Daily Competition

Today's event is 3x3 FMC!
Scramble: R' U' F D F2 U' R2 U B2 D B2 U B2 U F' R' D' R B2 U F2 D' F2 R' U' F
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FMC: 38 Moves. Done essentially linearly except for last 3 corners, in less than 5 minutes. It didn't seem like it was worth working harder for it with a result this decent so easily. :-)
Scramble: R' U' F D F2 U' R2 U B2 D B2 U B2 U F' R' D' R B2 U F2 D' F2 R' U' F

Solution: D U' B L2 R B' R2 B' R B R B' D' B F' R2 F2 D2 F' D R' D' R B R' B' R D B' R F R' B R F' D' R' D2

D U' B L2 // 2x2x2
R B' R2 B' R B // 2x2x3
R B' D' B F' R2 F // 3x cross
F D2 F' D R' D' R // 4th pair
B R' B' R D . R D' R' D2 // AB3C
insert at .: B' R F R' B R F' R'
 
I decide to try this FMC (if this required a previous enlistment, please just ignore my post)

(R' * U F) // EO [3/3]
(U F2 R U') // 2X2X2 [4/7]
L D' @ L // p 2X2X3 [3/10]
R U2 R U2 R2 // p F2L-1 [5/15]
U R' U R U' L2 // AB5C [6/21]
@ B2 R F R' B2 R F' R' // solves two corners [8-2/27]
* U' R' U L U' R U L' // solves all remaining corners [8-1/34]
 
I found a 30:


(D2 U’ L2 B) (4)
(R L2 U’ D R2 D L2 U L2 U’ R’) (11)
(F2 U) (2) 17 moves to HTR
(R2 F’ B D2 F B’) (6) 2e2e
U’ L2 U2 L2 U2 L2 U’ (7) Finish From 2e2e

Could have been better, since HTR was insane, but finishing from HTR was really bad.
 
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