The blindfold race!

3x3x3: DNF
Accuracy: 2/4
6:30.48, 4:46.40, DNF, DNF

1. Good start, despite a very long recall on the last pair on 1st scramble, found by process of elimination
2. As i was about to start I noticed I based my corner memo on the BLU sticker instead of UBL... hurrah for cycles :)
3. DNF, slipped in exec
4. DNF, had to undo 2 edges and managed to flip one in the propcess???
 
Results for week 2012-10:

2x2x2
  1. 21.86 Mike Hughey
  2. 28.81 DrKorbin

3x3x3
  1. 51.96 Maskow
  2. 1:03.18 Jakube
  3. 1:23.30 Mike Hughey
  4. 1:45.65 DrKorbin
  5. 1:52.21 MatsBergsten
  6. 2:25.99 Skullush
  7. 3:38.90 Carson
  8. DNF Riley
  9. DNF emolover
  10. DNF Cubenovice

4x4x4
  1. 6:59.39 MatsBergsten
  2. 7:24.50 Mike Hughey
  3. 8:12.38 DrKorbin

5x5x5
  1. 10:02.61 Jakube
  2. 23:13 DrKorbin

8x8x8
  1. DNF Mike Hughey

3x3x3 multiBLD
  1. 10/12, 54:15 DrKorbin
  2. 15/23, 56:06 Maskow
  3. 2/2, 10:33 Riley
  4. 1/2, 16:04 Carson
  5. DNF Jakube (5/20, 50:xx)
 
Week 2012-11:

  • 2x2x2BLD 20 solves: mean of five best. (do at least 5 solves)
  • 3x3x3BLD 20 solves: mean of five best. (do at least 5 solves)
  • 4x4x4BLD 8 solves: mean of two best. (at least 2)
  • 5x5x5BLD 4 solves: best solve. (well, one then)
  • 8x8x8BLD 1 solve: best solve.
  • 3x3x3 multiBLD 1 attempt: best attempt.

Do as much or as little as you like. This will end Monday night, March 19, 2012, at 11:59 PM EDT.

Scrambles for week 2012-11:

2x2x2:
  1. R U' F R' U F' U2 R F2 U'
  2. U2 F' U2 F U2 F2 R2 F' R'
  3. U F R' F2 U2 F'
  4. R' F R' U2 R2 U' R F' U'
  5. R2 U2 F2 U R F' U F R U'
  6. U2 R F2 R' U' R2 F' U' R2
  7. R F R2 F U F2 U F2 R2
  8. U' F U' F' U' R2 F U R2
  9. R F2 U2 R' U' R U' R' U
  10. F R' F U2 R' F' U R
  11. F' U R2 F R' U' F R
  12. R2 F2 U R' F2 R' U2 F'
  13. F U2 F' R2 F U' R U' R
  14. U' R2 U2 R' U2 R F2 U' F2 U'
  15. U F2 R' F R U' F R' F2
  16. R2 F' R F' U F2 U'
  17. F R F U2 R' U F' R U'
  18. R2 F' R2 F' R F' R2 F2 U
  19. U' F R U R' U' R U R2
  20. F U' R' U2 F2 R' F U'

