Easy / Lucky / Hard / Weird scrambles Thread

[pewpewrawr]

I found a 13 move solution for the second block, but it lead to a bad LSE case.

edit: this is it: x U2 M2 U2 r' U M' U R U M R U R

 

[Renslay]

Haha, at first I was so shocked about the "easy" scramble so I wasn't really paying attention to the second block... But after a while I noticed that it sucked... Should have added that but was to lazy to edit the post again... Btw, are the reconstructions based on timed solves or just "example solves"? Because your move count is according to speedsolving wiki 10 moves lower than usual!

Example solve.

But here is a timed solve (I forgot my solutions above, so trust me, this is a completely new solution, first try, speedsolve, reconstructed after timing):

z x2 R2 D2 R2 D2 B R2 B L2 F2 U2 F2 U F2 L F' U' R D' U R' D'

9.10

x
U' r' U M' U' R U2 R' U' R U / M R U M2 U2 r U r' (19)
U R U' L' U R' U' L (8)
U' M U2 M' U2 M' U' M' / U2 M2 U' / M' U2 M U2 (15)
alg.cubing.net

42 STM, which is short, but nothing extraordinary.
But the time would be my PB.

Note that I did a cube rotation before the scramble, so the colors of the first block become my familiar color scheme.

 

[Renslay]

I found a 13 move solution for the second block, but it lead to a bad LSE case.

edit: this is it: x U2 M2 U2 r' U M' U R U M R U R

That highly depends on the CMLL, because that affects the LSE too. For example, my LSE with this SB would be really short:

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

x
U2 M2 U2 r' U M' U R U M R U R (13)
U' R U' L' U R' U L U L' U L (12)
U' M' U M' U' u2 M' E2 M (9)
alg.cubing.net

Which is 34 STM. Neat!

Edit:
Same LSE, if you don't like E moves:
U' M' U' M2 U2 M U2 M2 U' (9)

 

[TDM]

51. 12.26 F2 L2 D' L2 D B2 R2 U' B2 D' L2 B D2 F' L' D R' U R' B R'
Misscramble: F2 L2 D' L2 D B2 R2 U' B2 D' L2 B D2 F' L' D R' U R B R'

Two solutions (I can't reconstruct mine, but easy LL with a U perm):

z2
F' R' D2 R' D' L U' R' D'
y R U' R' U' R U R'
U' L' U' L
f' L' U' L U f
PLL

z2
F' R' D2 R' D' L U' R' D'
U R U' R' U2 y R U R'
U' L' U' L
U F R U R' U' F'
U R U2 R2 U' R2 U' R2 U2 R
M2 U' M2 U2 M2 U' M2


E: 96. 16.89 U B2 D' F2 D' L2 F2 D2 R2 U' B D' L B R' B L B' D F2 U'

 

[ryanj92]

2.72 U L B' R' U R' U' R' r' b

6 moves, including tips. lol

 

[Username]

2.72 U L B' R' U R' U' R' r' b

6 moves, including tips. lol

Why do I never get these scrambles :/

1.67

 

[AlexMaass]

Why do I never get these scrambles :/

1.67

I got 1.66 lol

 

[uyneb2000]

D B2 D L2 D B2 D' B2 D F U2 B' L' U B D2 B2 D F2

 

[Michael Womack]

U R F2 U' F2 U' R U' R' U 2x2

 

[TDM]

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

z y // Inspection
u2 // LSquare (1/1)
L U' x U2 R U' R' // RSquare (6/7)
M2 B' // RBlock (2/9)
U2 L U' L' // LBlock (4/13)
U L' U R U' L U R' // CMLL (8/21)
M U' M' U' M U' M' // EO (7/28)
U2 M' U2 M' U' // ULUR (5/33)
E2 M' E2 M' // EP (4/37)

13 move F2B, 21 moves up to LSE, 37 moves total.

 

[guysensei1]

1. 14.908 D L2 F2 D' L2 D' F2 L2 B2 L2 D' L' R' B R D L2 F' R2 F' R


Cross color on D.
OH awesomeness. (though I did like 3 y rotations)

 

[TDM]

1. 14.908 D L2 F2 D' L2 D' F2 L2 B2 L2 D' L' R' B R D L2 F' R2 F' R

lol

y' x
L' U' L x' U2 u L' B
z' U' L2 U
z U' L' U' L2 U' L'
z' U L' U' L' U L' U'
z L U' L'
F' L' U' L U F / U L' U2 L2 U L2 U L2 U2 L'
U L U2 L' U2 L F' L' U' L U L F L2 U

Sledgehammering the last slot led to bad LLs.

