Easy / Lucky / Hard / Weird scrambles Thread

[not_kevin]

42:16 on it. Except for the skip it was a normal solve.

It was a low 20 for me (22.xx, I believe). I don't know... for some reason, if I get a really good first step (cube shape for Sq-1, cross for 3x3, centers for 4x4/5x5), my solves are really nice. With good crosses, I can get sub-30 OH. With bad crosses, I can't get sub-30 to save my life, unless I get a skip.

 

[Jude]

Scramble: U2 L2 U2 R2 B2 D2 B2 U' F2 D B2 F2 R' U2 R2 U' F' U R2 F U' R' D' F U F'

When I first did this, only got 21.92 and it didn't seem anything special, except for the 4 move X-cross, BUT on further inspection I came up with this Solution:


F2L : F U' F' L2 U2 F2
LL : (Y) F R U R' U' F' U2 (Y2) f R U * R' U' f'
With ((Z' Y) R U' L' U R' U' L R (Y' Z) inserted at the *
Giving: F U' F' L2 U2 F2 R B U B' U' R' U2 R U B R U' L' U R' U' L B' R' (25) Which took me about 10 minutes to get.

And after getting cube explorer to generate me a nice OLL, I got a PLL skip and a 17 move solution! :
F2L (6): F U' F' L2 U2 F2
OLL (11): L F R U2 R2 F' L F2 R F2 L2

Ta-da!

 

[Escher]

17 moves... thats ridiculous.

 

[AvGalen]

17 moves... thats ridiculous.

11 move last layer isn't very special, especially not when found by Cube Explorer.

...but 6 move F2l :confused:

The best I ever got was 13 (several times)

 

[fanwuq]

Chukk: Scramble: U2 L2 U2 R2 B2 D2 B2 U' F2 D B2 F2 R' U2 R2 U' F' U R2 F U' R' D' F U F'

Crazy: I got 12.76 first try! That F2L is just unbelievable! The LL sucked.
9.50 2nd try.

 

[fanwuq]

F D' R' D2 B2 L' U2 B2 L B2 D L2 F2 D2 L' U2 R' F L2 B' U2 L2 D' R' D2
2x2x2 scramble from cubemania, there isn't a single side with more than 1 of the same colour on I didn't even know that was possible!
Got 9.41 on it

Not particularly hard.
L' U2 F' (orientation)
U2 L2 (all corners on the correct layer)
y2 L' U L' F2 L U' L U2 (xLL)
Got 9:19 on it and could have been faster.

Really? I suck at 2x2: average around 9 seconds and that scramble is just amazing!

CO: y'FU2R'
XLL: y RU'RF2R'UR'
3.72

 

[TMOY]

Because you didn't perform CO the wrong way like I did
This scramble was presented as a hard scramble, I only posted to say "it's not that hard", not "it's great".

 

[Hadley4000]

Chukk: Scramble: U2 L2 U2 R2 B2 D2 B2 U' F2 D B2 F2 R' U2 R2 U' F' U R2 F U' R' D' F U F'

Crazy: I got 12.76 first try! That F2L is just unbelievable! The LL sucked.
9.50 2nd try.

I only got 21.xx

The 2x2x2 block was obviously awesome, but the other 2 pairs weren't THAT easy, and the LL sucked.

 

[DavidWoner]

F D' R' D2 B2 L' U2 B2 L B2 D L2 F2 D2 L' U2 R' F L2 B' U2 L2 D' R' D2
2x2x2 scramble from cubemania, there isn't a single side with more than 1 of the same colour on I didn't even know that was possible!
Got 9.41 on it

Not particularly hard.
L' U2 F' (orientation)
U2 L2 (all corners on the correct layer)
y2 L' U L' F2 L U' L U2 (xLL)
Got 9:19 on it and could have been faster.

Really? I suck at 2x2: average around 9 seconds and that scramble is just amazing!

CO: y'FU2R'
XLL: y RU'RF2R'UR'
3.72

well done sir, in retrospect that CO is pretty obvious, i dont know how i missed it.

Chukk: Scramble: U2 L2 U2 R2 B2 D2 B2 U' F2 D B2 F2 R' U2 R2 U' F' U R2 F U' R' D' F U F'

Crazy: I got 12.76 first try! That F2L is just unbelievable! The LL sucked.
9.50 2nd try.

I only got 21.xx

The 2x2x2 block was obviously awesome, but the other 2 pairs weren't THAT easy, and the LL sucked.

well if you extend into a 2x2x3, then the other pairs are quite easy, and i enjoyed the LL, U-perm ftw:
this is how I performed it, rotations included:
2x2x3: x z R U2 y R F2 (4)
3xcross: R2 U2 x' U' R U (9)
4th pair: x2 R2 U R U' R' U R U' (17)
OLL: z' y f R U R' U' f' U F R U R' U' F' (30)
PLL: y R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2 (41)
41 moves, got 11.61. comes out to 3.53 tps, a little better than average, probably because this solve was mostly LL.