3x3x3:
  1. L2 U2 B2 F2 U2 R2 D L2 U' R2 U F' D' B2 R U R U R' B
  2. F2 D R2 D' U L2 U2 F2 U2 B2 U R' B' R U2 B F2 R B' L B'
  3. L2 F' D2 B' U2 R2 B' U2 B' U2 L' D R2 U' L' U B L B R
  4. L2 D R U F L' D R2 D B' U2 R' F2 D2 R F2 R U2 D2 L2
  5. U2 F2 D R2 U B2 F2 L2 D L2 U B' D R' F' U2 L D' U' B' R2
  6. L2 D2 L U2 L' D2 R' B2 R D2 R U' R B2 D2 F' L2 R U' B
  7. F' L U L B D L2 F2 R D2 B' D2 R2 F U2 R2 B D2 L2 U2
  8. B2 R F2 L' F2 D2 F2 L U2 R D L F2 L' R F U' L' B L2 R'
  9. B2 U F2 U' F2 U' R2 U2 R2 U' B2 L D' B U2 R' F2 R2 D L R2
  10. U2 R2 B2 U' B2 U' F2 D2 F2 L2 F2 R B' L2 D U' R' F2 D2 B'
  11. B' U2 L2 F U2 B' F2 R2 F U' B L D2 B' R2 U2 B L' R D'
  12. B F2 L2 D2 B' D2 L2 F' D2 B2 D2 L' B' F R D' U L F2 D' U2
  13. B2 U2 R D2 R B2 R' D2 L F2 L' U R2 B2 L2 D2 B' R F2 D'
  14. B2 D' L2 B2 D2 U B2 U2 B2 F2 U2 B' R U R2 F' U F2 L' F R'
  15. B R U B' L F2 L F U' R D2 L' F2 D2 F2 U2 B2 R L2 B2
  16. L2 R2 D B2 R2 D2 L2 U F2 D' B2 F U' L F L R2 D' L D' R
  17. B U' R U D2 F2 D' F' U2 R U' L2 U' L2 U2 F2 U' L2 B2 U'
  18. L2 U R2 B2 L2 F2 U2 B2 D' L2 R2 F R' F' D U2 L B' F2 D'
  19. R2 D F R L U F' U' R' U2 L2 U' R2 U B2 U L2 U2 R2 U'
  20. U2 L' U F' D2 L B R L D' B' R2 B U2 B2 R2 U2 F' U2 D2 B

4x4x4:
  1. Fw' U Rw' R' B2 Rw' R F2 L2 D' Fw F' D' Uw2 L' Fw R2 Uw U2 Fw Uw2 L B' U B2 Rw2 U B' Fw' L' B' Fw' Uw U2 Rw Uw2 B F2 Rw2 F'
  2. L' Rw2 R Fw Rw2 U' Fw L' D Rw Fw2 Rw' B2 Uw2 B' L D' U B' R' B Uw' U2 Fw2 L2 Fw Uw' U Rw B2 Fw' Rw U R' Fw Uw' L2 Uw2 L R'
  3. U' Fw' Rw B L' B R' F' L' Rw2 U' Rw Uw2 Fw' F U R2 F Uw2 L2 D2 L Uw L' R Uw' F2 U2 B' Fw2 Rw2 B' Rw' R' D' B2 D2 L' R2 F
  4. D' Uw2 F' R' Uw' L' Rw Fw L' R' F' D Rw2 R' B2 D F2 Rw' Uw2 Rw2 F2 L B' Rw' Fw2 L' Uw' B R' D' Uw U' L' Uw2 B2 D2 R2 B Uw L2
  5. Uw' Rw' D R' D Uw2 U' Fw2 D L Rw2 D2 Uw L R' U Rw' U B2 F2 R2 Fw2 L Rw R2 Uw F' U' R U2 Fw' D U Fw2 Uw' Rw Uw B' R2 D2
  6. Uw' Rw R' Fw F D' L' Rw2 F Uw2 U2 Fw' Uw B' D' B Fw' Uw' U F' Uw' F2 U L D' Uw U R B L' Fw2 D' L2 B Fw2 F' U B' L U
  7. Rw2 R2 Fw D' U L2 B2 R B' U' B' Fw D U2 B U' F L2 R U R2 Uw2 U2 F2 R' Uw L' F2 Rw2 R' B Fw L' R' U2 B2 Fw Rw' B' D2
  8. B' R2 F U Fw2 F2 D' Rw2 Fw' U' Rw' D2 Fw' Rw2 F2 D2 Rw' R B L Rw2 Uw2 Fw Uw' R D Fw D2 R' U2 Fw D' Uw' U' R2 B D' U' F' R2

