Easy / Lucky / Hard / Weird scrambles Thread

[TDM]

145. 10.80 U' F2 R2 B2 R2 D' F2 U' L2 D F2 L' B L' B U2 L F U F' U

x2
R' F' B2 D2
U L U L'
R U R'
R' U2 R U R' U' R
L' U' L U L' U' L U' R' U' R
U2 L' U L
U2 L' U' L U r' U' r' F
U2 M2 U M U2 M' U M2

With about 6-8 moves cancelled because of other fails.

E: 147. 11.90 D' R2 U B2 D2 U' F2 U' R' U L2 B' F2 U' L' B D2 R D2

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Time to start a TTW session...
1.43 U F2 R F R2 F' R2 U' R2 U F'

 

[10461394944000]

just got this from qqtimer: L' B L2 F' R' D B' R2 D' R' D2 F B2 R2 U2 B R2 B' D2 R2 B2

 

[TDM]

20. 23.83 U2 L2 D L2 U' B2 F2 U R2 D' B2 R B' U2 B' D2 R U2 R' B D'

Sucks to get a cross skip when you're doing OH if you don't use CFOP for OH... I used CFOP though, and despite having to use 2-look OLL and getting an A perm (not too bad I guess) I got a good time.

 

[Ronxu]

U R U R2 U R' U2 R' U2
lel 2x2

 

[10461394944000]

U R U R2 U R' U2 R' U2
lel 2x2

0.69 stackmat kek

 

[DavidCip86]

Uw' Lw' B Rw' R U' B2 D' U Lw' U' Rw2 Lw B2 R2 U Fw D L2 Dw2 Fw D' U' R2 L' U2 Bw' F Lw2 Dw' Bw2 Fw2 B D Fw R L2 F' Dw' Uw2 F L' D' R Fw D2 Dw Rw L Uw' Rw' R Uw2 L Lw2 Dw2 L D' Dw' Fw2

orange centers lol (this is for 5x5 btw)

 

[TDM]

129. 11.84 L2 F2 D2 R2 F2 U F2 D R2 L2 D2 B' R' U B' D F' R2 D2 L2 B L'

Spoiler

z2 // Inspection
F' R' y' R U R' // X-cross (5/5)
y' L' U2 L // F2L-2 (3/8)
Can't reconstruct past there, but LL was F sexy F', adj-flip Z perm ELL.

141. 12.77 D' B2 U R2 D R2 F2 U' L2 U2 F D B2 U' B2 F2 U2 R U' R'

Spoiler: The solution I was supposed to do

x2 y // Inspection
L' F' L' U' R U R // X-cross (setup F2L-2) (7/7)
U2 y' R U' R2 U R // F2L-2 (6/13)
U R U' R' L U2 L' // F2L-3 (7/20)
U R U' R' d r' F r // F2L-4 (8/28)
U M' U M U2 M' U M // OLL (8/36)
U2 y l' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 R2 // PLL (10/46)

I failed the setup in the cross, which I didn't expect, making the solve even worse.

 

[SolveThatCube]

Skewb

2. 2.66 L' R' L' U' R' B L B

 

[TDM]

161. 13.06 L2 U2 R2 U' L2 U B2 D' R2 B2 U B R2 L' B' F R2 B L2 D2 L'

z2 y
R' D2 R D'
R' U R U R' U R U' R' U R
U' R U R' U2 R U' R'

Can't reconstruct past there, but F2L was easy and OLL was R' U' R' F R F' U R. Gb perm.

52. 12.00 L2 B2 D2 R2 D2 U' R2 B2 F2 D' R2 F D' L U' R' U' R' D2 B2 D'

x2 y
R' D2 R U y' R' F R D R U R' U' y' L' U L u // (fail) X-cross (16/16)
U y L U' L' // F2L-2 (4/20)
R U R' U' R U' R' U' L' U' L // F2L-3 (11/31)
U' L' U2 L U l' U R [U' x'] // VHLS (9/40) (OCLL skip)
l' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 R2 // PLL (9/49)

 

[Bindedsa]

