Easy / Lucky / Hard / Weird scrambles Thread

[qqwref]

x2 y F' U R2' U' R makes a 1x2x3 block, but I can't find any way to continue this into a bigger block nicely. So maybe it's a good Roux scramble

 

[Escher]

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

- 10.28 full step.

put your cross colour on top and see why

 

[MTGjumper]

9.88.

Full step? Yes.
Lucky? Very much so.

(41 moves, 2 move cross, 3 of 4 pairs were R U' R' or similar)



(Also, 14.31 with cross on D)

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

Oh my freakin' gawwwwdd!!!! Look at this CCT scramble!!!!!
D2 R2 D2 F L' U2 B' L' R F R F2 L D U' L2 R U2 R2 D2 B2 F R' D2 F'

White: U
Green: F
Solution:
x2 U' L' y' R2 U R U R' y' R' U' R' U2 L' U L U' y R U2 R' U' R U R2 U2 y R U R' U R2 R U R' F' U

Double X-cross with easy slots, easy OLL AND A PLL SKIP!~!!!!!

 

[Zava]

nice 2x2 scramble:
R' F U2 R' U2 F R' U' R2 F2 R F2 R2 U' F R' F R2 F U2 R2 U2 R' U2 F

 

[Faz]

3.75 - saw the whole solve during inspection, but stuffed up execution due to lockups and whatnot.

EDIT: 2.40 second try.

 

[Kian]

Fun 2x2 scramble.

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

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

Fun 2x2 scramble.

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

Except that's obviously not a 2x2 scramble.

 

[Kian]

sorry, i was unaware that a 3x3 scramble wouldn't suffice on a 2x2. that's what the scramble came from. how can you tell?

Edit: I see the 2x2 scramble before mine only uses R, F, and U moves. Is that the difference?

 

[philkt731]

2x2 scrambles will either be RFU or if they're RFULBD, they don't turn opposite faces in succession

 

[Rubixcubematt]

Fun 2x2 scramble.

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

very nice scramble for BLD solving. I got a 1:45 on it.

 

[IamWEB]

Sunday Contest Madness!

For whatever reason, I forgot to start entering the Sunday Contest when I started Fridrich a month ago, even with my 40's averages...

I decided to, and imported the scrambles into CCT. So I'm doing the solves, but this scramble:

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

Got me a new personal best! For the first four solves (1 of which had a PLL skip), I averaged about 40 seconds. With the above scramble, I got 26.93 seconds.

Analysis:
-Cross: Seemed pretty good, nice cross.
--X-Cross: As I was solving the first pair, I saw that I had one inserted already, which actually made this the 2nd pair.

-F2L: I might have had easier, but I didn't struggle with it at all. As I did the last pair, I saw the timer go to 18 seconds, and I new this would likely be a Personal Best.

-OLL: I use 4LLL (with a few additional algs) , but this OLL was the 'Cross Not Symmetric' case (I get this alg. a lot when I have to use 2-Look).

-PLL: Also, PLL, making this a Full Fridrich Last Layer. Luckily, it was the H Perm! Being excited about getting a PB, I rushed and took a risk on this: I didn't examine much, I just assumed this was the H Perm, barely getting a look at the U layer.

A U2 afterwords, and that was it! A new PB! This was like a miracle solve for me. Try out the scramble yourself, and tell me what you think of it!

 

[Kian]

gotta love accidental x-cross, haha.

 

[IamWEB]

gotta love accidental x-cross, haha.

lol, gotta love the holidays.

EDIT: x-cross? x-mas? conspiracy? or am I just filled with joy... O_o

EDIT 2: It's a shame that the solve really doesn't a make a difference in my average.

 

[Ryanrex116]

I got 38.08. That is pretty average for me.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

whoa o_O I thought that cross was gonna be just kinda hard...and then in the middle of the first pair (like you) I noticed it Got a 14.96

 

[mrbiggs]

Had to post it, the way I did this scramble was full step (possibly non-lucky), and I think there's a fairly easy double X-cross in there somewhere I missed (though probably at the cost of my ridiculously easy LL):

cross on bottom
F L D2 R' D' B2 D' F L2 U2 F2 U2 B2 R' B' R D2 L' B U2 F' R U R' U'

my solution:

x-cross: y D' R' D' L2 y F R' F'
F2L #2: y' U R U' R' d' R' U R2
F2L #3: U R' U R U R'
F2L #4: L U' L' U2 L U' L'
PLL: R U R' U' R' F R F'
OLL: ccw U-perm + AUF

 

[Ryanrex116]

nice 2x2 scramble:
R' F U2 R' U2 F R' U' R2 F2 R F2 R2 U' F R' F R2 F U2 R2 U2 R' U2 F

I got 7.28, but my hands are all sweaty.

 

[Ryanrex116]

Fun 2x2 scramble.

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

I got 6.35

 

[Ryanrex116]

Had to post it, the way I did this scramble was full step (possibly non-lucky), and I think there's a fairly easy double X-cross in there somewhere I missed (though probably at the cost of my ridiculously easy LL):

cross on bottom
F L D2 R' D' B2 D' F L2 U2 F2 U2 B2 R' B' R D2 L' B U2 F' R U R' U'

my solution:

x-cross: y D' R' D' L2 y F R' F'
F2L #2: y' U R U' R' d' R' U R2
F2L #3: U R' U R U R'
F2L #4: L U' L' U2 L U' L'
PLL: R U R' U' R' F R F'
OLL: ccw U-perm + AUF

I got 34.76 using my own method. YES!! I realize i am bored. It is very close to xmas.