5x5x5:
  1. Fw D Rw D2 L' Rw R B' R' Fw Dw2 Bw Fw Lw' Uw U L' Dw U R' U Fw L2 Uw' B2 L2 Dw' Rw2 R' B2 Fw Dw2 Uw2 R' D2 U' Lw D Uw F Lw B D2 Dw2 L Fw Uw B2 Bw Fw F' D' Lw B2 L F' D Bw R2 B2
  2. R2 B Dw' Rw D Uw' B L Lw2 B2 U' Rw' U2 F2 Rw' F' D' L' Dw2 Uw2 U L2 Dw2 Uw' U' L2 Lw2 R2 F2 D L2 Bw2 Fw' U Bw' D Fw' L Fw' F L2 B2 D' Bw' Lw2 R Bw2 Fw2 U' Rw U2 L Lw' R' D2 L R Fw2 L2 F'
  3. Bw Fw L2 R' D2 L Lw Rw' D' Bw L R Fw F' D U L Lw Bw' Fw' L' Fw' Dw Bw2 L Lw2 Dw2 Lw' D' Bw2 F Dw L' R D' Fw2 D' Dw F2 Lw Uw2 U' Lw' Fw Dw2 Uw U2 Fw Lw' B' Uw2 B2 Bw Rw2 Fw2 Rw' Dw Lw B' F2
  4. Uw Bw2 D' Bw' U' Bw2 L B' D' Lw Rw' R' D' Rw R' Dw F D' Dw Rw' U2 Lw2 D' Dw2 Rw U Rw2 F' Uw' Bw' Uw' L2 B2 Dw2 Rw' R2 F2 Dw' Uw F2 D L B R' Fw D2 Fw2 D Rw2 Dw2 B Rw' Fw R Bw' U' Rw' Dw2 B R

8x8x8:
  1. 3u' F' 3u u2 3r2 3f D' 4u2 3b l2 4f2 r 3l f l' d2 r' D r2 3u' 3r 4f2 3l2 d' U 4r' b2 D2 B b' 3b r 3b2 3r' 4r' 3l' 4u 3r 4r' d' L 4u' 4f' 3r' 3l 3f2 u2 R2 3d R 4u2 3r' 3d 3r' b2 B 3l2 b d 4u' 3f f' 3u' 3f2 3u' r' l2 u' 3b2 l' 3d' D2 f' B 3b 3l' f' L' R2 4r' b2 4u' r2 F D2 3r2 d2 r2 3r' L' 3d B' 3u L' 3d' 3u' r 3b' d' L2 4r' 4u' 4f2 3r b 3b l' 4r' 3b2 3r 3f 3b' U2 3f 3b2 r' 3r F2 3u2 3r

3x3x3 multiBLD:
  1. R2 U' L2 U2 L2 B2 D R2 U B2 F L2 F D2 L B' D U B2 F2
  2. U2 R2 U2 R' U B' L' F L' U' R' D2 R' D2 F2 R F2 B2 R2 U2 L'
  3. U' R2 L' B D2 F U L D' L' B2 L2 D' L2 U2 F2 U L2 D B2 D
  4. B2 L2 U2 R2 U' B2 F2 U' B2 U F2 R' F2 U L2 B' U2 F' L R2 B
  5. F2 U2 L2 B R2 F' D2 U2 F' R D2 F2 U L' B D' U2 L' R
  6. D R2 D L2 B2 U' B2 L2 U2 B2 D B' F' D2 U' F2 L U2 B F2 R'
  7. D2 B2 L' U2 R D2 B2 D2 R' D2 L D L B L2 U L U2 B L2 U'
  8. U2 R2 D' U' B2 D F2 U' R2 U F R F2 D U' F D' L F' D' F
  9. U L U' F' R B' U L' F B U R2 B2 R2 D' F2 U' B2 D L2 D2
  10. B2 F2 U L2 R2 F2 R2 D' U' B2 U2 B' R2 B R' D2 B' F' U B2 L2
  11. L2 R2 F D2 R2 U2 L2 B2 U2 B F' D' L2 F R U2 L' D B2
  12. D2 L' D2 F2 D2 U2 F2 L F2 L R D R B' U2 F2 R' D F2 U' F'
  13. D L2 U R' U B' U L2 D L2 F L2 F' L2 U2 R2 B2 R2 F2 B'
  14. D B2 U L2 R2 D' B2 F2 D' R' D U L R' B D' F2 R2 U'
  15. L2 D F2 D2 U' B2 D L2 D' R2 U' L' F L B' L' U2 R2 F' U F2
  16. F2 L U' R L' D2 L' B D' F D2 R D2 R2 B2 R2 F2 D2 B2 R F2
  17. R2 U2 R2 U2 R2 B2 D U2 L2 R2 F2 R' F2 U F2 R U' L' R' F' R'
  18. U2 L2 R2 U2 F' L2 D2 F D2 F U2 L B2 F U2 L R' B' D U2 B'
  19. L2 D2 L2 D B2 U L2 U' L2 D' R2 F' D2 R' B L' D L2 D' B
  20. U' R2 D2 U' F2 D' R2 U B2 R2 U2 B' U F2 R' B R' U2 L D' R'
  21. F2 D2 R F' D2 R2 L D B' U2 F2 B2 R2 F2 R' B2 U2 R' D2 R'
  22. F2 D2 B2 R2 D F2 D L2 D U2 B L2 D2 F2 L2 R U2 F U B
  23. D' R2 F2 D' F2 U' L2 U' F2 U' L2 R' B U2 R D B2 U2 L2 D'
  24. F B' U R2 B2 U' F2 D R' F B' U2 R2 B R2 F' D2 L2 U2 F2
  25. R2 D' R2 B2 U R2 U L2 F2 D2 R2 B L' R' U2 B' D B' F2 R' F2
  26. B2 L2 D2 L2 R2 F L2 U2 L2 B2 U' F' D R' F' R2 F2 U' L' B'
  27. L F2 B D' F' B L D R L2 B L2 F D2 R2 L2 F2 B' U2 R2
  28. L R F2 U2 R F2 U2 L F2 R2 D F2 U' L B D U2 R' D2 B' L
  29. B2 U' R2 U' R2 U L2 D2 U' L2 B2 F U2 R' D2 B D B' D' F D2
  30. U2 B2 D2 R2 F U2 F2 R2 B2 L D2 U' B D L F' U' B D2 F2
 
