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Easy / Lucky / Funny / Hard / Weird scrambles thread

Imsoosm

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I've been looking through the 3x3 rankings on WCA, and I saw a person named Robert Yomi Cadenas Nuñez‎ get a 4.65 (SaR). I looked through the scrambles for solve 2 in round 2, and I think he was in group B, because the scramble seems most likely to be a fast one. (Other scrambles didn't seem too good, but I only looked on white) For reference, Robert Yomi Cadenas Nuñez‎ averaged high 8 in the competition.

Here's the scramble:
B2 F2 R2 D' F2 R2 D U' R2 B R2 F2 L' D' U' B D L' F2 L2

The shortest x-cross solution I found was:
z2 y // inspection
u2 R2 F' R' u'

Then I've tried every way of doing the last three pairs, but I didn't get anything that might give a sub-9 cuber a sub-5. Then again, I might be wrong about the scramble. Here are the group A and group C scrambles:
A: F2 U2 L2 F2 D2 F' U2 F' L' F' R2 D2 L2 U' R D R' U2 L
C: R F' R' L2 D2 F2 U2 B2 U2 L2 B' U2 F R' B' D L F R B

Can anyone help me find the solution?
 

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I've been looking through the 3x3 rankings on WCA, and I saw a person named Robert Yomi Cadenas Nuñez‎ get a 4.65 (SaR). I looked through the scrambles for solve 2 in round 2, and I think he was in group B, because the scramble seems most likely to be a fast one. (Other scrambles didn't seem too good, but I only looked on white) For reference, Robert Yomi Cadenas Nuñez‎ averaged high 8 in the competition.

Here's the scramble:
B2 F2 R2 D' F2 R2 D U' R2 B R2 F2 L' D' U' B D L' F2 L2

The shortest x-cross solution I found was:
z2 y // inspection
u2 R2 F' R' u'

Then I've tried every way of doing the last three pairs, but I didn't get anything that might give a sub-9 cuber a sub-5. Then again, I might be wrong about the scramble. Here are the group A and group C scrambles:
A: F2 U2 L2 F2 D2 F' U2 F' L' F' R2 D2 L2 U' R D R' U2 L
C: R F' R' L2 D2 F2 U2 B2 U2 L2 B' U2 F R' B' D L F R B

Can anyone help me find the solution?
Double post ig but:
x2 D2 R' B' R U2 R' D' // X-cross (not optimal but realistic)
U L U2 L' U L U' L' // Pair #2
D U' R' U R D' // Pair #3
U2 R U' R' y U' L' U L // Pair #4
R U R' U R U2 R' // (C)OLL
U2 M2 U' M U2 M' U' M2 U // EPLL
Seems pretty fast to me, it's extremely ergonomic X-cross, great lookahead, and an EPLL
 

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i am sub-13 average 3x3
today i got 8.26 fullstep

5. (8.26) L' B2 L' D2 R2 U2 L' U2 L F' D L' F2 U' L R2 D' U

z y2
R L' U' F2 L
U2 R' U R
y' R U' R2 U R
U' L' U2 L U L' U' L
R U' R' U2 R U' R'
U x' R U2 L' U' L U' R'
x R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F'
U
Use r U2 R' U' R U' r' for that OLL, imo it's faster to excute than the one you used. (They are both the same alg though, this one also gives a T perm at the end.)
 

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easy as heg yellow cross
L2 B2 R2 F2 U2 B2 F2 L R2 F2 D U' F' R' U' R' U' L2 U2 F
such a good scramble that even at almost 1 am i still managed to pull off an 11 second solve lmno
There's a pair you can preserve, and a 1x1x2 block you can make a double xcross
 

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Current 2x2 mo3 pb (I average high 5's) 1 and 3 were one-looked which i rarely am able to do

mean of 3: 3.32

Time List:
1. 2.96 U F R' U F' U' F2 U' F

Solution: x z F' U' R U R' U2 F R U R' U' R U R' U' F' U 17 moves at 5.74 tps

2. 3.87 R2 F2 R' U2 F R2 F' R F

Solution: z y' R' U R' F R U R' U' F' R2 B2 R2 U2 13 moves at 3.35 tps

3. 3.12 F U2 R U' R2 U2 F R2 U2

Solution: x2 R2 U2 R' U' F R U' R' U' R U R' F' U 14 moves at 4.48 tps

honestly really interesting Mean but shows i could be able to get fast averages
 

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B2 U2 L2 B2 U L2 F2 U L2 U2 R2 D' L D2 B' D' F' R2 D' F R
Roux solvers will love this scramble

x y2
S U M2 F // FB
U' R' U M' U2 r' U' r // SB
(U2) F R' F' R U R U' R' // CMLL
U M U' M' U' M2 U M' U2 M U2 // EOLR + 4C (32 stm)
This is my pb solve - I managed to plan F2B in inspection
 
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B2 U2 L2 B2 U L2 F2 U L2 U2 R2 D' L D2 B' D' F' R2 D' F R
Roux solvers will love this scramble

x y2
S U M2 F // FB
U' R' U M' U2 r' U' r // SB
(U2) F R' F' R U R U' R' // CMLL
U M U' M' U' M2 U M' U2 M U2 // EOLR + 4C (32 stm)
This is my pb solve - I managed to plan F2B in inspection
what was your time?
 
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