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The 3x3x3 Example Solve Thread

L' D2 B U2 F2 L2 F2 R2 B' L2 R2 B L' F' R U' R2 U2 B' L'
Cross: F' R' D R' L D' (6)
1st Pair: U L' U' L R' U' R (7)
2nd Pair: F U' F2 U' F (5)
3rd Pair: y' R U R' U' R U R' (7)
4th Pair: L' U' L DW' L U L' (7)
Last Layer: y R' U' F' U F U R' U' R D' R' D R' U D' R2 U' R2 D R2 (20)
AUF: U2 (1)

HTM Moves: 52

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

x2 y'
D S' L U2 L' D'
U' M2 U' r U' r

12 moves for a 2x2x3 with a pseudo-cross edge.

U2 R' U' R
F R' F'

19 for F2L-1.

I played with this scramble for way too long.
All my solutions were pretty average though, so I'll leave the scramble up for the pros.
 
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Next: F' R2 U F R' U L' F2 U' D2 F2 R2 L2 F D2 B U2 L2 F2 U2 F2

14 moves for LSE, 7 for COLL... Pretty dang good.
My only regret: I probably coulda done dBR in less moves.

[51 STM]
y // inspect
R B2 M' u R' U' R u2 // FB (8)
M' U R' U R' U2 R U' R' B U B' // dBR (12)
M' U2 M' // 4b (3)
U' F R' F' R // EO (5)
U2 R' U' R' U' R U R U R // LS (10)
L' U' L U' L' U2 L // easy antisune case (7)
M2 U' M' U2 M' U // easy 4c (6)


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

I played with it a bit because I couldn't resist:
y2 // inspect
U2 B2 R' E R u2 L' B' L2 F L' // 11 STM 2x2x3
// 6 bad edges though -- ick
 
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U' F L' D2 U2 B2 R D2 R F2 L' U2 L2 D B F U R' B F'
8.42

R2' D R D F' E' // cross
L' U' L2 U L' // f2l1
U L' U' L U' R' U' R // f2l2
y' R' U R2 U' R' // f2l3
U' R' U R U' R' U' R // f2l4
U R' F R2 B' R2' F' R2 B R' // oll
R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U2 // pll

next: D2 B' L2 U' L2 D R2 F2 D' R2 D2 R2 D' B2 L U R F L F2 L2
 
y' x
U R' F U2 F R'//cross
D' U2 R U' R' D//f2l 1
L U L'//f2l 2
U' R U' R' U2 F' U' F//f2l 3
U L' U' L r U2 R' U' R U' r'//hls
U' x' L2' D2' L U L' D2' L U' r//pll

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

x2
B F U F2 u' F R' u2 // FB (8)
M' U R2 F' U2 F U' r U r2 // dBR (10)
M U2 M' U' M // EO (5)
U' R U2 R' U' R U R' // LS (8)
M U2 M // 4b (3)
U R U2 R' U' R U R' U2 L' U R U' L R' // COLL (15)
U M2 U M U2 M' U2 M2 // 4c (8)


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