Easy / Lucky / Hard / Weird scrambles Thread

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Wow, that is a nice scramble. Got a 22.27 on it, third try, which is by far my best time (by about 3-4 seconds). Extended cross, easy OLL & 3 edge cycle for permutation every time.

Edit: 4th try got 21.94 with T-perm!
Edit2: 5th try got 18.42! I average around 35, so this is nuts. I better stop rehearsing this scramble now, it's giving me a false sense of accomplishment.
 
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8.52 seconds.

solution:

3xcross: x2 U R' U' R z' R U R' U' L U' R' U r2 (13)
F2L: R U' R U R' U' R' U (21)
PLL: z' y' R' U R' U' x2 y' R' U R' U' (l + R) U' R' U R U (35)

decent FMC solution, if I wasn't so lazy I would go back and find an actual solution.

EDIT: as it turns out, I am not lazy:

solution: D R' D' F R F' U' D B' R L2 B R' B' L2 B D2 L' U L U' L' U' L (24)

explanation:
3xcross: D R' D' F R F' U' D B' R. B R' D2 (13)

leave 3 corners: L' U L U' L' U' L (20)

insert at . = L2 B R' B' L2 B R B' which cancels 4 moves. awesome. took about 40 minutes.
 
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D2 L B2 U L' U' B D2 R2 F2 R2 F2 U2 F R' B' R' B' R F2 R2 D L' U2 R'

Very hard 2x2 scramble.
 
Not hard at all. Got 7.43 on it, which is better than my average, and 4.36 when redoing it.
y D L D2 L y' U' L2 U' L2 U2 y L2 U' L2
Only 12 moves :p
 
Really? I got 0.41

EDIT: Real scramble... D2 L B2 U L' U' B D2 R2 F2 R2 F2 U2 F R' B' R' B' R F2 D L' U2 R'
 
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I wanted to try a "no cube rotation solve" and practiced on the 2x2x2 scrambles from this weeks competition. The second one was REALLY nice:

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

Cross: z2 L2 F' D L R'
1st pair (keyhole + preserve): D R' U' R D'
2nd pair (short): f R' f'
3rd pair (cancellation + setup): f' L2 f U2 f' L2 f
4th pair (short): d R U R'
OLL: F (R U R' U')*3 F'
PLL: R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2
 
easy 3x3x3 scramble (yellow on top, orange on front)

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

oops, sorry I got the scramble wrong, I was at work using cubetimer and wrote it on some paper.

the real one I got 22.79 and I normally average about 40

this is the correct one

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

I got the first move wrong
 
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F' B2 L' D B2 R2 B2 L2 F L' R' B' D L' F' B R2 D2 L D' R B U2 F2 R2
You can do really good if you make a 2x2x2 block (the F2L slots are impeccable!)

Solutions:
X-cross: R2 F2 U' R F B2 L B2 x2 (8)
F2L 2: R U R' U2 R U R' (7)
F2L 3 and 4: U' L U' L' U2 L U' L' U' F U F' (12)
OLL: y2 R U2 R2 U' R2 U2 R (7)
PLL: U2 R' U2 R U2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R2 (14)
48 in all, someone should find a better solution (please :P)
 
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