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Easy / Lucky / Hard / Weird scrambles Thread

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The entire scramble set for Pikes Peak Good Afternoon 2022 was batsh## insane...

5.78, 3.75, 5.84, 6.29, 4.91
I checked these scrambles because I wanted to try Z3Cubing's pr scramble (solve 2)

Recons later when I feel like it. The 5th one was a WV into a PLL skip (technically a LL skip)
It's weird seeing someone talk about a competition I went to, especially it being my first ever comp. I might have to try those out, since I didn't make finals 4 years ago.
 
I got a 5.50 sec 3x3 solve (my pb is 4.40) with this scramble: B' L U' L' B' U2 B L2 B R F' R' B U R U' R F' R' F2.

My solution (holding blue front yellow top) was: D r U2 r' R' D F' Y' U' L' U L U2 R' U2 R U2 R' U R U' R U2 R' U F' U' F U r U2 R2 F R F' R U' R' U R U2 r' U2.

See how fast you can solve it using this scramble and the solution I used!

(Mod edit: original thread title was "5.50 3x3 Scram and Solution".)
 
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I got a 5.50 sec 3x3 solve (my pb is 4.40) with this scramble: B' L U' L' B' U2 B L2 B R F' R' B U R U' R F' R' F2.

I found a different solution that I think is pretty good too.

D r U2 r’ R’ D F’ // xcross
y’ U R’ U’ R U’ L’ U L // F2L pair 3 setup + pair 2
U2 R’ U R // pair 3
U2 R U’ R’ U F’ U’ F // Pair 4
U l’ U’ l L’ U’ L U l’ U l // OLL
F perm // PLL

Last layer is mid but I noticed that with 3 moves in F2L you could set up 2 free pairs.
 
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Generated By csTimer on 2026-09-05
single: 12.41

Time List:
1. 12.41 R' F D L2 U' R2 L' B2 D R2 U F2 U2 F2 D' B2 U R2 F' L'

46/12.41=3.707 tps
x2 // inspection
R U F’ U F’ L // cross (6/46)
U L’ U L U’ L’ U’ L // bo pair (8/46)
U L U2 L U’ L’ // go pair (8/46)
U R’ U R // gr pair (4/46)
U2 F R U R’ U’ R’ F R // br pair (9/46)
U2 F R U’ R’ U’ R U R’ F’ U2 // oll+pll skip (11/46)
 
Generated By csTimer on 2026-09-05
single: 12.41

Time List:
1. 12.41 R' F D L2 U' R2 L' B2 D R2 U F2 U2 F2 D' B2 U R2 F' L'

46/12.41=3.707 tps
x2 // inspection
R U F’ U F’ L // cross (6/46)
U L’ U L U’ L’ U’ L // bo pair (8/46)
U L U2 L U’ L’ // go pair (8/46)
U R’ U R // gr pair (4/46)
U2 F R U R’ U’ R’ F R // br pair (9/46)
U2 F R U’ R’ U’ R U R’ F’ U2 // oll+pll skip (11/46)
I think one of the L moves in your solution for the GO pair might go the other way - I have done the moves as written and I don't even have a solved cross any more.
 
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