Easy / Lucky / Hard / Weird scrambles Thread

[Tim Major]

An easy x-cross that even I can do (that is, if it even passes for an x-cross). And it's way too easy in general:
F' D B2 F' U' L2 R' F' D' L2 U' B2 D2 R2 D2 U R' L' U2 F2 L2 B2 F U' F2

Thanks qqtimer!

lol. one move x-cross

 

[Tim Major]

B' L' D2 U2 R U R L' D' L B U' B2 R2 B L2 U' R L2 B' D L R B2 U2

uhmaaaaaaaazin

what's easy about this one? or is it a joke. unsure what to think

 

[Tim Major]

..
PLL: y R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U F' L' U L
...

That is a nice t-perrm trick.
Do you have any more AUF-PLL's ?

btw, here's my speedsolve of your scramble:
scramble:
F' D U B D2 L D2 U' L' F' B2 R L' D2 U2 F' B U2 D R B2 U' B2 R L2

solution:
triple-x-cross: x2 y' R' F R2 D L2 D2 R' D2 (8)
4th: y' U' R U2 R2 F R F' (7)
OLL: F R U R' U' F' (6)
PLL: U2 + r-perm (1+14)

36 HTM, 11.58

actually I only planned the double-x-cross with FR-slot and BL-slot during inspection, so I was a bit lucky with the BR-slot


Yesterday, I got this scramble:
(cross on D)

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

during inspection, my thoughts were something like this:
'hmm..two connected pairs after three piecees of the cross...they're in a nice position... I'm going to insert them first, then complete the cross... this should be fast.. probably I'll end with 2-look-Oll and an n-perm... as usual...'

check the spoiler below to see how edge-control rewarded me with a LL-skip

cross-1: R' B' F R' D (5)
1st: y L' U L (3)
2nd: R U2 R' (3)
complete cross: y' U R' F R (4)
3rd: y' U F2 L F2 L' (5)
4th: d R' U' R y R' F R F' (8)
U' (1)

29 HTM

I got a 8.58, which made me jump around for a few minutes, bump my head, leaving me happy with a headache

please post solve of your sctramble with ll skip

 

[Jai]

Highlight the blank space at the bottom of his post, the solution's written in white text.

 

[(X)]

Pretty nice Fridrich scramble. Cross on D.
R2 F' D2 L' F R' U F' D B2 L2 D' B' D2 L F' D

That's the nicest F2L I've ever seen

 

[Raffael]

Pretty nice Fridrich scramble. Cross on D.
R2 F' D2 L' F R' U F' D B2 L2 D' B' D2 L F' D

That's the nicest F2L I've ever seen

First try: 8.63
After a few tries:5.78

Is this a real scramble?
Seems a bit too short and easy.

 

[LarsN]

Pretty nice Fridrich scramble. Cross on D.
R2 F' D2 L' F R' U F' D B2 L2 D' B' D2 L F' D

That's the nicest F2L I've ever seen

I don't get it. My f2l stinks with this.
Could you tell me how you did the cross? Just to know what I missed.

 

[Raffael]

Pretty nice Fridrich scramble. Cross on D.
R2 F' D2 L' F R' U F' D B2 L2 D' B' D2 L F' D

That's the nicest F2L I've ever seen

I don't get it. My f2l stinks with this.
Could you tell me how you did the cross? Just to know what I missed.

cross: y' D' R2 U' B' (4)
1st: d L U L' (4)
2nd: R' U R (3)
3rd + 4th: y' R U R2 U' R (5)
OLL: R U R' U R U2 R' (7)

22/23 moves HTM

 

[Shortey]

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

Should be a pretty easy X-cross. =)

 

[cmhardw]

I just had a really interesting 3x3x3 speedsolve, and I've never done anything like this before. The solve time was 15.69 seconds which is about my average. So the time was not special, what was weird was the solve itself.

Scramble With Cross on U face: L2 B2 R F R U R2 L2 F' R' U R' D F' B2 L2 F2 L2 D R' U F2 B2 L B2

X-cross: x2 y L F' L' F' D2 F2 R
2nd pair: U R' U2 R D'w R U R'

Ok so all of that was pretty normal for me. The X-cross was pretty easy as far as X-crosses go, so I saw the whole solve during inspection. The 2nd pair was just normal stuff. But now look at the 3rd and 4th pairs. I normally solve those cases with stuff like: R2 U2 R' U' R U' R' U2 R' which flips the corner. However, there are two slots like this. Not only that, but the corners rotate opposite directions.

What I did during my solve was to blindfold orient both corners. So I did:

3rd and 4th slots at the same time: y' x2 B L U2 L' U' L U' L' R' U2 R U R' U R B' x2

I've done stuff like blindfold orient edges or corners for the LL whenever I get those ZBLL cases, but I've never done anything like that during F2L! This was a very fun solve!

Chris

 

[Ewks]

U' F U R' U F' U' F R for 2x2x2

I got 1.32 with it the first time 'cause I didn't realize that it was already solved after first layer.

 

[DavidWoner]

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

6.02 first try. Got it from Dan. I was like "lolwat"

 

[Sa967St]

Pretty nice Fridrich scramble. Cross on D.
R2 F' D2 L' F R' U F' D B2 L2 D' B' D2 L F' D

O_o

7.28 first try
4.11 after 10 tried or so

 

[TheMatureOne]

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

Awesome 2x2 scramble; got my PB with it.

 

[Robert-Y]

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

Wow...

 

[Faz]

8.52, my hands are freeezing. It probably would have been sub 7 if I was warmed up.

 

[guitardude7241]

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

Extremely easy F2L.

 

[Tim Major]

pyraminx l' L R L' U R' B' L B R B L' R U' R' B L U R B' L' B U' L' U

Solution: R B' L R' l B'
Got 0.97 seconds first shot.

This was on speedcubing.com UWR's for pyra. This person must suck. Technically it doesn't belong there because it was lucky.

8. 3.69 seconds Syoji Takamatsu The scramble: l' L R L' U R' B' L B R B L' R U' R' B L U R B' L' B U' L' U
It's easy
My site 20061208

 

[DavidWoner]

Got 0.97 seconds first shot.

I don't think you did.

 

[Rubixcubematt]

pyraminx l' L R L' U R' B' L B R B L' R U' R' B L U R B' L' B U' L' U

Solution: R B' L R' l B'
Got 0.97 seconds first shot.

This was on speedcubing.com UWR's for pyra. This person must suck. Technically it doesn't belong there because it was lucky.

8. 3.69 seconds Syoji Takamatsu The scramble: l' L R L' U R' B' L B R B L' R U' R' B L U R B' L' B U' L' U
It's easy
My site 20061208

I highly doubt it, that solution doesn't work....... :fp