F2 R2 U' L2 U B2 R2 F2 U' R2 U' B D' R D' F2 L2 B2 R2 F2 D'

x2 // Inspection
D' U' R2 U L // Xcross (5/5)
y' U2 D R U' R' D' // F2L-2 (6/11)
f R' f' // F2L-3 (3/14)
r' U' F U M' // F2L-4 / EO (5/19)
U' R U' R' U' L U' R U L' U // ZBLL (11/30)

Not my solution, just the same Xcross. Also Interesting:

x2 // Inspection
D' U' R2 U L // Xcross (5/5)
y' U2 D R U' R' D' // F2L-2 (6/11)
U' L' U L // F2L-3 (4/15)
f U R' U' f' // F2L-4 / EO (5/20)
y R' U' R U' R' U' L U' R U L' U2 // ZBLL (12/32)
Same LS+LL from a different angle if you insert the FL F2l Pair instead of the BR.

 

[TDM]

f U R' U' f' // F2L-4 / EO (5/20)

Another VHLS from that angle: R2 F R F' R. I find it faster that your one.

 

[Bindedsa]

Another VHLS from that angle: R2 F R F' R. I find it faster that your one.

Normally I use r' U r U' r' U' r, This was just FMC, so I tried multiple LS and found the one the gave the best LL.

some easy 2x2 scrambles:

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

Edit: Weird, these came one after another

U F U' R F U R2 U2
z2 y' // Inspection
F' R' F' R // Face (4/4)
U' R U' R' F R U2 R' F // EG-1 (9/13)

U F R' U2 R U R2 U F
y // Inspection
R' F' R' F' R2 // Face (5/5)
U' R' F R U2 R' F U' // EG-1 (8/13)

 

[TDM]

Normally I use r' U r U' r' U' r

That's a good alg. You can even setup to it and get R' U R U' r' U r U' r' U' r, which is very nice too. There's so many F2L tricks I don't know about... stuff like L' U L F R U2 R' F', this, R2 U' R2 U' R2 U2 R2/R2 U2 R2 U' R2 U' R2... I've only learned these very recently. It makes me want to learn algorithmic F2L.

 

[Bindedsa]

D' F2 D2 L2 F2 U' F2 D' L2 D' F R D' F' R2 F R B' F'
z2 y
L U L' D R D L2 U R U' F R' F' // XXXcross

Only saw the XXcross in inspection and going for the XXXcross failed the solve, still cool though.

 

[Ulbert]

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

I messed up the whole XXcross. It was just to hard without breaking up the 1x2x3 block that was already made for me... I would love to see Alex using this scramble.

 

[Renslay]

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

x
U R' U R r U R U' M2 U R U M U' M' U' R (17)
R' U2 R' D' R U2 R' D R2 (9-3)
U M' U M U2 M U M' U M2 U' M' u2 M' u2 (15)
alg.cubing.net

38 STM. Nah, not that good. There is nothing good in the second block.

I tried a different strategy for the second block:

x
U2 r2 U2 r' U' R2 U' r' R' U' R U R2 U' R' U r (17)
U2 l U R' D R U2 R' D' R U l' (12)
U M' U M' U' M U2 M (8)
alg.cubing.net

Bit better, but still the SB is long...
37 STM.

 

[Bindedsa]

9.272 D2 B2 L2 F2 D R2 D' F2 R2 U' L' D B' D' R2 L2 D F2 D'

 

[TDM]

There is nothing good in the second block.

I couldn't find anything good either, so I decided it wasn't worth posting my solution... for a first block skip, it isn't a great Roux scramble.
E: and jarcs isn't working either, great...

 

[Coolster01]

Within 120 skewb solves, I got these incredibly similar scrambles:

3.821[5.75 tps] L B U' R' B R U' B L

3.715[5.92 tps] U R' U' B L R L' B'

4.554 R U' R' L R B U' R'

 

[Ulbert]

There is nothing good in the second block.

Haha, at first I was so shocked about the "easy" scramble so I wasn't really paying attention to the second block... But after a while I noticed that it sucked... Should have added that but was to lazy to edit the post again... Btw, are the reconstructions based on timed solves or just "example solves"? Because your move count is according to speedsolving wiki 10 moves lower than usual!