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Scramble with cross on D

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

y2 L2 R2 U' R' U2 L F L y U2 R U R' U F D

lol 15 move cross. It was hysterical to read 5 moves of your solve off, look down, see partial cross/preserved pairs/repeat, then after the final move see cross built with all 4 pairs symmetrically placed in the U layer.

cross + 4 pair preservation: y2 L2 R2 U' R' U2 L F L y U2 R U R' U F D (15)
f2l1: y2 U R U' R' (4, 19)
f2l2: R U' R' (3, 22)
f2l3+4: y U' R U2 R' U y R U' R' d R U' R' (12, 34)

I'm sure there's a much shorter solution lol.

lol@Olivér
 
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3x3, cross on d:
R B' U R' U2 L' B' L' D' F2 D F' L2 U2 R2 B U2 B' U2 B' U R U' L U2

double-x-cross: y2 L B R' F2 (4)
3rd: y' U2 R' U' R U R' F R F' (9)
4th: y R U R' U' R U2 R' U' R U R'(11)
OLL: L U L' U L U2 L' (7)
PLL: skip
 
Scramble with cross on D

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

cross - y' U L F' U' R B'
f2l 1 - R U R' y' U R U' R'
f2l 2 - y' U2 L U L' y' U R U' R'
f2l 3 - y U R U R' U' y R' U' R
F2l 4 - y2 R' U2 R U' R' U R
LL - U2

first ever. Too bad it was on such a bad f2l. 12.82
 
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Scramble with cross on D

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

cross - y' U L F' U' R B'
f2l 1 - R U R' y' U R U' R'
f2l 2 - y' U2 L U L' y' U R U' R'
f2l 3 - y U R U' R' U' y R' U' R
F2l 4 - y2 R' U2 R U' R' U R
LL - U2

first ever. Too bad it was on such a bad f2l. 12.82
That solution doesn't work.
 
My friend Jon Rothman gave me this scramble:
L2 R2 D L2 R2 U2 L2 R2 D L2 R' U2 R' U' R' U' R L U' L2 U L

First try was 8.85 (bad solution), although he had a different last layer than me. So I tried again, didn't get his solution, but got a 4.44 PLL skip (was slow, b/c I was expecting his h-perm). Beautiful solve.
Later found out that I had scrambled wrong. My solution was basically the exact same solution as the real solution, except I didn't get the H-perm that constantly get while reconstructing. Anways, this was my solution:

Solution: R' U' R2 U R' L' U L2 U' L' U2 R U R' U R U2 R'
Crazy.
Real Solution: R' U' R2 U R' L' U L2 U' L' U2 R U R' U R U2 R' M2 U M2 U2 M2 U M2 U2
 
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