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[ProStar]

F' R2 F' R2 F2 U2 F' R2 U2
for 2x2 on CStimer

Woah only PBL is left

 

[BenChristman1]

Jeez, I also just got this on CStimer: U R' F U' R' F2 R F2 R'
Could have been PB, but I messed up the AUF...

 

[ProStar]

Jeez, I also just got this on CStimer: U R' F U' R' F2 R F2 R'
Could have been PB, but I messed up the AUF...

Lucky day for you. I got .91

 

[GAN 356 X]

Not a pb, but pretty insane

R2 D2 L2 D F2 D F2 R2 F2 D' R2 L F2 R2 F L F

 

[ProStar]

Not a pb, but pretty insane

R2 D2 L2 D F2 D F2 R2 F2 D' R2 L F2 R2 F L F

Woah super easy F2L

 

[BenChristman1]

Holy crap, just got another amazing 2x2 scramble on CStimer: U' F U2 R U2 R' U2 F' U'

 

[ProStar]

Holy crap, just got another amazing 2x2 scramble on CStimer: U' F U2 R U2 R' U2 F' U'

Talk about a lucky streak lol I got .900 stackmat

 

[BenChristman1]

Holy crap, just got another amazing 2x2 scramble on CStimer: U' F U2 R U2 R' U2 F' U'

Talk about a lucky streak lol I got .900 stackmat

It was my 2nd ever sub-1 single. I got 0.993

 

[Etotheipi]

The FB on this scramble is dumb. U2 R' B2 L2 D2 F2 D2 B2 L' U' F' D' U R' B2.
The FB is x y2 U M' E F' B. Naturally, i screwed up the rest of the solve and got a 22 cause i wasnt looking ahead, but it really could have been a good solve, rip potential sub-20 ao5 lol.

 

[BenChristman1]

So, I got a 3x3 scramble today where there were 2 F2L pairs on white cross already made, and 1 pair that was 1 move away from being paired, while preserving the first 2. I was just wondering what I could have done to make this solve very good. You can format it like the 3x3 example solve thread, where you just go through the whole solve move-by-move. This thread can be used in the future for scrambles like this also.

Here is my scramble: R' F L2 D2 F D2 R2 B' F2 L2 F2 D' L F2 D' R' B' F2 U2

 

[ProStar]

z2 // Inspection

D' F2 U2 F R2 F' L F L' U R B' R' // XCross

L U2 L' // 2nd Pair

U2 R' U2 R U R' U' R // 3rd Pair

d' L' U' L U2 L' U L // 4th Pair

U F U R U2 R' U' R U2 R' U' F' // OLL

U' x R' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 R2 x' U' // PLL

That's my pathetic solution lol

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In the corners-first example solve game, I started a really good solve using modified PCMS(Pairs, CMSLL, EO, EP). I was 28 moves with only EP left, and then I totally butchered it. How could I have done EP better?

Scramble: D2 U2 F U2 L2 D2 B' U2 B F2 U' L2 F' U2 L' B F R' F U

x2 // Inspection

U' R D2 // 1st Pair

U2 S U L U' L' // 2nd Pair

U' M2 R' U R // 3rd Pair

U F' U' F U' R U R' // CLP - Corners Last Pair?

M2 S' U M' U M // EO

U S2 U2 S2 x2 D2 M' U2 M U2 L2 U R2 F2 L2 F2 R2 B2 U' L2 // EP

 

[WarriorCatCuber]

z2 // Inspection

D' F2 U2 F R2 F' L F L' U R B' R' // XCross

L U2 L' // 2nd Pair

U2 R' U2 R U R' U' R // 3rd Pair

d' L' U' L U2 L' U L // 4th Pair

U F U R U2 R' U' R U2 R' U' F' // OLL

U' x R' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 R2 x' U' // PLL

That's my pathetic solution lol

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In the corners-first example solve game, I started a really good solve using modified PCMS(Pairs, CMSLL, EO, EP). I was 28 moves with only EP left, and then I totally butchered it. How could I have done EP better?

