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[Rcuber123]

Can someone competing at Europe FMC post the scrambles here after each attempt?

 

[ChrisCuber123]

cool solution for weekly German FMC
9 move skeleton

Spoiler

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

L B' (D' B') // EO
(D2 B2 R U' D') // 3c6e

L B' D U R' B2 ^ @ D2 B D
^ = B2 U' B2 L2 F2 D' F2 L2
@ = L' D' U B2 % U' D L'
% = [B', D F' D']

Solution: L B' D U R' U' B2 L2 F2 D' F2 L D' U B D F' D' B D F U' L' D2 B D (26)

insertion finder gives 24 with a corner insertion that cancels nothing cmon cale ur so bad

 

[Cale S]

insertion finder gives 24 with a corner insertion that cancels nothing cmon cale ur so bad

yeah I saw that

 

[MartinEgdal]

This scramble was hard for me

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

 

[Rcuber123]

Can someone competing at Europe FMC post the scrambles here after each attempt?

Bump

Edit: Martin egdal R' D L2 U2 R2 seems like a good start

 

[Hssandwich]

Official mean: 23, 39, 22

Oops...

 

[Rcuber123]

Official mean: 23, 39, 22

Oops...

What happened with the 39?

 

[Hssandwich]

What happened with the 39?

Found nothing at all, had to do a quick CFOP last layer in the last couple of minutes. I finished with 6 seconds to spare.

 

[Rcuber123]

Found nothing at all, had to do a quick CFOP last layer in the last couple of minutes. I finished with 6 seconds to spare.

Damn that probably hurts. Especially since a 28 would have been enough for a WR mean. Do you happen to have the scrambles?

 

[Parham Saeednia]

Damn that probably hurts. Especially since a 28 would have been enough for a WR mean. Do you happen to have the scrambles?

I just found the 3rd scramble from german forum
R' U' F D2 U2 F' U2 F L2 B' U2 F2 R2 U L D' F' D2 F2 U' B2 U' F' R' U' F
I found a 21move solution in about 20min

Spoiler: 21

F2 L + D' F L'//2x2x2
switch to inv
R D2//square
F R' D' R'//F2L-1
D F' D' F D'//AB3C

+: L U L' D' L U' L' D

solution: F2 L2 U L' D' L U' L' F L' D F' D F D' R D R F' D2 R'
(21HTM)

 

[Hssandwich]

I just found the 3rd scramble from german forum
R' U' F D2 U2 F' U2 F L2 B' U2 F2 R2 U L D' F' D2 F2 U' B2 U' F' R' U' F
I found a 21move solution in about 20min

Spoiler: 21

F2 L + D' F L'//2x2x2
switch to inv
R D2//square
F R' D' R'//F2L-1
D F' D' F D'//AB3C

+: L U L' D' L U' L' D

solution: F2 L2 U L' D' L U' L' F L' D F' D F D' R D R F' D2 R'
(21HTM)

I believe this is the 21 most people found. I did something else entirely:

(R) R //square
U F D // roux block + pseudo 222 lol
(D2) // fix
U2 F R F U F' //XXcross?
U2 B' R B U R' U // 3c

R U F D U2 F * R F U F' U2 B' R B U R' U D2 R'
*F L F' R F L' F' R' (5 cancelled)
=22

 

[Rcuber123]

I just found the 3rd scramble from german forum
R' U' F D2 U2 F' U2 F L2 B' U2 F2 R2 U L D' F' D2 F2 U' B2 U' F' R' U' F
I found a 21move solution in about 20min

Spoiler: 21

F2 L + D' F L'//2x2x2
switch to inv
R D2//square
F R' D' R'//F2L-1
D F' D' F D'//AB3C

+: L U L' D' L U' L' D

solution: F2 L2 U L' D' L U' L' F L' D F' D F D' R D R F' D2 R'
(21HTM)

Found that skeleton in about half an hour. Can u find any other scrambles there?

Harrys solution is savage

 

[Cale S]

second scramble: R' U' F L U2 F2 L' F2 R' F2 L' F2 L B D2 L' F' R U' L2 B' L' U' R' U' F
first scramble: R' U' F R2 F2 R' F2 L' D2 R' B2 D2 B' D B2 D' R' F' R2 U B' L2 U' R' U' F

 

[Cale S]

2nd scramble of FMC Europe:

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

(R') U' F' B L' // EO
(L2 D2) D2 // 2x2x2
U2 F L2 // 2x2x3
(U2 F' U' F U' F' U2) // L4C in 18

27 optimal

 

[Rcuber123]

1st place at the weekly competition!

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

Premove: B2

U B' / (2/2) 2x2x1
U' R' / (2/4) 2x2x2
# L2 F' L D' / (4/8) 2x2x3
L' F L' F2 L F L' F' D' L' D L / (12/20) ab3c
B2 / (1/21) undo premove

Insert at #: [F' R F, L2]

http://alg.cubing.net/?alg=U B' U' ...' F' B' R' F2 L' D2 F2 L2 B' F'&view=playback

 

[Ranzha]

FMC Europe: 31, 28, 21 = 26.67 mean

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

Spoiler: 31

4-move EO: {F} L F {D} // EO
I didn't go with this.

