Easy / Lucky / Hard / Weird scrambles Thread

[Averageof12]

1. (z x') U F L2 U' L U' L' U L
2. (z) R' U' R' U R U' R L U' L U R' (bad)
3. (x) U' R U' L' U L2 F2 L' (best, 8 moves)

 

[27nickels]

A 3BLD scramble I encountered recently with 3 edges and 3 corners in their solved position but twisted, which is quite unlikely (~0.35% chance I think, but it would be nice for someone to verify).

R2 D2 L2 F D2 B D2 U2 B2 R' B2 U' L U B D' U' R' F2 U Rw' Uw2

It was the attempt after my first ever 3BLD success but I DNF'd this one because I misremembered two of the four corner twists.

Also funny for starting with R2D2.

 

[trangium]

Worst 2x2 scramble ever(I use CLL)???

U R U2 F U F2 U2 R2 U2

It was so bad that after like 30s inspection I couldn't find anything, did an untimed solve and it was like 15 seconds when I average 3.5- completely awful. Can anybody find a good layer on this scramble???

The blue layer isn't bad:

x y

U R2 F' U2 R // layer
F R U R' U' F' U // CLL

 

[Discomantis]

Worst 2x2 scramble ever(I use CLL)???

U R U2 F U F2 U2 R2 U2

ok for bad scrambles like this, what I'd recommend is try to find a 2x1 block in 1-2 moves.
That way you can build off of it and get a decent first layer.


You can do this with white/orange by doing x2 U' R, and you get a not so great case.
This case is done by solving each piece one at a time. So you would do U2 R U' R' to solve the RG piece and then would do R' F2 R to solve the white/blue piece.

So in total you have U' R U2 R U' R' R' F2 R.
R' R' cancel so you get

U' R U2 R U' R2 F R


That is a good layer solution. Not great, but what you should realistically expect in a solve.

But there is something better, that is kind of hard to spot as a CLL solver.
I would not blame you for missing this, it is hard to see especially if you aren't used to looking at non-layer faces.

On green, if you do an x' prerotation to start, you have:
U F' U2 R into PBL

Now, if you one-looked this, you would see that you have to do a rotation, so to avoid the rotation, you can do:
y'
L U' L2 F
that way you can do PBL rotationless
so full solution would be
y'
L U' L2 F R2 U' B2 U2 R2 U' R2 U'


now of course I wouldn't expect anyone, including myself to find a solution like that. But what I showed earlier is a good standard for what your layers should be for really bad scrambles.

 

[Bingus cuber]

U F U2 R U2 R’ U2 F’ U’
Completely broken 2x2 scram. My solution is 7 moves( I use lbl btw

 

[Averageof12]

Bro is this a cstimer glitch smh (2x2)

F R' F2 R U' R2 U R F2

I'm speechless

 

[bldcuber314]

Bro is this a cstimer glitch smh (2x2)

F R' F2 R U' R2 U R F2

I'm speechless

Not actually crazy rare, but still lucky!

 

[Bingus cuber]

Bro is this a cstimer glitch smh (2x2)

F R' F2 R U' R2 U R F2

I'm speechless

This happened to me once. I think I posted it in this thread already

 

[An Animating Cuber]

Opened my 2x2 Session to update my PB sheet and got this lol
F R' U F' U' R2 F R2 F

 

[Pixilized]

Got this gem from iOS app CubeTime.
Really easy white cross, do this with green face on front.
B D' F' L D2
Dunno how good the rest of the scramble is, as I’m not as insane at solves as you guys, but the cross was a pleasant surprise for me

 

[precompsubwr]

View attachment 34245
Got this gem from iOS app CubeTime.
Really easy white cross, do this with green face on front.
B D' F' L D2
Dunno how good the rest of the scramble is, as I’m not as insane at solves as you guys, but the cross was a pleasant surprise for me

6.02

I did the same cross but from a different angle, do B D' F' U L D2 to preserve a free pair (red-blue)

 

[AJT17]

I just got this crazy OH scramble, free x-cross and easy F2L. It could have been an easy 8 if I hadn't locked up on PLL, but a low 9 is still great.
Generated By csTimer on 2024-08-22
single: 9.260

Time List:
36427. 9.260[PLL AT ~6-7] L U2 L' B2 D2 L U2 R B2 R F2 R B' L2 F L D U2 R D'

 

[Bingus cuber]

R' U2 F' R U R2 U F' U'
this 2x2 scram is really good for Ortega/eg-1 or CLL/lbl
4.15 with ortega
3.80 with LBL
I could probably down solve both of these for like a low-mid 3

 

[Garf]

This is my pb scramble:
5.810 L2 R2 U R2 U F2 D2 B2 D' R2 F2 U B' L2 F' R U' B' U' B F @2024-08-25 20:24:44

 

[Bingus cuber]

This is my pb scramble:
5.810 L2 R2 U R2 U F2 D2 B2 D' R2 F2 U B' L2 F' R U' B' U' B F @2024-08-25 20:24:44

Recon? I can figure out like the first pair after the really easy xcross

 

[Garf]

Recon? I can figure out like the first pair after the really easy xcross

I rotate and solve the GO pair. After GR and BR I get a line and a PLL skip.

 

[ARndmPrsn]

This solve was weird no idea how I got a low 9 (I average 13)

9.02 F U' D2 B2 U2 B' R2 D2 R2 F D2 F2 L2 F2 L B2 U' F' R' D2 B
x2 y' //inspection
R' B' R' //pseudocross
y' R U R' D' R U' R' //pair ?
y' U R U'R2 F R F' y U' R U R' //pair 1
y' U R U' R' //pair 2
y' U R U' R' // pair 3
y' R U' R' U R U' R' // pair 4
U' f R U R' U' f' U' F R U R' U' F' //oll
U l' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 R2 x' U //pll

 

[Jorian Meeuse]

For all the Roux users: 5.52 F2 R2 D2 L2 B' L2 D2 B2 L' F L B' U' L' B2 D2 B2

 

[Garf]

For all the Roux users: 5.52 F2 R2 D2 L2 B' L2 D2 B2 L' F L B' U' L' B2 D2 B2

Nice scram. That XXcross on blue is looking might fine tho.

 

[TheSilverBeluga]

Generated By csTimer on 2024-08-29
single: 6.35

Time List:
1. 6.35 D F2 U2 B2 U2 F' L2 F' L2 F2 D2 F D L' B U B2 R U' B

Spoiler: My solution

x2 // inspection
L' F' R' D' U' F2 R F' // xxcross
R' U R U' R' U' R // F2L-3
L' U L U2 L' U L // F2L-4
F R' F' R U R U' R' // OLL
R' U2 R U2 R F R U R' U' R' F' R2 U // PLL (get off my back about the alg)

Spoiler: A better solution

x2 // inspection
L' F' R' D' U' F2 R F' // xxcross
D2 R' U R D2 // F2L-3
U' R' U' R
U L' U' L U M' U' L' U l // 1LLL

27 moves