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D' B' D F' U' B2 R F2 R L U2 R2 U' R B2 R' D' B2 R L F L' R B2 D
Cross on top + Easy ex cross :]

x2 y2
F2 R U' R' D
U' R' U R U L' U L
y R U' R' U R U2 R' U2 R U' R'
y U' R U' R' y' U' R' U' R U2 R' U R

lol x2 y2 = z2

Nice xcross but your last two f2l pairs need some work.

for the third pair, after your y rotation you had


You should have done U' R U' R' U R U R'

It would've happened to have left you with the 4th pair made but that's not the point, it's 3 moves shorter and 5 moves shorter QTM.

With your solution your 4th pair looked like this

You started with rotating, which is a no-no in this case, this edge is flipped correctly meaning the pair can be solved with only R and U. One way to recognize this is the sticker on the R/L face match up or are opposite colors with the R/L center. In this case the blue sticker at RU matches up with the blue R center.

Now there are a few good algs for this case, i like

(U2) R' U R U R' U R (U' R' U R) -- the U2 sets it up, the middle portion makes a pair, and the last 4 moves just insert it.

Also you can use the shorter alg -

(U) R2 U2 R U R' U R2

I still have never gotten used to the shorter alg, so I just use the longer, quarter turn only alg.

Good luck, keep speedcubin'.
 
You should change the length to 25 moves, and instead of making a post every time you find a moderately short cross, edit your previous post to include multiple scrambles. That or add more detail to your posts, add solutions, cool block building things/xcrosses, something. A 40 move scramble to see that you got a 4 move cross is a huge waste of time.
 
B2 F2 U2 R2 D U' L F2 U2 R F U L' D L R' U B F U' R U' L R' U
Just got a 15.88 with this scramble. I had two f2l pairs done by 5 seconds. Cross on white.

Reconstruction: ( I hope the Y's and Y primes are correct)

Z2 Y D' R' F R'
R U R' U' R' U2 R U2 R' U R
U' R U R' U' L U L'
R U2 R' Y' R U2 R'
U' R' U' R
R U2 R2 U' R U' R' U2 F R F'
Y' E PERM. (17 MOVES)
65ETM/15.88 = 4.09319899... TPS
 
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B2 F2 U2 R2 D U' L F2 U2 R F U L' D L R' U B F U' R U' L R' U
Just got a 15.88 with this scramble. I had two f2l pairs done by 5 seconds. Cross on white.

Reconstruction: ( I hope the Y's and Y primes are correct)

using your cross :

z2 y D' R' F R' // Cross (4)
U R U2 R2' U R // F2L 1 (6, 10)
U2 L U' L' // F2L 2 (4, 14)
U2 M F2 M' // F2L 3 (4, 18)
y' U' R U' R2' F R F' // F2L+EO (7, 25)
U2 F R' F' R U R U' R' // OLLCP (9, 34)
// EPLL skip

34 moves STM, I think that almost beats my FMC PB :C
 
U' F D2 U B2 D R' U' B2 F' D' L U2 D2 L' F' R2 L2 B' L' U' R' B L2 B

inspection: x2
cross: SKIP LOL
F2L1/2: U' R U R2' U2 R U R' U' R
F2L3: U y' R U' R'
F2L4: U' y' R U' R' y' U R' U' R U' R' U' R
OLL: U2 R2' D' R U2 R' D R U2 R
PLL: U' x R2' D2 R U R' D2 R U' R

46 htm / 8.95 = 5.14 meh
 
U' F D2 U B2 D R' U' B2 F' D' L U2 D2 L' F' R2 L2 B' L' U' R' B L2 B

inspection: x2
cross: SKIP LOL
F2L1/2: U' R U R2' U2 R U R' U' R
F2L3: U y' R U' R'
F2L4: U' y' R U' R' y' U R' U' R U' R' U' R
OLL: U2 R2' D' R U2 R' D R U2 R
PLL: U' x R2' D2 R U R' D2 R U' R

46 htm / 8.95 = 5.14 meh

L0L.

8.28

Inspection: x2
Cross: lol
F2L 1/2: U' R U R2 U2 R U R' U' R
F2L 3: U y' R U' R'
F2L 4: y' R U' R' U' R U' R' U y' R' U' R
OLL: U r U R' U R U2 B r' U L U2 L'
PLL: U2 R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2 U'

51/8.28 = 6.16tps.
 
using your cross :

z2 y D' R' F R' // Cross (4)
U R U2 R2' U R // F2L 1 (6, 10)
U2 L U' L' // F2L 2 (4, 14)
U2 M F2 M' // F2L 3 (4, 18)
y' U' R U' R2' F R F' // F2L+EO (7, 25)
U2 F R' F' R U R U' R' // OLLCP (9, 34)
// EPLL skip

34 moves STM, I think that almost beats my FMC PB :C

The solve's f2l wasn't that great, but it lead to a fast OLL that I knew so it worked out in the end.
 
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The main reason I posted that was to demonstrate your first F2L pair: you took 11 moves, it can be done in 6. The rest of the solved flowed very nicely from there so I decided to continue.

Also if you would've done U2 before that OLL you would've skipped CP and got a Z perm instead of E perm.

It's funny you consider that a fast OLL, it's one of the least favorite it seems.
 
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Lol I need to slow down and make better move decisions. I just started using a zhanchi and doing that many moves didn't really matter becuase it was so fast. My look ahead suffers a lot with the zhanchi, but with an average of 50 I did later that day, I was near sub 20 (I average 21-23). Maybe I should go back to my old Guhong.
 
Stick with the Zhanchi, I prefer it too, just keep practicing slow solves and soon you will find yourself going for the shorter solutions without thinking. From there you just need to start turning faster.
 
L2 D' U B2 F U L B F R' U B L2 R2 F U2 R2 B' F' L D' U' F' R' B
Awesome scramble
Double x cross: X' Y' R' U B2 Y R U R' D' R U' R'
Can't remember whole solve except I ended in an R perm. I had a bad lock during it. Too bad. That could be sub 13 easy which is my pb.
 
L2 R2 B2 D R' U' L2 U2 B2 R2 U R' F L' D B' R' F

R' U2 F' l // Xcross
d R' U R L U L' // 2nd pair
R U' R' // 3rd pair
d' R U y R U R' U' F' // ZBLS
U L U' L' U2 L R U' L' U R' // ZBLL
33htm
 
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