Scramble

[SpeakCuba]

I got this interesting scramble on Cstimer. I was wondering what any more advanced cubers would do, as I found a way to preserve the pair, but it makes the cross solution lengthy and not that finger trick friendly.

//Scramble: F R' D2 B U2 B' L2 F L2 D2 B U2 B' D U B2 F R' U2 B

 

[SpeakCuba]

I got this interesting scramble on Cstimer. I was wondering what any more advanced cubers would do, as I found a way to preserve the pair, but it makes the cross solution lengthy and not that finger trick friendly.

//Scramble: F R' D2 B U2 B' L2 F L2 D2 B U2 B' D U B2 F R' U2 B

Well, although my cross solution was the same, I found a much better solution, although I am still interested in how others would solve this scramble. ( It gives an OLL skip).

 

[Aergyl]

I'm not sure if I count as an advanced solver, but I would probably have done something like this:

x2 y // Inspection
R' B' R U' L F (D' U) // Cross
L' U L // Pair 1
U' R U R' U' y R' U' R // Pair 2
L' U' L2 F' L' F L' U L // Pair 3
F' R U R' U' R' F R // Pair 4
U r U R' U R U2 r' // OLL
U R2' D' R2 U R D R' D' R U' R' U R' (D U') // PLL

Apart from the soft regrip right after the cross and the y-rotation, there are no regrips.

 

[artless1der]

I'm not sure if I count as an advanced solver, but I would probably have done something like this:

x2 y // Inspection
R' B' R U' L F (D' U) // Cross
L' U L // Pair 1
U' R U R' U' y R' U' R // Pair 2
L' U' L2 F' L' F L' U L // Pair 3
F' R U R' U' R' F R // Pair 4
U r U R' U R U2 r' // OLL
U R2' D' R2 U R D R' D' R U' R' U R' (D U') // PLL

Apart from the soft regrip right after the cross and the y-rotation, there are no regrips.

I would have done Roux ƪ⁠(⁠‾⁠.⁠‾⁠“⁠)⁠┐

 

[SpeakCuba]

I'm not sure if I count as an advanced solver, but I would probably have done something like this:

x2 y // Inspection
R' B' R U' L F (D' U) // Cross
L' U L // Pair 1
U' R U R' U' y R' U' R // Pair 2
L' U' L2 F' L' F L' U L // Pair 3
F' R U R' U' R' F R // Pair 4
U r U R' U R U2 r' // OLL
U R2' D' R2 U R D R' D' R U' R' U R' (D U') // PLL

Apart from the soft regrip right after the cross and the y-rotation, there are no regrips.

Wow, this is great, your cross solution was much better than mine, and I learned a new F2L case for the 4th pair. Thanks!

 

[Aergyl]

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Wow, this is great, your cross solution was much better than mine, and I learned a new F2L case for the 4th pair. Thanks!

On second thought, I think R' F R F' R U R' is even better than F' R U R' U' R' F R in most cases.