The 3x3x3 Example Solve Thread

F R2 U' L2 B2 R' L2 B2 R2 B' U2 L' B U D2 L R U L F L2 R' F L R

Speedsolve solution:

Inspect: x2 y
Cross: U B L D' B U' R2 (7/7)
F2L#1: U d L' U' L d L U L' (9/16)
F2L#2: R' U R L' U L (6/22)
F2L#3: U R' U' R U d' R U' R' (9/31)
VHF2L: U L' U2 L U2 y' R U2 R' F' U F (11/42)
OLL: R U R' U R U2 R' (7/49)
PLL: R2 U' R' U' R U R U R U' R (11/60)
AUF: U2 (1/61)

61 moves...beginning to doubt if VHF2L is worth it

Next: R U' L' R2 B F L2 R2 D2 U R2 B F2 L2 F R F D' U' B' U2 B' F R2 B

Edit: Just did scramble, it has a ridiculously easy cross (3 moves) and could easily be made X-cross
 
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lolscramble

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

x' y2 U R'
L' U L
L U' L'
R' U' R
R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F'

or

B L'
R' B R2
B' R'
L' B' L'
B L2 B' L2 D2 B' D2 F L2 F'

Next: B2 R2 U' R2 F2 R2 D' U' F2 U L' B' F' D L' B U' L2 R2 F' R'
 
Next: U2 D F' D F2 B' R U' D2 R2 L F B2 D' B R L2 B' F' R' U F' L2 U F

trying to do fridrich fmc and failing

cross: z' y U R U r' x' F U' F
stuff: L' R' U' L F U2 F' L U' L' R
F2L 3: F' U2 F
more stuff: U R B U B' R' U2 R' U' R2 U R' U R' F R F' R U2 R' y2
PLL: R U R' F2 u' F U' F' U F' D R2

53 moves
next: (((B2 U L' D2 F' L' R U B' U L B L2 U2 R' B2 U2 L' D' F2 D U2 F L2 F')2 D2)2


Unfair ban? ...
 
lolscramble

Next: B2 R2 U' R2 F2 R2 D' U' F2 U L' B' F' D L' B U' L2 R2 F' R'

Alright, I'll give pre-moves a go... never done it before... and not even sure whether I'm doing it right... I've never tried FMC actually before.

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

bleh. 50+ moves. I could do better with normal Roux. But yah, I at least got to know some new techniques.

scramble: U2 F L U2 F L' U F2 U R2 B' F2 R' U L2 B' F2 R2 F2 R2 D R' B' U' R2
 
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U2 F L U2 F L' U F2 U R2 B' F2 R' U L2 B' F2 R2 F2 R2 D R' B' U' R2

R2 L2 F' L' B - Cross (5)
L' U' L y R U2 R2' U2 R L' U L - F2L 1+2 (11, 16)
U' R' U2 R2' U' R2 U' R - F2L 3 (8, 24)
y R' U R U' R' U R - F2L 4 (7, 31)
U' f (R U R' U')*2 f' - OLL (11, 42)
U' R' U2 R U2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R2 - PLL (14, 56)

Next : R D B2 R D' U2 F' R' B2 L2 B D2 L2 F2 D U R B' F2 L B2 R2 F2 R' L'
 
U2 F L U2 F L' U F2 U R2 B' F2 R' U L2 B' F2 R2 F2 R2 D R' B' U' R2

R2 L2 F' L' B - Cross (5)
L' U' L y R U2 R2' U2 R L' U L - F2L 1+2 (11, 16)
U' R' U2 R2' U' R2 U' R - F2L 3 (8, 24)
y R' U R U' R' U R - F2L 4 (7, 31)
U' f (R U R' U')*2 f' - OLL (11, 42)
U' R' U2 R U2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R2 - PLL (14, 56)
Yo Rpotts, are you missing a rotation at the start?

