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[Lapinsavant]

5.05 D F2 D2 R2 F2 D F2 R2 B2 D L' D' B' L D' F L' B' L F2
I got PLL skip xD

 

[Michael Womack]

Skewb scramble U' R L' U' R' U B' L U B

 

[TDM]

12. 9.86 D B2 F2 L2 D2 L2 U R2 F2 L2 D' F' R' B' U' R F L D R B'

13 moves up to LS:

x' // Inspection
U [M' x'] U' x' D2 // Cross (4/4)
U2 R' U R2 U2 R' // F2L-1+2 (6/10)
y' M F M' // F2L-3 (3/13)
R2 U2 R2 U' R2 U' R2 // F2L-4 (7/20)
F R U R' U' F' // EO (6/26)
U F U L' U2 R U' R' U2 L R U' R' F' U // ZBLL (15/41)

// View at alg.cubing.net

 

[Hypocrism]

R F U' D2 F2 D' F' D' R F2 L2 F2 U R2 B2 D' B2 D2 L2 F2

I've never seen an entire cross on a scramble, even though this has 2 switched.

And wow:
U2 F R2 F' L2 D2 F D2 U2 L2 B2 D F' R' U2 F U' F' D2 F'

Two pairs trivially planned in inspection?! Ridiculous.

 

[TDM]

U2 F R2 F' L2 D2 F D2 U2 L2 B2 D F' R' U2 F U' F' D2 F'

x2 y // Inspection
R' [D U] R' L' U R // XX-cross (7/7)
U L' U L U' R U R' // F2L-3 (8/15)

what I actually did:
U' L' U L U' L' U L // F2L-4 (8/23)
U2 R U2 R2 F R F' U2 R' F R F' // OLLCP (12/35)
U' M2 U' M U2 M' U' M2 // EPLL (8/43)
I wasted too much time trying to remember where to hold the two corners with the same colour on U for OLLCP (I knew it was F or B...), as well as quite a lot of other pauses, so the time wasn't good.

and what I usually would have done (sledge the last pair - I don't know why I didn't...):
U' L' U [L r] U' r' F // LS (avoiding dot OLL) (7/22)
U' f R U R' U' f' // EO (7/29)
F R U R' U' F' // CLL (6/35)
r U R' U' r' U2 R U R U' R2 U2 R // ELL (13/48)

 

[Hypocrism]

x2 y // Inspection
R' [D U] R' L' U R // XX-cross (7/7)
U L' U L U' R U R' // F2L-3 (8/15)

what I actually did:
U' L' U L U' L' U L // F2L-4 (8/23)
U2 R U2 R2 F R F' U2 R' F R F' // OLLCP (12/35)
U' M2 U' M U2 M' U' M2 // EPLL (8/43)
I wasted too much time trying to remember where to hold the two corners with the same colour on U for OLLCP (I knew it was F or B...), as well as quite a lot of other pauses, so the time wasn't good.

and what I usually would have done (sledge the last pair - I don't know why I didn't...):
U' L' U [L r] U' r' F // LS (avoiding dot OLL) (7/22)
U' f R U R' U' f' // EO (7/29)
F R U R' U' F' // CLL (6/35)
r U R' U' r' U2 R U R U' R2 U2 R // ELL (13/48)

Mine was 8.58, which is good for me (average 13, now only impressed with sub-9s) except inserted the cross-colour-on-top corner's pair in a way that builds the last pair (I didn't actually know it, haven't seen it before this solve)

U2 F R2 F' L2 D2 F D2 U2 L2 B2 D F' R' U2 F U' F' D2 F'

x2 y' (chose a different orientation to yours, I don't quite know why I chose this one)
L' (U D) R' L' U L (f2l-2)
d' R U R' U' R U2 R' U R U' R'
d' R U' R'
OLL, PLL

I saw afterwards that I too should have done sledge;

x2 y' (chose a different orientation to yours, I don't quite know why I chose this one)
L' (U D) R' L' U L (f2l-2)
d' R U R' U' R U2 R2 F R F'
U' R' U R
U, wide-antisune
U-perm, U2

 

[IRNjuggle28]

R2 U' D2 F L' D' L F' U' D F2 U' R U B' R L' D R2 U' B' L B' F' U'

x2
L' F2 R' u' L' u
U2 R' U2 R U R' U' R
R U2 R' L U' L'
L' U L U y' R U R' U R U' R'//
LS + LL is a corner 3 cycle. What are the odds of that?

 

[TDM]

6. 11.01 D' B2 F2 L2 D' R2 D' F2 D L2 U B' L D2 R2 D L' B2 R2 D' R2 U'

x2 y
L D' U2 R2 U R
U' y' R' U' R
D R U' R' D'
U2 R U2 R' U' R U R'
U' r U2 R' U' R U' r2 F2 r U r' F r
U M2 U' M2 U' M' U2 M2 U2 M'

not my exact F2L, but it was something like that

 

[goodatthis]

R2 U' D2 F L' D' L F' U' D F2 U' R U B' R L' D R2 U' B' L B' F' U'

x2
L' F2 R' u' L' u
U2 R' U2 R U R' U' R
R U2 R' L U' L'
L' U L U y' R U R' U R U' R'//
LS + LL is a corner 3 cycle. What are the odds of that?

