Cachan, officialy beating the scramble for Square1

lets give it a try ... -2,-1/3,3/1,6/0,3/2,0/3,0/-3,-3/0,3/3,3

sq1optim gives this as one optimal solution

1,2/-3,0/0,3/0,-3/-2,0/3,0/-1,0/0,-3/0,6 [8|18]
 
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The problem is that it's kind of hard to see silly sq-1 scrambles before people start to get fast times on them. Maybe a solution needs to be found, because it seems like stupid scrambles are way too common on sq-1 (I have things like 5.xx and 6.xx singles at home, when I average >20).

EDIT: Congrats on top 20 in the world AVG :)
 
I tried it too and got 13.xx. In my case, I think being left-handed didn't help (after separation, I got an A-perm on bottom instead of an A-perm on top).
 
sq1optim gives this as one optimal solution
1,2/-3,0/0,3/0,-3/-2,0/3,0/-1,0/0,-3/0,6 [8|18]

Can you please find optimal solutions for all prefixes of the scramble with 8+ moves?
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1) (0,3)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1) (0,3) (4,2)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1) (0,3) (4,2) (6,4)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1) (0,3) (4,2) (6,4) (0,2)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1) (0,3) (4,2) (6,4) (0,2) (-4,4)
I'd like to see whether it stays around 8 moves or gets farther away and then comes closer.

Maybe a solution needs to be found, because it seems like stupid scrambles are way too common on sq-1

Define "stupid scramble".
 
Can you please find optimal solutions for all prefixes of the scramble with 8+ moves?
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1) (0,3)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1) (0,3) (4,2)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1) (0,3) (4,2) (6,4)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1) (0,3) (4,2) (6,4) (0,2)
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1) (0,3) (4,2) (6,4) (0,2) (-4,4)
I'd like to see whether it stays around 8 moves or gets farther away and then comes closer.

Starting with (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3), I get:

6,7,8,9,8,7,8,9,8,9

Details:
Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3):
3,0/0,3/0,10/3,6/2,0/0,3/6,6 [6|15]

Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3):
3,9/0,9/3,9/1,9/0,9/2,0/3,0/ [7|17]

Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4):
/3,11/3,6/3,9/1,9/3,6/0,2/6,9/6,6 [8|23]

Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5):
5,7/1,0/3,5/3,3/0,8/1,7/0,9/0,3/11,8/6,4 [9|25]

Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1):
0,3/0,8/1,6/3,3/2,0/4,4/0,3/9,0/5,3 [8|21]

Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1) (0,3):
0,8/1,6/3,3/2,0/4,4/0,3/9,0/5,3 [7|19]

Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1) (0,3) (4,2):
/2,0/3,10/3,3/3,1/2,2/1,10/6,3/11,9 [8|23]

Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1) (0,3) (4,2) (6,4):
2,4/1,10/3,3/0,10/3,9/5,8/1,4/5,11/10,1/5,6 [9|28]

Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1) (0,3) (4,2) (6,4) (0,2):
3,6/0,9/3,0/3,6/0,7/3,6/2,9/0,3/3,6 [8|22]

Optimal solution for (3,0) (-3,6) (0,1) (0,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,5) (0,3) (0,3) (6,4) (6,5) (5,1) (0,3) (4,2) (6,4) (0,2) (-4,4)
2,10/2,10/4,2/2,10/2,10/2,1/3,3/0,5/9,0/3,1 [9|27]

Edit: I note that I used the -w option so that it guaranteed the minimal number of twists, rather than the optimal solution in turn metric.
 
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