Found this at 25 minutes: L2 F' D L' B' // 222
Here, I did some moves on inverse that got to "good 6", but couldn't figure out what they were. So I wrote down what I would do to solve the 6 corners, used them as premoves, and tried to solve the and re-found this (awful) continuation:
(U R2 F2 R2) // a pair?
(U B U B' R2) // 2x2x2 + F2L edges
(D F R F' R' D') // AB6C (20)

Skel (on inverse): (U R2 F2 R2 U B U B' R2 (1) D F R F' R' D' B L D' F L2) // 20
(1): F' (2) D B D' F D B D' // 8-2
(2): [F U F', D2] // 8-3

Final: L2 F' D L' B' D R F R' F' B' D' F' D B D F U F' D2 F U' R2 B U' B' U' R2 F2 R2 U' (31)

2. R' U' F L U2 F2 L' F2 R' F2 L' F2 L B D2 L' F' R U' L2 B' L' U' R' U' F

Spoiler: 28

(U2 B' R' F') // square + good pair
B D F2 D B' U // 223 + pair
B' L D' B' D B L' B2 // AB good 6 corners

Skel: B D F2 D B' U B' L D' B (1) D B L' B2 F R B U2 // 18
(1): R' U2 R D R' (2) U2 R D' // 8-2
(2): R' D R U2 R' D' R U2 // 8-4

Final: B D F2 D B' U B' L D' B R' U2 R D R2 D R U2 R' D' R2 B L' B2 F R B U2 (28)

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

Spoiler: 21

First considerations:
(R' D2 B' D F U B' R) // 223
(L) R B R2 U' R // WTF

Other considerations:
F2 L D' F L' // 222 + THREE PAIRS?!?!?!
(R D2) // square, originally ended this line with (R')
(F R' D' R') // F2L-1
(D F' D' F D') // AB3C (16)

Skel: F2 L (1) D' F L' D F' D F D' R D R F' D2 R' // 16
(1): [L U L', D'] // 8-3

Final: F2 L2 U L' D' L U' L' F L' D F' D F D' R D R F' D2 R' (21)

 

[guysensei1]

Weekly, 27

Spoiler

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

L' R D B L' B2 //2x2x2+lots of pairs
R2 D' F' L D2 L' F//2x2x3+preserve a pair
F' D' F//F2L-1
B' D B D' B' D B D'//3C

L' R D B L' B2 R2 * D' F' L D2 L' D' F B' D B D' B' D B D'
*=R' D' L' D R D' L D

 

[Hssandwich]

Should probably post my solutions to the first and last FMCE scrambles:

#1 (23)

Spoiler

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

(F) //pair
F2 D2 F2 //square
B' U2 R //222
D2 L2 D //pseudo 223
B2 L2 D' (D2) //F2L-1
(B2 R' B2 R) // F2L
D L' D' L // Reduce to block comm
B' R' B2 L B' L' B2 R // WV finish

F2 D2 F2 B' U2 R D2 L2 D B2 [L2 D' D L'] D' L B' R' B2 L B' L' [B2 R R' B2] R B2 D2 F'
=23

#3 (22)

Spoiler

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

(R) R //square
U F D // roux block + pseudo 222 lol
(D2) // fix
U2 F R F U F' //XXcross?
U2 B' R B U R' U // 3c

R U F D U2 F * R F U F' U2 B' R B U R' U D2 R'
*F L F' R F L' F' R' (5 cancelled)
=22

 

[guusrs]

Congratz to everyone who found that wonderful 21 move solution in 3rd round FMC Europe.
I was soooo close to that solution, with 4 move start (should have been 5), switch to inverse scramble, first 6 moves on inverse. And then I overlooked the 16 move 3C.... and ended up with 27 moves.
That's competitions!

 

[YouCubing]

used an insertion in my final solution for the first time ever (37 found in 37:30)

alg.cubing link:

Spoiler

https://alg.cubing.net/?setup=U2_F-...-_L_B-_L_B_D_L-_D2_L_D_L-_D_L_D2_L_B-_L-_B_D-

solution:

Spoiler

scramble: U2 F' U2 B R D2 R F2 U' R F U2 F2 U2 F2 D' R2 U' B2 U R2
* R F' B' R' // 2x2x2
D' L D B L D' B // 2x2x3
L2 D' L B' L B // F2L-1
D L' D2 L D L' D L D2 L B' L' B // forced OLL skip
D' // AUF

insert at *: R2 B R' F2 R B' R' F2 R'
canceled 2 moves

final solution: R2 B R' F2 R B' R' F' B' R' D' L D B L D' B L2 D' L B' L B D L' D2 L D L' D L D2 L B' L' B D'

very simple insertion, but still an insertion

yes i'm very bad at fmc but i'm trying my best