How would you solve this scramble?

I might have the weirdest solves in here, but this is just my "style". Keyhole is my main method, but I am mixing in some regular F2L. And I don't know OLL PLL so I use 4 look last layer, but I try to avoid OLL's I don't know.
To summarize: 40 ("slow speedsolve"), 47 (slow speedsolve) and 51 ("Fridrich slow speedsolve")

Scramble1 (with cross color on bottom): U2 B2 R D L2 B’ R’ F D’ B2 R2 F’ D F2 D’ L’ R2 F’ D2 L B F2 D’ L’ R2
Using "optimal keyhole"
Cross (+ Edge 1) (5): L D F' B' L'
Corner 1 (+ Edge 2) (3): y' L' U2 L
Corner 2 (3): y L' U L
Edge 3 (3): R U R'
Corner 3 (7): y R2 U R2 U R2 U2 R2
Corner 4 + Edge 4 (4): y' D' L' U L
OLL (6): y R' U' F' U F R
PLL (9): y2 l' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 R2
"optimal keyhole means I go a bit slower and just do something in the F2L that solves something without breaking anything that is already done
This would have been a really nice solve for me

Scramble2 (with cross color on bottom): U B2 L B2 R2 B2 R' D2 L' U' L' B L B D L2 U L2 B2 L B' R' F D2 F
(how I would have solved it. It's a mixture between regular F2L (beginning), keyhole (middle part) and blindfolded (Last Layer))
Cross (5): B D' R L2 D'
1st pair (4): U2 R U R'
2nd pair (4): y' L F' L' F
3rd edge (3): y2 R U2 R'
3rd corner (+ 4th edge) (5): y' D2 U2 L' U' L
Corner 4: (7): y R2 U R2 U R2 U2 R2
Last Layer (19): z2 (R U R' U' R U R' U') D (U R U' R' U R U' R') U2 D

I also gave normal Fridrich a try:
Regular Fridrich
Cross (6): z2 y R' U F' U2 F' U'
1st pair (3): z2 y R U' R'
2nd pair (4): y' L F' L' F
3rd pair (7): R U' R' U R U R'
4th pair (4): y' L F' L' F2
OLL (5): R U R' U' F'
Corners PLL (10): U2 l' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 R2
Edge PLL (12): x' U R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2
 
U B2 L B2 R2 B2 R' D2 L' U' L' B L B D L2 U L2 B2 L B' R' F D2 F

Cross: U' F2 B D' R D' [6]
1st Pair: U R U R' U y R U R' [14]
2nd pair: R' U R U L' U' L [21]
3rd and 4th pairs: y2 E' F U F' E F U' F' [29]
OLL skip!
PLL: R' U2 R U2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R2 U [43]

Too bad I didn't time this.
 
For you Mr. van Galen:
(I'm assuming I have to use cross on D) Scramble 1:
Cross: (u) D R' (u r) R U' l2 (r') D'
First Pair: R' U2 R U' (u) L' U L
Second Pair: R U R'
Third Pair: (u') L' U2 L U' L' U' L
Fourth Pair: (u') U L' U L U' (u) L U L'
Nice OLL
A-perm

31 move F2L (+9+9, and maybe U adjustment)

Scramble 2:
Cross: D' L2 R (u) D' L
First Pair: U2 R' U R
Second Pair: (u') R U' R' (u) R U R'
Third Pair: U2 L' U L2 F' L' F
Fourht Pair: (u2) R U R' U' (u) L' U' L
11 move OLL
Z-perm (16)

29 move F2L + 27
 
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2nd scramble
cross D' L2 R D' F (5)
1st pair L U' L' U2 y R U R' (7)
2nd pair y' D L' U2 L D' (5)
3rd pair R U R' F R' F' R (7)
4th pair and OLL U2 y R' U' R U R' U2 R2 U2 R' U' R U' R' U (15)
PLL M2 U' M U2 M' U' M2 (7)
46 total

Didn't see the pair already made the first time, because one of my tiles fell off... Here is how I would have solved it with that:
cross D' L2 R D' F (5)
1st pair y U2 R' U R (4)
2nd pair y' R U' R' y R U R' (6)
3rd pair y D' R' U2 R D (5)
4th pair y R' U2 R2 B' R' B (6)
OLL y f R U R' U' f' (6)
OLL part 2 y' R U2 R' U' R U' R' U (8)
PLL y x U2 r' U' r U2 l' U R' U' R2 (10)

50 total, didn't know the OLL =(
 
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I might have the weirdest solves in here, but this is just my "style".

