FMC at Dutch nationals

[guusrs]

Hi FMC guys,

Today the FMC sramble for the Dutch Nationals was:
U' F2 R2 D' R2 U B2 R2 B' D U' R2 B D' L2 D2 L' F2 D
For those who wanna give it a try..............

Happy cubing

Gus

 

[Jude]

Wow, after 15 minutes of looking at that I can't find a single decent start. Found a couple of double x-crosses but they lead to bad F2L and LLs.. Bad luck on getting that scramble in competition!

edit: found a nice-ish 2x2x2 block, I'll have to see where it leads..

edit: Found a great solution!

2x2x2 (5): D' B L' F2 U
2x2x3 (7): B' L2 D2 L' B2 L' D'
Last edge and set up last 2 pairs (5): L2 D' B D L2
3rd Pair (6): U2 L D L' D' U2
Last Pair (3): B L' B'
OLL (7): B L B' L B L2 B'
PLL (1): L2
Cancellations give D' B L' F2 U B' L2 D2 L' B2 L' D' L2 D' B D L2 U2 L D L' D' U2 L B L2 B' L2 (28)

 

[fanwuq]

No FMC at Drexel.
I shall try this when I get the chance. What was your result?

 

[DavidWoner]

yeah this one is hard, found a 7 move 2x2x3 and a 9 move 2xcross, but none of them lead anywhere.

 

[Cerberus]

I never really did fmc... but I was like hey let's try it ^^
and I got this at first try:
F2 U2 F B U2 B' U B D' B2 R' B2 D2 L U2 L' D2 R' F R F' (21 for F2L)
my normal LL..
L F R' F' L' F R F' (8)
L2 D' B U B U' B' D L2 F U' F' U (13)
so in total 21+21 => 42

 

[fanwuq]

D'BL'F2B'L'BDU2BU')D'FL2F'D'L2DL'D'L'DLDLFU'F'D'FUBL2F'L'FL2B'LF'L2
41, Pretty much linear

 

[Kian]

whoa. i have never attempted fmc, actually. i never got around to learning petrus but i just did a solve regular solve using fridrich and counted the moves and i got 45 with an oll skip. interesting.

that was reallly lucky for me, though.

 

[DavidWoner]

guus got 30... you are amazing guus

 

[gogozerg]

RLB
R'F'RD
L'U2R'F
RU'LF
R2DRD'F2D'F2D
FMF2MFR'L2

Linear solve, 3 minutes.

 

[masterofthebass]

gogozerg, that solution doesn't work for me. I seem to get lost at the CMLL part. I guess knowing NMCMLL would help for FMC

RLB
R'F'RD
L'U2R'F
RU'LF

R'UD'LDL'F2L'F2L
MF2MFR'L2


That's the finish i found with your starting blocks.

 

[pjk]

gogozerg, that solution doesn't work for me. I seem to get lost at the CMLL part. I guess knowing NMCMLL would help for FMC

It worked for me, Dan.

 

[masterofthebass]

Woops, I was doing a rotation that I felt natural. Anyway, that's a beautiful solution. Just amazing.

 

[gogozerg]

gogozerg, that solution doesn't work for me. I seem to get lost at the CMLL part. I guess knowing NMCMLL would help for FMC

Try again?

Off-topic: I don't exactly know what NMCMLL means, but corner sequences should work whatever the colors, it's just a matter of knowing how sequences make them move and considering the relative position of "pseudo-block" parts.


@Guus
Congratulations. What about your solution?

 

[Kian]

wow. that solution is truly elegant. i really enjoy going through and seeing these great fmc solutions myself. i'm not familiar with the method, but was that heise, gogo?

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

I need to practice FMC, it seems very fun

 

[DavidWoner]

wow. that solution is truly elegant. i really enjoy going through and seeing these great fmc solutions myself. i'm not familiar with the method, but was that heise, gogo?

I believe it was a modified form of roux.

 

[CanadianPires]

gogozerg is Gilles Roux...

 

[Kian]

oh, ok. i saw the blocks on either side but i'm not familiar at all with either roux or heise, so i wasn't certain. thanks!

 

[DavidWoner]

gogozerg is Gilles Roux...

I know that, but I decided to answer the question that was asked. Gilles needs to post more FMCs, I would love to see some more advanced Roux solutions worked out by the master. Its certainly an interesting method(but I am terrible at it) and I would like to gain a greater understanding.

 

[guusrs]

Wow, after 15 minutes of looking at that I can't find a single decent start. Found a couple of double x-crosses but they lead to bad F2L and LLs.. Bad luck on getting that scramble in competition!

edit: found a nice-ish 2x2x2 block, I'll have to see where it leads..

edit: Found a great solution!

2x2x2 (5): D' B L' F2 U
2x2x3 (7): B' L2 D2 L' B2 L' D'
Last edge and set up last 2 pairs (5): L2 D' B D L2
3rd Pair (6): U2 L D L' D' U2
Last Pair (3): B L' B'
OLL (7): B L B' L B L2 B'
PLL (1): L2
Cancellations give D' B L' F2 U B' L2 D2 L' B2 L' D' L2 D' B D L2 U2 L D L' D' U2 L B L2 B' L2 (28)

Chukk, that is an amazing solve, almost LL skip, like I had at my 27 move world record.

My solution at the competition yesterday was:

D' F2 U R' U' L U R U' L2 B U B' D B D' U' F' D F2 U D' R F2 R' F' R F' R' F' (30)

decomposition:
pseudo F2L minus pair: D' F2. L' B U B' D B D' (9!)
F2L: U' F' D F2 U D' (15)
LL edges: R F2 R' F' R F' R' F' (23)
leaving a corner 3-cyle.
to solve at dot insert: U R' U' L U R U' L'

I found that first amazing 9 moves within 5 minutes. But it was hard to finish.
Can Anyone find a better continuation after these 9 moves?

Gus