Easy / Lucky / Hard / Weird scrambles Thread

[Raffael]

3x3, cross on D:
U2 F' R D R' F L' F' D' F U' F' R D2 F2 D2 R F2 D' B' R2 D2 R' B' D'

3 allready connected pairs after the cross:

cross: y R' F L2 U R D (6)
1st: U R U' R' (4)
2nd:L F' L' F (4)
3rd: U' L U2 L' (4)
4th: y R U2 R' U R' F R F' (8)
OLL: Rw' U' R U' R' U R U' R' U2 Rw (11)
PLL: U' + a-perm (10)

15.80, 47 HTM, 2.97 tps
hmm, my normal tps is 3.6, so i should have gotten sth like 13.06
I wonder why i'm always slower on the really easy scrambles.

 

[Kian]

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

2x2. Unreal easy.

 

[Sa967St]

3x3, cross on D:
U2 F' R D R' F L' F' D' F U' F' R D2 F2 D2 R F2 D' B' R2 D2 R' B' D'

3 already connected pairs after the cross:

cross: y R' F L2 U R D (6)
1st: U R U' R' (4)
2nd:L F' L' F (4)
3rd: U' L U2 L' (4)
4th: y R U2 R' U R' F R F' (8)
OLL: Rw' U' R U' R' U R U' R' U2 Rw (11)
PLL: U' + a-perm (10)

I got 4 connected pairs
cross: y R' F L2 U R D
1st: U2 R U2 R'
2nd:L' U2 L
3rd: y U2 R' U R
4th: y R x' U' R' U x
OLL: U2 F U R U2 R' U' R U R' F'
PLL: y J perm

Here's a weird scramble.

L' B' F' R2 F D R' B L B2 R2 F' D' U B' D U2 B2 D' B' F' L' R U R
Cross on top.
I'm curious to see how everyone else does it, here's my double xcross.
Solution: z2 F2 L D' R' D L2 y R U R' F2 M2 U2 M2
But I'm sure it can be done better.

I would do...
double x-cross: z' x' U' M U M' x z' R' F U F' U' R' y2 R' U R' F R
rest of F2L: U R U' R' L' U L y' R' U R2 x' U' R' U

 

[Mastersonian]

3x3, cross on D:
U2 F' R D R' F L' F' D' F U' F' R D2 F2 D2 R F2 D' B' R2 D2 R' B' D'

3 allready connected pairs after the cross:

cross: y R' F L2 U R D (6)
1st: U R U' R' (4)
2nd:L F' L' F (4)
3rd: U' L U2 L' (4)
4th: y R U2 R' U R' F R F' (8)
OLL: Rw' U' R U' R' U R U' R' U2 Rw (11)
PLL: U' + a-perm (10)

15.80, 47 HTM, 2.97 tps
hmm, my normal tps is 3.6, so i should have gotten sth like 13.06
I wonder why i'm always slower on the really easy scrambles.

Huh, I didn't time myself, but I got 1 connected pair, OLL skip, U-Perm.

 

[Sa967St]

cubemania scramble from http://cubemania.org/puzzles/2/competitions/382

(cross on D)
R U F D L B U2 L' D L D L B' U' L2 D' R' U2 B U2 F U2 L' F2 U'

I got 11.58, but I didn't go for the double x-cross :fp

(this wasn't the solution I used the first time, but it's nice)
xx-cross: y D' F L F' L' y L F L' y R U R' F2
F2L slot 3: y' U' R U R' U2 y R U R'
F2L slot 4: y2 U2 R' U2 R U R' U' R
OLL: M' U M U2 M' U M
PLL (R perm):y' U R' U2 R U2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R2

 

[jcuber]

@ Sarah:If you solve it the way I did, it becomes a triple x-cross.

 

[Sa967St]

@ Sarah:If you solve it the way I did, it becomes a triple x-cross.

how did you do it?

 

[jcuber]

@ Sarah:If you solve it the way I did, it becomes a triple x-cross.

how did you do it?

D' L' F L' U2 B L' B' L U2 R

Then rotate and use an M, U sequence to insert the red edge.




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


I got a 13.83, (x-cross) which is great for me.

 

[SimonWestlund]

(1,-4)/(-3,6)/(6,6)/(3,0)/(6,-3)/(0,3)/(3,0)/(3,3)/(-3,6)/(0,6)/(2,-2)/(-3,3)/(6,3)/(-3,3)/(-3,5)/

12.05

Should've been faster.. people who are good at sq1 should easily get sub 10.

 

[Faz]

6.77 2ez.

 

[Novriil]

cubemania scramble from http://cubemania.org/puzzles/2/competitions/382

(cross on D)
R U F D L B U2 L' D L D L B' U' L2 D' R' U2 B U2 F U2 L' F2 U'

I got 11.58, but I didn't go for the double x-cross :fp

(this wasn't the solution I used the first time, but it's nice)
xx-cross: y D' F L F' L' y L F L' y R U R' F2
F2L slot 3: y' U' R U R' U2 y R U R'
F2L slot 4: y2 U2 R' U2 R U R' U' R
OLL: M' U M U2 M' U M
PLL (R perm):y' U R' U2 R U2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R2

11.90

WTF!! Too good for me.. no skips except the easy xx-cross
only corners OLL and J perm.

 

[MTGjumper]

(1,-4)/(-3,6)/(6,6)/(3,0)/(6,-3)/(0,3)/(3,0)/(3,3)/(-3,6)/(0,6)/(2,-2)/(-3,3)/(6,3)/(-3,3)/(-3,5)/

12.05

Should've been faster.. people who are good at sq1 should easily get sub 10.

I count, right? 8.11. I suck.

 

[SimonWestlund]

(1,-4)/(-3,6)/(6,6)/(3,0)/(6,-3)/(0,3)/(3,0)/(3,3)/(-3,6)/(0,6)/(2,-2)/(-3,3)/(6,3)/(-3,3)/(-3,5)/

12.05

Should've been faster.. people who are good at sq1 should easily get sub 10.

I count, right? 8.11. I suck.

yep, you definitely count

tried it again and got 8.21.. now I kinda new the cases though.

 

[JustinJ]

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

A nickle to anyone who sees it

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

Ooh, mee! Me sees cube scrambled and block Give me nickle yay (I'll have that in Euro's btw)

The solution was x' z R' F R' F' R U' btw

 

[Raffael]

3x3, cross on D:
D' B U L2 B2 D2 B' U2 F2 L2 D R B R F2 L B' U R2 B2 U' R' B U' B

minimalistic F2L:
y R' B L2 y' D' L' (5)
R U R' (3)
L U' L' (3)
d L U' L' (4)
R U R' (3)
2-Look-OLL:
r U2 R' U' R U' r' (7)
L' U2 L2 U L2 U L2 U2 L' (9)
PLL: U' + g-perm (13)

 

[Sa967St]

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

A nickle to anyone who sees it

yay! I win a nickel

Spoiler

z y L' U R' U' L U'

 

[jcuber]

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

A nickle to anyone who sees it

yay! I win a nickel

Spoiler

z y L' U R' U' L U'

No, you get a nickle .

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

You're all slow.

 

[JustinJ]

Scarily similar to the other 2x2 scramble I posted.

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