How i got my 2nd fastest time on 3x3

[J_mcrae]

Today, I just got my 2nd fastest solve ever. For my PB though, I may have to share later. Here is the reconstruction.

Scramble - D F' D2 B2 L2 U' R2 U' L2 U R2 D' U' B' D U' L D F U2

Inspection - y'
Cross - R D R' D' R2
F2L 1 - R U' R'
F2L 2 - U L' U' L y' U' R U R'
F2L 3 - U2 L U' L' U L' U' L
F2L 4 - U2 L U' L'
OLL - U2 F R' F' r U R U' r'
PLL - J Perm
AUF - U2

50 Moves in total

Now I definitely could have improved in some parts like canceling into the first pair to make an XCross, doing a different OLL to get a U Perm, and just turning faster in general, but I was still pretty happy with the time. If you have any improvements besides those, I would be happy to hear them

 

[Isaiah Scott]

Yo congrats! I messed up f2l and got 13.65 lol

 

[DGCubes]

Congrats, nice solution! Here's another cool way I found to get an X-cross besides cancelling (white on U, green on F):
U' D R2 U2 D' L2

Which actually leads to a pretty nice continuation too:
y' R U2 R' // F2L 2
U2 y' R U R' // F2L 3
U' L' U2 L U' L' U L // F2L 4
U2 R' F' U' F U' R U R' U R // OLL
U2 // PLL skip!

The PLL skip and nice 2nd and 3rd pairs are pretty cool and unexpected

 

[J_mcrae]

Congrats, nice solution! Here's another cool way I found to get an X-cross besides cancelling (white on U, green on F):
U' D R2 U2 D' L2

Which actually leads to a pretty nice continuation too:
y' R U2 R' // F2L 2
U2 y' R U R' // F2L 3
U' L' U2 L U' L' U L // F2L 4
U2 R' F' U' F U' R U R' U R // OLL
U2 // PLL skip!

The PLL skip and nice 2nd and 3rd pairs are pretty cool and unexpected

I see what you mean, but I performed better with my solution, even though it didn't have a PLL Skip

 

[Jorian Meeuse]

Congrats, nice solution! Here's another cool way I found to get an X-cross besides cancelling (white on U, green on F):
U' D R2 U2 D' L2

Which actually leads to a pretty nice continuation too:
y' R U2 R' // F2L 2
U2 y' R U R' // F2L 3
U' L' U2 L U' L' U L // F2L 4
U2 R' F' U' F U' R U R' U R // OLL
U2 // PLL skip!

The PLL skip and nice 2nd and 3rd pairs are pretty cool and unexpected

I did the same thing, except I used a different OLL alg, which is R U R' U R U' B U' B' R'. It removes the pre and post AUF. I got a 6.49 on it btw, did a few unnecessary rotations.