Next : R D B2 R D' U2 F' R' B2 L2 B D2 L2 F2 D U R B' F2 L B2 R2 F2 R' L'

y' x L U2 F L : 1st look "Roux" block
x' U' R u R' u R : 2nd look XXcross
U2 R U R2 U' R : 3rd look 2 pairs
U' R U R' U R U' R' U' R' F R F' : OLL
f R f' R2 u' R U' R' U R' u R2 : PLL

Low move count start; relatively long LL.
3x2x1 block was lucky as I was just trying to preserve one corner for an Xcross.
3rd & 4th pair are funny; solving one sets up the other, or (as I did) solving the other solves both.

Next: R2 U L2 U2 L2 B2 U' L2 F2 D' R2 F L2 U' R' D U F2 L R' F
 
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y' x L U2 F L : 1st look "Roux" block
x' U' R u R' u R : 2nd look XXcross
U2 R U R2 U' R : 3rd look 2 pairs
U' R U R' U R U' R' U' R' F R F' : OLL
f R f' R2 u' R U' R' U R' u R2 : PLL


Next: R2 U L2 U2 L2 B2 U' L2 F2 D' R2 F L2 U' R' D U F2 L R' F

Maybe I suck at notation, but that solve isn't working for me (tried it about 3 times). >.<
Maybe I'm getting the cube rotations wrong...

Anyway, to your scramble:
y' x
First block: D' F D2 U' R2 U M' L U' x'
(Non-matching) Second block: U R U2 r' U' R2 U2 r' U r
CMLL: R2 D' R' U2 R D R' U2 R'
LSE: U' M U' M' U M' U2 M' U l2 U2 M2 U2

41 moves STM (47 HTM).

Roux solve, as you can see by the spamming of M's. Also - I decided I might as well try non-matching blocks, which I don't usually do.

Edit: Sorry, I forgot:
Next: F D2 B' D2 R2 F2 U R' B D2 F B D L D R U F2 U' L' F U' B L B
 
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Next : R D B2 R D' U2 F' R' B2 L2 B D2 L2 F2 D U R B' F2 L B2 R2 F2 R' L'
y' x L U2 F L : 1st look "Roux" block
x' U' R u R' u R : 2nd look XXcross
U2 R U R2 U' R : 3rd look 2 pairs
U' R U R' U R U' R' U' R' F R F' : OLL
f R f' R2 u' R U' R' U R' u R2 : PLL

Low move count start; relatively long LL.
3x2x1 block was lucky as I was just trying to preserve one corner for an Xcross.
3rd & 4th pair are funny; solving one sets up the other, or (as I did) solving the other solves both.

Maybe I suck at notation, but that solve isn't working for me (tried it about 3 times). >.<
Maybe I'm getting the cube rotations wrong...
Maybe the rotations or the wide moves. Try the visualization on alg.garron.
 
Edit: Sorry, I forgot:
Next: F D2 B' D2 R2 F2 U R' B D2 F B D L D R U F2 U' L' F U' B L B

let's start a roux streak, shall we?
This is a regular roux speedsolve apart from the posh Fs at the end.
U l U l B' L U' L 8 moves
y U2 R2 r U' r' U r2 U2 M2 U R2 11 moves
U2 R2 U' R2 U' R2 U2 r' R2 U2 10 moves
M' U M' U' M2 U F2 M F2 M 10 moves
Total 49 moves... So it's pretty good for a speedsolve
Sorry it took so long. I had to do something and typing from a phone is not ideal either.


Next **B2 D2 U F' D' L R' F U' F D2 L B2 U2 R' D F' L' D2 R' F2 D' U B2 L' R2 U' B' D2 B'
 
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B2 D2 U F' D' L R' F U' F D2 L B2 U2 R' D F' L' D2 R' F2 D' U B2 L' R2 U' B' D2 B'

z' y
D' R' D' L D2 (5)
y U R U R' U' R U R' (8/13)
U' y' L' U L2 U' L' (6/19)
d R U R' (4/23)
U' R' U' R (4/27)
R' F R F' R U2 R' U' y' R' U' R (11/38)
y' looooooooool R U R' U (Jb) U2 R U' R' (21/59)

D2 R' U R2 B' F' L' B2 D2 B' U D2 R' D2 R2 B' R U' F U2 L F B U' D2
 
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