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3x3x3 BLD: 47.93

14/20, mean: 54.25

1. 52.14
2. 48.91
3. DNF (52.95)
4. 1:00.37
5. DNF (1:06.72)
6. DNF (1:06.32)
7. 1:06.32 (lol)
8. 1:00.79
9. DNF (1:02.54)
10. 47.52
11. DNF (57.36)
12. DNF (59.89)
13. 1:01.70
14. 56.90
15. 56.81
16. 47.73
17. 55.49
18. 47.13
19. 49.41
20. 48.36

: D
And I got my first sub50 avg5 (16-20, avg5: 48.50)

3x3x3 MBLD: 21/25, 57:19.23 [32:xx]
It was my first attempt with 25 cubes and it looking good :)
 
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Week 2012-11

3BLD
Accuracy: 10/20
Mean of Best Five: 2:22.69
1. 1:56.64
2. DNF(2:47.21)
3. 2:44.32
4. 2:59.69
5. 2:37.95
6. 2:34.99
7. 2:19.56
8. DNF(4:13.32)
9. 3:02.95
10. DNF(2:11.52)
1. DNF(3:00.47)
2. DNF(2:36.14)
3. 2:51.55
4. DNF(4:03.10)
5. DNF(3:13.74)
6. 2:46.78
7. DNF(3:06.44)
8. DNF(1:56.77)
9. 2:24.29
10. DNF(2:50.95)
First one is PB. The last half was just horrible...

Multi-BLD
Result: 2/3, 17:34.84
This was my first time trying for three cubes. The one I missed... I messed up an alg and I didn't know how to undo it so I just dropped it and went on to the next cube. I knew that was gonna be royally messed up. Still... Happy with the 2 that I got successfully.
 
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Week 2012-11

3BLD
Accuracy. 2/3
Mean of Best Five: N/A
1. DNF(5:23.95)[3:52.65] 2 twisted corners, two fliped edges

Gay! That was a surefire thing!

2. 4:07.81[2:41.69]

**** Yea!!!!

3. 10:06.84[8:06.97]

Horrible! I literally spent 5 minutes finding and fixing a memorization mistake. My edge memo was JaPan MeN ViBrate eUJene QC's FEeT and I thought I had done something wrong with the corners so I looked at those for 3 minutes because that was not a parity, where as the edges were. I forgot that it was solved after the E because the sticker went to T.

I will finish later and I am happy I got two successes in a row.
 