Scramble: D2 U2 F U2 L2 D2 B' U2 B F2 U' L2 F' U2 L' B F R' F U

x2 // Inspection
U' R D2 // 1st Pair
U2 S U L U' L' // 2nd Pair
U' M2 R' U R // 3rd Pair
U F' U' F U' R U R' // CLP - Corners Last Pair?
M2 S' U M' U M // EO
U S2 U2 S2 x2 D2 M' U2 M U2 L2 U R2 F2 L2 F2 R2 B2 U' L2 // EP

I mean, I found this which is 2 moves shorter : M2 U M2 S u2 S u2 M' U2 M U M2 U x U2 M' U2 M'

 

[ProStar]

I mean, I found this which is 2 moves shorter : M2 U M2 S u2 S u2 M' U2 M U M2 U x U2 M' U2 M'

Yeah, but he wanted it to be practical in a solve

 

[WarriorCatCuber]

Yeah, but he wanted it to be practical in a solve

I meant for your PCMS variant.

 

[ProStar]

I meant for your PCMS variant.

You can also cancel the last EO move into the first EP move:

x2 // Inspection

U' R D2 // 1st Pair

U2 S U L U' L' // 2nd Pair

U' M2 R' U R // 3rd Pair

U F' U' F U' R U R' // CLP - Corners Last Pair?

M2 S' U M' U M' // EO

U M2 S u2 S u2 M' U2 M U M2 U x U2 M' U2 M' // EP

 

[Pyjam]

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

The Blue-Red pair is too hard to preserve.

Petrus-like:

(z2) R D F L2 D2 R' F2 // (7) X-Cross
R' U R y // (3/10) EO
U M F r U M' U2 r' // (8/18) F2L 2
U2 R' U R U R U R' // (8/26) F2L 3+4 + OLL-skip
// (9/35) PLL A

 

[Cuberstache]

Scramble: D2 U2 F U2 L2 D2 B' U2 B F2 U' L2 F' U2 L' B F R' F U
x2 // Inspection
U' R D2 // 1st Pair
U2 S U L U' L' // 2nd Pair
U' M2 R' U R // 3rd Pair
U F' U' F U' R U R' // CLP - Corners Last Pair?
M2 S' U M' U M // EO

U S2 U2 S2 U2 M' D2 M // What you did but without the cube rotation
U S' M' U M U2 S D2 // Better finish

Not great but better

 

[Pyjam]

Scramble: D2 U2 F U2 L2 D2 B' U2 B F2 U' L2 F' U2 L' B F R' F U

x2 // Inspection
U' R D2 // 1st Pair
U2 S U L U' L' // 2nd Pair
U' M2 R' U R // 3rd Pair
U F' U' F U' R U R' // CLP
U' S' M' U' M' S2
U2 M2' U M U' M U2 M' U' M U2
39 STM

 

[Habsen]

Here is my scramble: R' F L2 D2 F D2 R2 B' F2 L2 F2 D' L F2 D' R' B' F2 U2

I found this one:

z2 y' // inspection

D' R' U R U' R' // 2x2x2 block

y U L U L' // 2nd pair

R U' Lw L' U2 Rw // finish cross+2

y R U2 R' // 3rd pair

U' L' U' L F' U' L' U L2 F L' // 4th pair + EO

R U2 R2 U' R2 U' R2 U2 R // OLL

U2 // AUF

 

[TipsterTrickster]

Here is my scramble: R' F L2 D2 F D2 R2 B' F2 L2 F2 D' L F2 D' R' B' F2 U2

z2 // inspection
R D F L2 D’ R’ D’ F2 // x-cross + Blue Red pair (8/8)
Fw’ L2 Fw // 2nd pair (3/11)
R’ U R y U2 L’ U’ L // 3rd pair (7/18)
From here you can do 2 things
Advanced:
R U2 R’ U’ // 3 corners (4/22)
[U': [D' L2 D, R2']] // comm (10/32)
Easier:
U’ R’ U2 R2 U R2’ U R // 4th pair + oll skip (8/26)
U’ <y perm> // pll (18/44)