 

[Faz]

3x3, weird scramble

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

 

[LarsN]

Chukk: Scramble: U2 L2 U2 R2 B2 D2 B2 U' F2 D B2 F2 R' U2 R2 U' F' U R2 F U' R' D' F U F'

Crazy: I got 12.76 first try! That F2L is just unbelievable! The LL sucked.
9.50 2nd try.

I only got 21.xx

The 2x2x2 block was obviously awesome, but the other 2 pairs weren't THAT easy, and the LL sucked.

well if you extend into a 2x2x3, then the other pairs are quite easy, and i enjoyed the LL, U-perm ftw:
this is how I performed it, rotations included:
2x2x3: x z R U2 y R F2 (4)
3xcross: R2 U2 x' U' R U (9)
4th pair: x2 R2 U R U' R' U R U' (17)
OLL: z' y f R U R' U' f' U F R U R' U' F' (30)
PLL: y R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2 (41)
41 moves, got 11.61. comes out to 3.53 tps, a little better than average, probably because this solve was mostly LL.

13.38, with an amazing f2l, but bad LL

This is how I performed it:
2x2x3: y' R U' F2 U L' U L
added a 2x2x1: R2
Last pair: U' R U R'
OLL: y' R U R' U R' F R F' U2 R' F R F'
PLL: U2 R2 u' R U R U' R' u R2 y R U R'
39 moves, but only 12 move f2l

 

[Jude]

F D' R' D2 B2 L' U2 B2 L B2 D L2 F2 D2 L' U2 R' F L2 B' U2 L2 D' R' D2
2x2x2 scramble from cubemania, there isn't a single side with more than 1 of the same colour on I didn't even know that was possible!
Got 9.41 on it

Not particularly hard.
L' U2 F' (orientation)
U2 L2 (all corners on the correct layer)
y2 L' U L' F2 L U' L U2 (xLL)
Got 9:19 on it and could have been faster.

Really? I suck at 2x2: average around 9 seconds and that scramble is just amazing!

CO: y'FU2R'
XLL: y RU'RF2R'UR'
3.72

Hey! I never said it was really hard, just strange in the way that no side had more than one colour on, which I've never seen before

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

3x3, weird scramble

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

mmmm I like this scramble, fast 3 move x-cross if you do the cross on the top

 

[Derrick Eide17]

Crazy Nice Scramble.

I know there is a thread for this already. but kinda dead and i want this to get noticed not just because im an attention freak. its just awesome scramble. only problem is cross is yellow.

scramble with Cross on D.

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


awesome Double X-cross.

solution: x2 y' U'R'FRFU2R2

 

[joey]

9.96
My cross wasn't yellow, it was green.

 

[DavidWoner]

I know there is a thread for this already. but kinda dead and i want this to get noticed not just because im an attention freak. its just awesome scramble. only problem is cross is yellow.

scramble with Cross on D.

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


awesome Double X-cross.

solution: x2 y' U'R'FRFU2R2

if you scramble WCA style(White on top, Green on front) then the cross is white.
solution(highlight):

2xcross: z' R' F' U F U (R + l) U R' U
3rd: R' U' R U R' U' R' U
4th: x U x y U' R' U
OLL: x R U2 R' U' R U R' U' R U' R'
PLL: U' y2 x R' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 R2

got 12.84, dont really think its worth a retry

21 move f2l, 11 move OLL, 9 move PLL + AUF. its ok

if you do the same 2xcross but insert the pairs in reverse order you get a 16 move f2l, but it leads to a 10+16+1 LL.

and Derrick, I like how you change the color of your solution to "Lemon Chiffon"

 

[*LukeMayn*]

14.27

I wish I knew all of OLL

 

[Erik]

Don't we have a special sticky for this stuff?
Well not sticky but a standard thread..

 

[Lt-UnReaL]

only problem is cross is yellow.

scramble with Cross on D.

Just tell us to scramble with Cross on U then.

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


awesome Double X-cross.

solution: x2 y' U'R'FRFU2R2

I guess you meant x2 y U'R'FRFU2R2


My solution:
XXX-cross: x2 y U' R' F R F U R2 U R U2 R
4th slot: U2 R U' R' d R' U R
OLL: U' r' R U R U R' U' r R2 F R F'
PLL: F R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F'

11.05 Paused a lot on that cross, though...

 

[Escher]

yes we do. funnily enough.

lol that scrambles awesome for me because im opposite colour neutral wasnt timing but the solve was really nice, did a little intuitive EO so i got a 2 gen last two pairs and OLL...