Doing 3x3 corners only again. Could you please put me as DNF(corners only [45.65]) under 3x3? It was kindof depressing when it just said DNF lol.
Thanks. :)

Mean of 5 best: 45.65

Accuracy: 13/20
Best 5 solves: 47.26 (3), 48.86 (4), 49.30 (10), 48.47 (14), 34.36 (20)
Best solve: 34.36
Worst solve: 2:57.00
1. 53.88
2. 1:31.78
3. 47.26
4. 48.86
5. 59.19
6. DNF(1:18.45)
7. 1:39.04
8. DNF(1:17.50)
9. DNF(54.57)
10. 49.30
11. DNF(55.00)
12. DNF(52.10)
13. 56.57
14. 48.47
15. DNF(52.95)
16. 1:49.28
17. DNF(1:42.77)
18. DNF(52.90)
19. 2:57.00
20. 34.36

:(... way too many mistakes. Only 8 of the 20 solves didn't have any mistakes. -.-
These solves overall were weird. The first 5 solves were great, but then I had a string of bad and inconsistent solves until the last solve which was PB by 5 seconds. :confused:
 
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My first time participating in this competition :)

Stopped when I had a mean of 5
3x3 BLD: 2:45.47 acc: 5/8

1. DNF 1:10.38 (scrambled)
First solve of the day... I don't know what I was doing...
2. DNF 3:21.23 (2 edge flip)
Forgot part of my edge memo, took a guess and ended up with flipped edges...
3. 2:47.21
Slowish but at least a succes
4. 3:00.68
Spent ~half a minute trying to remember my edges... I finally did though :)
5. 2:50.47
Again slowish...
6. DNF 2:00.14
Execution mistake during last corners... Spent some time trying to fix it, but gave
up.
7. 2:33.52
Nice solve :)
8. 2:35.48
Another nice solve...
 
BLD2 24.25, acc: 16/20

DNF, 31.04, DNF, 41.89, 39.90, 26.14, DNF, 40.30, 48.43, 45.31, 38.05, 32.86, 17.63, DNF, 29.37, 26.80, 33.94, 30.20, 29.75, 21.33

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BLD3 , acc:

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BLD4 7:17.09, acc: 3/8

7:04.24, DNF, 7:29.93, DNF, 8:59.41, DNF, DNF, DNF

1 - PB!

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BLD5 , acc:

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Multi-BLD 8/13, 1:00:02

Interesting situation: time was up, but one cube was solved with penalty. The rules are vague. Did I solved 8/13 for 1:00:02?

2 cubes - 3-cycle in edges;
1 cube - 2 edges flipped and 3-cycle in corners;
forgot edges in one cube and corners in another.

Lame. I thought that I was cool because I was memorizing each cube for about 1:30, but when I started final review, I understood that I didn't remember anything from first 5 cubes.
 
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Week 2012-11
3x3: 6/20 - 3:47.45
Multi: 2/2 - 14:37.56


I really wasn't very happy with 3bld... I had a couple of sub 3:00 successes outside of the competition, and it would have been nice to have one of those included. I am really hoping to see my success rate climb soon... at less than 1/3 currently, it would be pretty hit or miss whether I could get a success in competition. It would be great to get rid of that 9:22 on my WCA profile. :D

3x3
01) DNF - 2:38.78
Ended up with a weird symetrical pattern... it must have happened while

fixing parity. Would have been a new PB by quite a bit.

02) DNF - 2:50.01
Not even close

03) DNF - 2:57.46
Three edge cycle

04) 4:40.11
Go figure... The one I have trouble with ends up being a success.

05) 3:02.32

06) 3:56.22

07) DNF - 4:05.21
Two twisted corners + Three edge cycle

08) DNF - 4:31.31
Two twisted corners + two flipped edges

09) DNF - 7:53.72
Fought with this memo forever... I think I had it right but messed up the

execution on the next to the last piece.

10) DNF - 2:56.37
Two flipped edges

11) 3:50.72
I really need to learn to undo the M slice special cases. I did the wrong

one, and since I didn't know how to undo it, I had to do the alg 5 more

times to get back to where I started...

12) DNF - 3:57.70
Did some weird series of moves for a setup move. No clue why, its like I

decided to do some random turns... then I couldn't remember what I did so I

couldn't fix it.

