at the same place where an 8 miover could be inserted with exactly the same outcome. I don't know the code of the IF, but wouldn't it be quite easy to set a higher priority on pur 8 movers?

The feature for setups was just easily added by extending the algorithms. The IF finds one or more optimal insertions at a time. But it gives the first one found. Now I'm going to fix the problem. I want to print out all optimal results order by the moves of insertions. Do you have any other ideas?
 

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from fmc.mustcube.net, round #462 (still running), no time limit
Scramble: F' B' L' R U2 F' D2 F2 U' D L' D2 U B' U D L D R' F2 B U2 F2 R' U2 F' D R' B' D'
R' U R2 L B2 //2x2x2 (5/5)
D R2 D' R //2x2x1 + one pair (4/9)
U' F //Pseudo F2L-1 + 2 pairs (2/11)
R' B * U' B' U2 R U //All But 3 corners (7/18)
* = B2 U F U' B2 U F' U' //Corners 3-cycle, 2 moves cancel out (6/24)
Final solution: R' U R2 L B2 D R2 D' R U' F R' B' U F U' B2 U F' U2 B' U2 R U (24 HTM)
I tied my no time limit PB :)
 
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