Well there are 24 (?) L3C cases, so I wonder how many LSLL cases are 3 cycles.

 

[Cale S]

LS + LL is a corner 3 cycle. What are the odds of that?

I know this is probably a rhetorical question, but I think the probability of that happening is 1/51840.

Spoiler

I got this by taking the number of LS + LL cases that are corner 3-cycles and dividing it by the number of LS + LL cases total.
total cases = EP cases*CP cases*EO cases*CO cases = 5!*5!/2*2^4*3^4 = 933120
for corner 3-cycles, the first sticker of the cycle has 15 possibilities, the second sticker has 12, and the third has 9. Each 3-cycle can be shifted by one
(such as changing UBL>UBR>RFD to UBR>RFD>UBL), so I divided 15*12*9 by 3. I then divided by 3 again because the cycle UBL>UBR>RFD can also be
expressed as LUB>BUR>DFR, and every corner 3-cycle can be written 3 different ways by changing which stickers on each piece you use.
Taking 15*12*9/3/3 = 180 and dividing that by 933120 gives 0.00001929012, or 1/51840

Not entirely sure if this is correct, but I think it is.

Edit: Decided to do some 2x2 solves, first scramble I got: R2 F2 R' U2 R2 F2 R' U2 R2

 

[XTowncuber]

F2 R F2 U2 L B2 U2 B2 L2 B2 L' D B R' U2 F2 U F U2 B

roux: F D' R' U R U' R2 F'

 

[RageCuber]

WHAT... THE... HECK.
U' F U' F' U' L' U2 L F2 U2 F' U2 F' R2 D2 B L2 D2 B'

bottome face, yellow. really easy x-cross, not much else is special.

 

[goodatthis]

WHAT... THE... HECK.
U' F U' F' U' L' U2 L F2 U2 F' U2 F' R2 D2 B L2 D2 B'

bottome face, yellow. really easy x-cross, not much else is special.

B R2 F D' L2 D
F' U F U' F'
U R U' R' U'
F' U2 F U'

IF says 29 moves is optimal

 

[cmhardw]

lol Xcross. Scramble with cross on right:
F' L2 U' R2 F L2 F' U L F2 L U B U2 R2 U F D2 L2 D2 B D' R D' L'

 

[TDM]

33. 23.55 D B2 L2 U L2 B2 L2 D U F2 U F R' B2 R' F D' B' L F U'

x2 y
U R2 U' R2 F2 R
L' U r' U
L' F L' U L U' r
U R' U R U' R' U R
L U L' U' L U L'
6 move OLL, and I did this OH so I did the lefty version and got an A perm, which is great for OH.

 

[RageCuber]

Got this scramble from qq timer during warm-up so I only got a 19.
yellow cross. L2 B' L2 U' F R' F2 D2 F R' B2 R2 B2 L' F2 B2 U2 F2 L' B2

 

[Ronxu]

4.546 (-5, -3) / (-5, 3) / (0, 3) / (0, 0) / (3) / (-2) / (-5) / (6) / (5) / (-4) / UdUU

 

[Hypocrism]

Wow, 7.10

R2 F2 D B2 D' R2 F2 D2 F2 D' B2 R' U L' F' D' R2 D R' F

z2 U M' U'x' D (cross)
U R' U R (F2L-1, pair)
U2 L U' L' (F2L-2)
U L' U L y' R' U2 R (F2L-3, pair)
U2 y L' U L (F2L-4)
U2 FRU'R'U' R U R' F' U' (LL)

33

 

[Renslay]

Wow, 7.10

R2 F2 D B2 D' R2 F2 D2 F2 D' B2 R' U L' F' D' R2 D R' F

z2 U M' U'x' D' (cross)
U R' U R (F2L-1, pair)
U2 L U' L' (F2L-2)
U L' U L y' R' U2 R (F2L-3, pair)
U2 y L' U L (F2L-4)
U2 FRU'R'U' R U R' F' U' (LL)

35

Fixed that for you. By the way, nice solve.

 

[JasonDL13]

U' B2 L' F R' L' U' R' U2 R' F2 U2 F U2 R2 D2 F' R2 B L2 F2

Apply it twice to the cube.

I got my pb on this (surprise!) with 16.09. I'm struggling to sub 20.

So yeah, I got that scramble and I failed to start the timer, then I applied the scramble twice and I got like half of f2l done.

I don't have my reconstruction but I can tell you I know 4LLL and I got cross skip, 1 f2l pair skip , 1 look oll, and one look pll.