13) DNF - 3:09.87
Four corners

14) 3:27.86

15) 6:05.73
LOOOOOOONG memo

16) DNF - 3:02.51
Misturn on an undo setup

17) DNF - 3:17.64
3 Corners & 2 edges, No clue what happened

18) DNF
My memory blows

19) DNF - 3:08.51
Two swapped corners & two swapped edges

20) DNF - 2:54.45
Pretty far off... it looked like I may have missed an undo setup somewhere.
 
3x3 = 1:31.57 12/20
1:29.06, DNF, 1:38.50, 2:07.72, 1:35.56, 2:05.22, DNF, 1:55.53, DNF, 1:13.83, 1:41.34, 1:51.88, DNF, 1:40.89, 1:49.97, DNF, 1:58.41, DNF, DNF, DNF
Bad accuracy at the end. Funny that during the fastest I undid and redid 2 comms which I did out of order. Could have been sub-1!!

4x4 = 6:46.04 5/7
8:03.46, DNF, DNF, 6:29.66, 8:03.43, 7:23.83, 7:02.42
And I did not manage one single 4x4 (or 5x5) in the weekly !! :( :(

5x5 = 18:05.44 1/2
18:05.44, DNF
Very slow, all down to memo (11:50). It seem to happen more often lately, 11+ or even 12+ minutes memo.
 
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2x2x2 BLD: 18.34
Accuracy: 19/20
Best single: 15.61
DNF [30.43, 6C], 18.54, 29.03, 40.22, 31.67, 19.04, 30.86, 18.21, 24.63, 25.34, 29.73, 27.11, 15.61, 36.90, 33.77, 25.81, 28.52, 23.53, 27.30, 20.29
Comment: Better than last week, anyway.

3x3x3 BLD: 1:25.11
Accuracy: 7/10
Best single: 1:19.10
DNF [1:51.06, 3C], 1:55.10, DNF [1:47.39, 3C 2E], 1:38.24, 1:20.98, 1:25.37, 1:23.06, 1:37.02, DNF [2:12.23, 3E], 1:19.10
Comment: I wasn't sure I'd have time for all 20, so I went ahead and did these 10. I'll edit the rest in if I have time, though it's unlikely.

8x8x8 BLD: DNF [1:32:10.94, 51:56, 4C 12oO 15mO 7iO 11oX 3mX 4iX 12oW 8mW 8iW]
Comment: Awful - my first attempt at this that wasn't even close. I tried this just an hour after doing the three 5x5x5 BLD attempts for the weekly competition. I decided that was a bad idea - even though they were different rooms, I was getting memory interference from the 5x5x5 attempts. The funny thing is that with all those bad pieces, the cube was still more than 70% solved.


* generic key for mistakes - C: corners, E: edges or central edges, W: wings, X: X centers, +: + centers, i: inner, m: middle, o: outer, O: obliques
 
Week-11

Henrik

3x3x3:

Accuracy 5/14
Avg of 5: 2:08.70

3x3x3:
1 DNF (1:57 (2flips))
2 DNF (2:29 (Did a U turn wrong))
3 DNF (1:37 (didn't see a flipped edge))
4 DNF (2:21 (hm mistakes here and there))
5 2:17.22 (1:05)
6 DNF (1:39 (cycled 3 corners wrong))
7 1:59.81 (~1:00)
8 DNF (2:23 (forgot my corners and flipped edges))
9 DNF (2:03 (1:05 turned cube wrong during corners)
10 DNF (2:01 (0:40 forgot corners again)
11 2:00.78 (1:10)
12 DNF (1:52 (What a mess))
13 2:08.09 (~1:10)
14 3:16.63 (~1:35)
15 B R U B' L F2 L F U' R D2 L' F2 D2 F2 U2 B2 R L2 B2
16 L2 R2 D B2 R2 D2 L2 U F2 D' B2 F U' L F L R2 D' L D' R
17 B U' R U D2 F2 D' F' U2 R U' L2 U' L2 U2 F2 U' L2 B2 U'
18 L2 U R2 B2 L2 F2 U2 B2 D' L2 R2 F R' F' D U2 L B' F2 D'
19 R2 D F R L U F' U' R' U2 L2 U' R2 U B2 U L2 U2 R2 U'
20 U2 L' U F' D2 L B R L D' B' R2 B U2 B2 R2 U2 F' U2 D2 B
 
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