 

[guysensei1]

lol

I think I did
x2 //Inspection
z' U z U L' F' x' U' x'//cross was something like this but with more table
z' U' L2 U2 L U' //f2l1
L' x' U' L2 U2 L U'//f2l2 (lol, same case)
L z L U2 L' U' L U L'//f2l3
z' U' L' U L' U' L U//f2l4
z U L' U' L U' L' U2 L//OLL
U2 z' U2 L' U' L' U L U L U L' U L'//PLL

50HTM, 3 TPS... :/
Is it normal to rotate and do the (RU) U perm instead of doing the (LU) one?

 

[Renslay]

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

z y // Inspection
u2 // LSquare (1/1)
L U' x U2 R U' R' // RSquare (6/7)
M2 B' // RBlock (2/9)
U2 L U' L' // LBlock (4/13)
U L' U R U' L U R' // CMLL (8/21)
M U' M' U' M U' M' // EO (7/28)
U2 M' U2 M' U' // ULUR (5/33)
E2 M' E2 M' // EP (4/37)

13 move F2B, 21 moves up to LSE, 37 moves total.

Very nice solution!

I just had to try this (not speedsolve solution, just some Roux-FMC-ish...):

Better LSE:
U' M' U M U2 M U M // EO + ULUR (8/29)
U' M' U2 M // EP (4/33)

33 STM in total.

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Or if you use y + CMLL instead of U + CMLL:

y L' U R U' L U R' y' // CMLL (7/20)
M' U M U2 M U M // EO + ULUR (7/27)
U' M' U2 M // EP (4/31)

31 STM.

 

[TDM]

Is it normal to rotate and do the (RU) U perm instead of doing the (LU) one?

I think some people do it for one of the U perms but not the other one, because the LU one sucks. I can't remember which one, but I hate Ua, so I'd guess that one.

Very nice solution!

Thanks! I often (well, sometimes) don't do the blocks in order... I got that from CFOP. It can actually be very useful sometimes (but this one was just luck). I usually do left/right/left/right though, not left/right/right/left like I did in that solve. I was actually setting up to finish the left block when I saw that I'd accidentally made the other pair.
Your LSEs are also very nice though... mine are really not very good, as I'm not used to Roux. I'm doing as many Roux solves as I can to help that though My F2B also aren't very efficient, my first block is full of rotations, and my TPS sucks on CMLL, so I have pretty much every part of my solve to improve.
Except I don't improve, even if I try

 

[TDM]

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

z y // Inspection
R' E R' B u // LBlock (5/5)
U r U' r // RSquare (4/9)
M' U' R U' R' U2 R U R' // RBlock (9/18)
U2 F R U R' U' R U R' U' R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F' // CMLL (26/44)
U' M2 U' // ULUR (3/47)
M2 U2 M' U2 M // EP (5/52)

CMLL may have ruined the movecount a little... and the excessive use of r moves that accomplished nothing before the RSquare probably did too, but I didn't include them. I could have cut one move off LSE by using Uw2, but this is my actual solution minus fails.

 

[uyneb2000]

R2 U2 R' D2 R D2 U2 L D2 F2 R B R2 U2 F U B F U' L

y x' //inspection
L' D' R' U' R' U R U2 R' U R U' R' y U' R' F R //XX-cross
U' F U' F' //F2L-3
R U2 R' U' R U R' //F2L-4
R' U' R y' x' R U' R' F R U R' x //OLL
U R' U L' U2 R U' R' U2 R L //PLL

 

[Renslay]

R2 U2 R' D2 R D2 U2 L D2 F2 R B R2 U2 F U B F U' L

y x' //inspection
L' D' R' U' R' U R U2 R' U R U' R' y' U' R' F R //XX-cross
U' F U' F' //F2L-3
R U2 R' U' R U R' //F2L-4
R' U' R y' x' R U' R' F R U R' x //OLL
U R' U L' U2 R U' R' U2 R L //PLL

Fixed that for you.

 

[mpcuber1]

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

Really nice flow on this one. One of my best solves.

I got 18.77 on that solve. My F2L was a bit shaky, so it could have been a really good solve.

 

[kcl]

U' B L R B R B' U' R

Complete crap. I found a decent solution going back to check it out, but it is next to impossible to get a good time on this on the first try.