Rather confused about Fewest moves.

[ianini]

As the title suggests, I'm confused about FMC. This is what I think it is. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Your given a scrambled cube with the and you try and find the solution with the fewest moves. You can not turn the cube at all and have to use insane look ahead. Once you have written down the solution, a judge then performs the solution too see if the solution is correct. This is most likely wrong, so if you do happen to know what the proper format and rules for FMC, could you please post them below. Thanks!

-Ian

 

[Kian]

You are not understanding it correctly. Read the regulations for clarification.

 

[ianini]

You are not understanding it correctly. Read the regulations for clarification.

Thank you.

 

[ianini]

Also, what is the use of the colored stickers during the solve?

 

[blah]

Cheat. Duh.

 

[qqwref]

Ha.

You are given a scramble and you must bring your own cubes. You can do anything you want with them but you must have a solution (that solves the given scramble and isn't related to it) written down at the end.

The extra stickers are used for something called 'insertion' where you solve up to one or two 3-cycles (or something similar) and then, instead of just doing the cycles at the end, go back through the solve with the pieces marked (that's where the stickers come in) to see if there is any place in the solve where you could do the cycle and save moves through cancellations.