Easy / Lucky / Hard / Weird scrambles Thread

[Caden Fisher]

B' U2 R2 F L2 F2 R2 U2 B L2 F L U2 R U L' B' L' B2 U'

easiest x-cross ever. Rest is easy too. would’ve been my pb by exactly a second (12.23) but I plus 2d it

(this is the only way I can do reconstructions.)
3 move cross is obvious. Green in front
Pseudo slot the red green corner with D U R U2 R’ U’ R U R’ D’
y to put red in front, U2 L’ U’ L to solve the green orange pair
U R U R’ U y L’ U’ L for the blue orange pair
U and the Pi Oll
U’ Jb perm no auf

How is this solution? What could I improve?

 

[GrettGrett]

L' R' U R' L R L' R l b' for pyraminx. 2 move into 2 flip alg. I got a PB of 2.67 on my first try

 

[Noob's Cubes]

B' U2 R2 F L2 F2 R2 U2 B L2 F L U2 R U L' B' L' B2 U'

easiest x-cross ever. Rest is easy too. would’ve been my pb by exactly a second (12.23) but I plus 2d it

(this is the only way I can do reconstructions.)
3 move cross is obvious. Green in front
Pseudo slot the red green corner with D U R U2 R’ U’ R U R’ D’
y to put red in front, U2 L’ U’ L to solve the green orange pair
U R U R’ U y L’ U’ L for the blue orange pair
U and the Pi Oll
U’ Jb perm no auf

How is this solution? What could I improve?

I find it hard to believe that you're doing pseudoslotting in solves if your pb is 13.23.

 

[DuckubingCuber347]

I find it hard to believe that you're doing pseudoslotting in solves if your pb is 13.23.

Pseudo-slotting is super easy. It's just offset F2L. Recognition may be a bit tougher if you're not used to it but it's not any more complicated. Pseudo-cross is a bit trickier but there's nothing special about pseudo-slotting.

 

[Abram Grimsley]

this is a crazy scramble: R U R' B2 R L' F' B2 L2 D2 R' U2 R D2 F2 L F2 U2 R U

 

[Garf]

this is a crazy scramble: R U R' B2 R L' F' B2 L2 D2 R' U2 R D2 F2 L F2 U2 R U

How would you take advantage of this scramble?

 

[Abram Grimsley]

How would you take advantage of this scramble?

you can't, that's the point! Lol! it looks easy, but it is actually a terrible scramble (for me, anyway. I could just be a terrible cuber). I got a 13.

 

[AJT17]

this is a crazy scramble: R U R' B2 R L' F' B2 L2 D2 R' U2 R D2 F2 L F2 U2 R U

this is my attempt at it
X-Cross z2 D2 R' D2 U R2 U' R'

2nd Pair y' U' R U R' F U F'

3rd Pair y L' U L U L' U' L U2 F U' F

4th Pair y U' R U' R' U R U R' U2 F' U F

OLL U2 F U R U' R' U R U' R' F

PLL U2 x R2 F R F' R U2 r' U r U2 B2

 

[gsingh]

you can't, that's the point! Lol! it looks easy, but it is actually a terrible scramble (for me, anyway. I could just be a terrible cuber). I got a 13.

3.73 first try.

Spoiler: Recon

z2// inspection
D2 R' D2 U R2 U' R'// xcross
U L' U L U L U L'// second f2l pair
R' U' R// third f2l pair
y' U' R U' R' U R U' R'// fourth f2l pair
F' U' L' U L F// oll
//pll skip

32 HTM. Really nice scramble

 

[Abram Grimsley]

3.73 first try.

Spoiler: Recon

z2// inspection
D2 R' D2 U R2 U' R'// xcross
U L' U L U L U L'// second f2l pair
R' U' R// third f2l pair
y' U' R U' R' U R U' R'// fourth f2l pair
F' U' L' U L F// oll
//pll skip

32 HTM. Really nice scramble

Ok, now I know I'm just a bad cuber! Lol!
Bravo, my good man, Bravo!

 

[AJT17]

3.73 first try.

Spoiler: Recon

z2// inspection
D2 R' D2 U R2 U' R'// xcross
U L' U L U L U L'// second f2l pair
R' U' R// third f2l pair
y' U' R U' R' U R U' R'// fourth f2l pair
F' U' L' U L F// oll
//pll skip

32 HTM. Really nice scramble

I am surprised I thought of the same cross, considering cross is one of my worst aspects. Good job.

 

[cuberswoop]

How would you take advantage of this scramble?

I don't believe in taking advantage of things that can't fight back.

 

[lucazdoescubingstuff]

easy 2x2 scramble from cstimer, got a 4.88 solve which makes it my first sub 5 single

R' U2 R F' R' U2 F R2 F2

i tried doing it again and i got a 4.87

 

[DuckubingCuber347]

How would you take advantage of this scramble?

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

y2 z' // Inspection
r U r U' r2 U' R2 // thing [7/7]
y' M' U2 M U' L U' L' // F2L-1 [7/14]
R' U' R U R' U' R // LS [7/21]
L' U' L U' L' U2 L // OLL [7/28]
U2 M2 U M U2 M' U M2 U // PLL fail [9/37]
37 STM

37 / 7.31 = 5.06 TPS

Very locky LL and stupid PLL, I should have done RU Ua from the back.

 

[ProStar]

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

I'm sure someone could find something way more efficient, but my solve had 8 move XCross that preserved 2 pairs and lead to an easy final pair, with a super easy OLL and PLL.

y // Inspection

F R' F U L F' L' D2 // XCross

U' R' F R F' R U' R' // 2nd Pair

U R' U R // 3rd Pair

L' U L F U F' // 4th Pair

F R' F' R U R U' R' // OLL

U2 M2 U M U2 M' U M2 // PLL

 

[Jorian Meeuse]

You decide if this counts as a LL skip:

D' L' B U' R F B' L U' R2 U' L2 D' B2 D L2 U2 F2 R
x2 y' // inspection
R' D R2 Rw' U Rw L' U L D' // x-cross (should have cancelled the Rw L')
L U L' R U' R' // F2L-2
y' U' L' U L2 U' L' // F2L-3
Dw R U2 R' U' R U2 R' U R U2 R' // F2L-4 cancelled into sune (this is recognized by everything being oriented on top before doing the regular F2L solution)
PLL skip

34 moves / 6.31 = 5.39 TPS (bad TPS, wasn't warmed up. Pretty sure I could have gotten sub 5.5)

 

[Cubing_Paddy]

F' R2 F D' R2 L' D' B2 L F2 U2 L' B2 L U2 L D2 B2 U2

insane scramble from cubedesk

 

[Mastermind2368]

Was doing corners only scrambles on CS timer and I got this:

L2 R' D2 B2 F2 L2 R2 U2 B2 F2 R'

If I calculated correct, the chances of getting a scramble like this roughly has the odds of 1/153090 (3674160/24, total amount of combinations divided by amount of sides times orientations per side)

 

[Running for cube]

I once got a 2x2 scramble solved with r2 f2 r2. I did terrible, got a one second solve.

 

[Garf]

I once got a 2x2 scramble solved with r2 f2 r2. I did terrible, got a one second solve.

2x2 scramble has to be 4 moves to solve, so the WCA would have to do a rescramble, I think.