Easy / Lucky / Hard / Weird scrambles Thread

[Hypocrism]

D2 U2 F2 U2 L2 U2 R2 F D2 B L2 D' F' U2 B2 D' L2 R D R' F'

Weird scramble where the cross on almost every side is easy.

 

[guysensei1]

D2 U2 F2 U2 L2 U2 R2 F D2 B L2 D' F' U2 B2 D' L2 R D R' F'

Weird scramble where the cross on almost every side is easy.

I'll post a solution for cross on each of the six sides
Orange:
z' L F R' F'
Yellow:
D2 F D' R2
White:
x2 y L F' L' M2 U2 M2 D ... ugh
Red:
z y L' D2 F L' u L' u'
Green:
x' y R L' U' R' F R
Blue:
x U' F L2 D L D'

 

[Bindedsa]

White: x2 y L F' L' M2 U2 M2 D ... ugh

r' U' L U' R' U2 x

 

[Hypocrism]

I'll post a solution for cross on each of the six sides
Orange:
z' L F R' F'
Yellow:
D2 F D' R2
White:
x2 y L F' L' M2 U2 M2 D ... ugh
Red:
z y L' D2 F L' u L' u'
Green:
x' y R L' U' R' F R
Blue:
x U' F L2 D L D'

Green: z' U M U F2, is nicer for me
Or z' y2 M' U M U' M might be faster

 

[LucasCuber]

Here is scramble for 3x3 - R2 U2 B2 L2 D2 F2 U2 R2 U2 F2 D' U' L' B F

 

[guysensei1]

Here is scramble for 3x3 - R2 U2 B2 L2 D2 F2 U2 R2 U2 F2 D' U' L' B F

Uhh... No.

 

[cowabunga]

11 move F2B in a speedsolve!


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


y x2
M' F'
U r' U' R U' r
E' M E

 

[Hypocrism]

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

Ridiculously easy to see ahead to the 2nd pair (white cross)

x2 R' U' F U R' (xCross)
L U' L'
y' U' R2 U2 R' U' R U' R2
U2 R' U2 R U R' U' R
F U R U' R' F'
U gperm U2
(44 HTM)
8.42

Inserting the second pair with L U2 L' made an even better solve and basically rotationless.

 

[Hypocrism]

11 move F2B in a speedsolve!


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


y x2
M' F'
U r' U' R U' r
E' M E

Is that a common technique for Roux F2B, or just for rare special cases? I've been playing around with Roux for a bit and never tried making the blocks around the wrong centers yet!

 

[cowabunga]

Is that a common technique for Roux F2B, or just for rare special cases? I've been playing around with Roux for a bit and never tried making the blocks around the wrong centers yet!

I dont know how common it is but it isn't that hard to do. Just ignore the centers and fix them when you like.
I think Renslay also does this if there is a square made minus the center.

 

[Username]

Here is scramble for 3x3 - R2 U2 B2 L2 D2 F2 U2 R2 U2 F2 D' U' L' B F

No

 

[Ronxu]

Here is scramble for 3x3 - R2 U2 B2 L2 D2 F2 U2 R2 U2 F2 D' U' L' B F

y x2 R' L' F' u' U' L2

ZOMG 6 move xxxxcross LL skip

 

[TDM]

I dont know how common it is but it isn't that hard to do. Just ignore the centers and fix them when you like.
I think Renslay also does this if there is a square made minus the center.

I used to do it a lot, but now I only do it - like Renslay - when a square is made, minus the centre.

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15 puzzle (4x4) in 4.762, 47 moves, 9.870tps

Spoiler: Reconstruction

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RULDDRURLDURULDLDRRUULLDLDRURULDLUURDDLURRULDLU

15 puzzle (4x4) in 5.457, 61 moves, 11.178tps

Spoiler: Reconstruction

[table="class:grid"][tr][td]3[/td][td]9[/td][td]15[/td][td]1[/td][/tr][tr][td]11[/td][td]14[/td][td]7[/td][td]10[/td][/tr][tr][td]2[/td][td]6[/td][td][/td][td]5[/td][/tr][tr][td]13[/td][td]4[/td][td]12[/td][td]8[/td][/tr][/table]

scramble was actually
3 10 4 7
0 13 5 9
14 1 12 6
11 15 8 2

but i went on to the next scramble, so the reconstruction didn't work

Easiest start ever... but as usual, whenever I get an easy scramble:
15 puzzle (4x4) in 6.120, 64 moves, 10.458tps

Spoiler: Reconstruction

[table="class:grid"][tr][td]1[/td][td]3[/td][td]10[/td][td]4[/td][/tr][tr][td]9[/td][td]14[/td][td]2[/td][td]8[/td][/tr][tr][td]13[/td][td]7[/td][td]6[/td][td]12[/td][/tr][tr][td]11[/td][td]5[/td][td]15[/td][td][/td][/tr][/table]

DRRDLDRUUULDDRUURDDLULDRULLDRUURDDLLUURDLDRUULDRDLURLURDDLUURDLU

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32. 12.52 D2 R2 D F2 D R2 U' R2 U F2 D F' D2 R' B R2 U B F' L2
How did I even sup-10 that!?

