Easy / Lucky / Hard / Weird scrambles Thread

[JasonDL13]

2x2 Scramble: F2 U2 F' U2 F2 R2 F' U2 F2

Really easy if you know ortega, which I didn't so I used a case I made up.

My time was 2.99.

x' y' //Inspection
U2
R U R' U' R U R' U' R U R' U' //Fix right side
L' U' L U L' U' L U L' U' L U //Fix left side
F2 //Finish it off
U2

27 Moves = (27/2.99) = 9 TPS

 

[qaz]

7.29 B2 L' D2 B2 L D2 L2 B2 D2 L2 R' U F U' F' U R2 F D2

 

[JasonDL13]

2x2 Scramble: F2 R F' R2 F' U R2 U' R'

I got 2.72 using a very awkward first layer solve.

x' //Inspection
R' //2nd First Layer Piece
U2 y R' U' R //3rd
U2 R U R' //First Layer
U //LL Skip

In the same average:

U2 R F U2 R2 U' F R2 F2 U'
My time was 4.46

y' //Inspection + Prediction for OLL (Chameleon)
F' //First Layer
R U R' U' R' F R F' //OLL
R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' U' //T Perm PLL

Average was 4.59 (First sub 5) - (2.72), 5.80, (8.54+), 3.52, 4.46

 

[Bindedsa]

12.988 D' U' L2 U' F2 R2 F2 U R2 L2 U' L' D' U2 L' F' U2 R2 D2 F D2 U'
x' z
U2 r' R y R U' R' D2 // Xcross
y U2 R' U R U L U L' // F2L-2
y U L' U L R U' R' // F2L-3
U2 L' U L U' F R U R' F' // F2L-4 OLS
R2 U' R' U R U' x' U' z' U' R U' R' U' z U R F2 // PLL
I saw the two blocks in the OLS and thought I was going to get a PLL skip, still an easy solve.

 

[JasonDL13]

2x2 Scramble: U' F2 U F2 U2 R F' U' F2 U'

My time was 3.26 - Would have been way better if I knew ortega

x2 //Inspection + Prediction for OLL (Anti-sune / sune)
R2 F2 R2 //First Layer
U R U R' U R U2 R' U //OLL - PLL Skip

Ortega Solve:

x2 y //Inspection
R U R' U R U2 R' //OLL
R2 F2 R2 U2 //PBL

Almost the same solve, just in a different order

Edit:

Another scramble: R' U R2 F' U' F2 R' F2 U2

Time was 2.21

x2 y //Inspection
F R U' R' //First Layer
U' F' R U R' U' L' U R //PLL

13 Moves = 6 TPS

 

[SolveThatCube]

1. 2.82 L R' B' L B L R B l r b' u

 

[PJKCuber]

B2 F2 D L2 B2 D R2 U' F2 D L' B' R2 D2 L2 U' B2 R' B F'
LOL Feliks or Mats has to sub 5 this.

 

[Bindedsa]

11.261 B2 U B2 F2 U2 F2 L2 D' B2 D' R B' U' F' R2 D2 B L2 U'
z2 y
r U' r' D' F R2
y R U R'
y U R' U2 R2 U R'
U' R' U R U R' U R U' R' y z U' R
U F z'
U' U' R' U' R U' R' U R U' R' U2 R U

 

[TDM]

28. 13.04 U' L2 F2 U' R2 U B2 R2 B2 F2 U F' U2 F' U' B U2 L B' R'
y2
U L
y' L U L'
R U2 R' U' R U R'
U' R U2 R' U' R U' R' U2 R U R' U R U2 R'
U M U' M
y U' M' U M2 U2 M'
d' M' U' M U

27 moves without CMSLL, 43 with.

13. 43.78 F2 R2 U' F2 D F2 R2 D2 L2 F2 U R' D F2 R D' U F' D F2 D2
OH, failed V perm and had to resolve everything except a 2x2.

 

[mafergut]

My first post in this thread. Interesting "reversed" white cross around yellow center:

11. 21.39 B2 D R2 U' F2 L2 U L2 U' B2 U' R B' D2 U' R2 F2 D F' R U

I solved the cross in this imaginative way... for me (I'm not a very good cross solver):
(x2) // Inspection
M2 (y) M2 // Cross

The rest of the solve is nothing really worth mentioning, except that the time could have been much, much better

 

[Bindedsa]

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

R' U' R U' z U2 z U R D2 // Xcross
U' z U' R' U // F2L-2
x' R2 U' R U // F2L-3
z' U2 R' U R U x' U2 z U' R' U R' z' x U R' U' R // F2L-4 / OLS
R U2 R' U' R U2 z U' R D' R' U R2 // PLL

Woah easy F2L, kinda failed the solve overall. Would have been a lot better if I had gone with the yellow green pair first.

 

[auscuber]

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

Cross skip

 

[guysensei1]

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

R' U' R U' z U2 z U R D2 // Xcross
U' z U' R' U // F2L-2
x' R2 U' R U // F2L-3
z' U2 R' U R U x' U2 z U' R' U R' z' x U R' U' R // F2L-4 / OLS
R U2 R' U' R U2 z U' R D' R' U R2 // PLL

Woah easy F2L, kinda failed the solve overall. Would have been a lot better if I had gone with the yellow green pair first.

Was wondering why there were so many weird rotations and I realised it was OH.

 

[Hssandwich]

Lol pyra, got 1.26 U' L R L' R' U B' u

 

[obelisk477]

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

Sorta weird easy XXcross

 

[cashis]

L2 D F2 U' F2 R2 D' F2 R2 U' B2 F' R D' F U2 F2 D F2 D qq timer just look

 

[PJKCuber]

R' U F2 U2 R' U' F2 U F' U2 lolscramble 2x2 Rami/Lucas/Chris/Anybody who knows EG has to sub 1 this or else they are so slow.

 

[kcl]

R' U F2 U2 R' U' F2 U F' U2 lolscramble 2x2 Rami/Lucas/Chris/Anybody who knows EG has to sub 1 this or else they are so slow.

Huh. I know full eg and can't sub 1 it, I guess I'm slow.

 

[PJKCuber]

Huh. I know full eg and can't sub 1 it, I guess I'm slow.

lol you aren't

 

[guysensei1]

R' U F2 U2 R' U' F2 U F' U2 lolscramble 2x2 Rami/Lucas/Chris/Anybody who knows EG has to sub 1 this or else they are so slow.

A solved face on a cube isn't always sub-1 able.
You might get a bad case. furthermore, there are issues with picking up the cube and AUF which slow down the solve some more.

Source: Chris Olson had a solved face on a scramble in comp and I asked him why it wasn't sub-1.