Scramble2 (with cross color on bottom): U B2 L B2 R2 B2 R' D2 L' U' L' B L B D L2 U L2 B2 L B' R' F D2 F
(how I would have solved it. It's a mixture between regular F2L (beginning), keyhole (middle part) and blindfolded (Last Layer))
Cross (5): B D' R L2 D'
1st pair (4): U2 R U R'
2nd pair (4): y' L F' L' F
3rd edge (3): y2 R U2 R'
3rd corner (+ 4th edge) (5): y' D2 U2 L' U' L
Corner 4: (7): y R2 U R2 U R2 U2 R2
Last Layer (19): z2 U2 (R U R' U' R U R' U') D (U R U' R' U R U' R') U2 D

you're solves are indeed a bit strange :) but if it works for you, then that doesn't really matter. it's fun to do it this way.
shouldn't there be a U2 before your last layer alg? if i do it this way i end up with another 'OLL' shape. and if i do the alg backwards i get the same as i had before the start of the last layer but then with a U2 added.

For you Mr. van Galen:
(I'm assuming I have to use cross on D) Scramble 1:
31 move F2L (+9+9, and maybe U adjustment)

Scramble 2:
29 move F2L + 27

again i had a bit of trouble understanding the (u) and (r) signs. if you had scrambled this with white on D, had you chosen a different cross color then?




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

Cross: U' F2 B D' R D' [6]
1st Pair: U R U R' U y R U R' [14]
2nd pair: R' U R U L' U' L [21]
3rd and 4th pairs: y2 E' F U F' E F U' F' [29]
OLL skip!
PLL: R' U2 R U2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R2 U [43]

Too bad I didn't time this.

very strange/cool way of solving the 3rd and 4th pair.

2nd scramble
cross D' L2 R D' F (5)
1st pair L U' L' U2 y R U R' (7)
2nd pair y' D L' U2 L D' (5)
3rd pair R U R' F R' F' R (7)
4th pair and OLL U2 y R' U' R U R' U2 R2 U2 R' U' R U' R' U (15)
PLL M2 U' M U2 M' U' M2 (7)
46 total

can't seem to get you're 4th + OLL to work. can you try it again?
 
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Dene: I cannot get your first solve working.
Marijn: the z2 should be x2, so Last Layer (19): x2 (R U R' U' R U R' U') D (U R U' R' U R U' R') U2 D


yes that's working alot better :)


try it this way. i believe one of the (r) notations was wrong. it's a damn complicated cross. whats your time on that dene?
Cross: y DR' yx' R U' l2 x' D'
First Pair: R' U2 R U' y L' U L
Second Pair: RUR''
Third Pair:y'L' U2 L U' L' U' L
Fourth Pair: y' U L' U L U' y L U L'
 
For you Mr. van Galen:
(I'm assuming I have to use cross on D) Scramble 1:
31 move F2L (+9+9, and maybe U adjustment)

Scramble 2:
29 move F2L + 27

again i had a bit of trouble understanding the (u) and (r) signs. if you had scrambled this with white on D, had you chosen a different cross color then?

Well the lower case letters in brackets are cube rotations, and they are much easier to follow than x/y/z, or at least I think so.
I'm not sure what you mean by scrambling with white on D... I just scrambled it as I always do (white on U, green on F) then solved with cross on D straight from the scramble. I could have scrambled with any colour on D, it wouldn't matter.

Dene: I cannot get your first solve working.
Damn it! Sorry, the (r) rotation in the cross should have been (r')

Cross: (u) D R' (u r') R U' l2 (r') D'
First Pair: R' U2 R U' (u) L' U L
Second Pair: R U R'
Third Pair: (u') L' U2 L U' L' U' L
Fourth Pair: (u') U L' U L U' (u) L U L'
Nice OLL
A-perm
 
2nd scramble
cross D' L2 R D' F (5)
1st pair L U' L' U2 y R U R' (7)
2nd pair y' D L' U2 L D' (5)
3rd pair R U R' F R' F' R (7)
4th pair and OLL U2 y R' U' R U R' U2 R2 U2 R' U' R U' R' U (15)
PLL M2 U' M U2 M' U' M2 (7)
46 total

can't seem to get you're 4th + OLL to work. can you try it again?
I just tried it, seems to work fine for me.
 
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