 

[AlexMaass]

L U B U B R B' U' R' U L' U R' B' L B
solve white layer, I got l5c skip

 

[Sir E Brum]

PB: 9.82
F L2 F' D2 F' D2 B L2 B' L2 D' L2 R2 F' L F2 U2 R2 D U'

Everything just came together in this solve.

Spoiler

z2 //inspection
D R2 //cross (2)
y' R' U R // F2L 1 (5)
U R U' R' L' U' L U' L' U L //F2L 2 (16)
y R' U2 R //F2L 3 (19)
L' U L' B L B' L // F2L 4 (26)
R' U' R' F R F' U R //OLL (34)
M2 U M' U2 M U M2 //PLL (41)

 

[TDM]

18. 9.58 D2 R2 F2 D' U2 L2 B2 R2 L2 D' L' U2 F D2 F2 L F2 D B' F

x2 y // Inspection
[D U'] r U l U R // Cross (6/6) (setup F2L-1)
d L U L' // F2L-1 (4/10)
U R' U' R U2 R' U R // F2L-2 (8/18)
[U D] R U' R' D' // F2L-3 (5/23)
F R U R' F' // VHLS (5/28) (OCLL skip)
U F' U' F R2 u R' U R U' R u' R2 U2 // PLL (14/42)

saw the vhls before f2l-3, but decided to pause forever before f2l-4 anyway, and saw that i would get an ocll skip before vhls, but decided to pause yet again before pll

E: lol rouxblocks

47. 15.64 D2 F2 R2 U B2 D R2 D R2 L2 U2 B L' B L2 D U2 R U2 R' B

y' x // Inspection (LSquare skip)
R E R' M2 u // LBlock (5/5)
U R' U' R2 U2 R2 U' R' // RSquare (8/13)
M2 R' U r // RBlock (4-2 = 2/15)

E2: lol XX-cross

56. 11.65 D2 F2 U' R2 L2 U' R2 U R2 U' B R U2 L' B' R' D B' L2 U2

z2
R D R' x' U L U' // 222 (6/6)
D2 x R2 F' U R' // 223 preserving pair (5/11)
etc

25. 12.22 L2 D2 R2 B2 D2 L2 B2 U2 R2 D B2 R' U' R2 F U B2 D U B R L'

One of the easiest scrambles I've ever had... and I failed the ZBLS execution, which was l F' R U' R' U l'. Can't remember much more unfortunately; I spent too long trying to reconstruct and not finding anything. Here's another easy solution, where for LS I only had to preserve EO.

6. 27.42 B2 U F2 D L2 D' R2 D' B2 R2 U R' F' L' D2 F R2 L U2 R2
x2 y
U' L y' [L R'] z' u' L' u z y2 U L' U L D2
L U L'
U2 z' U' L U L2 U' L' U z
U L U L' U L U2 L'
U' L' U' L U L F' L2 U L U L' U' L F U

 

[BboyArchon]

Lol at this 3x3 scramble (from FiveTimer):

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

Inspection: z2
XCross: F2 R2 d R' F R

And you're left with two pairs on top

 

[TDM]

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

z2 // Inspection
F2 R2 L d R' F R // XX-Cross (7/7)

or

z2 // Inspection
F2 R2 d R' F R // X-Cross (6/6)
L U' L' // F2L-2 (3/9)
y' R2 U' R2 U R U R // F2L-3+4 (7/16)
lol, 16 move F2L. Is FiveTimer a phone timer or something? Because old style scrambles are often very easy...

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... almost forgot the thing I came here to post
15 puzzle (4x4) in 4.294, 40 moves, 9.315tps

Spoiler: Reconstruction

[table="class:grid"][tr][td][/td][td]6[/td][td]11[/td][td]1[/td][/tr][tr][td]2[/td][td]8[/td][td]5[/td][td]3[/td][/tr][tr][td]13[/td][td]7[/td][td]15[/td][td]4[/td][/tr][tr][td]10[/td][td]12[/td][td]9[/td][td]14[/td][/tr][/table]

LLLUURDRDLLURRRDLUULURRDLLDRRULLULDRRULL

 

[Rnewms]

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

 

[ryanj92]

1. 4.99 (-1, 0) / (-1, 1) / (1, 0) / (2, 0) / (-1) / (2) / (-1) / (0) / (5) / (-5) / dddU

5th solve in my first clock session for like a month, lmao