Forum weekly comp (2018-18)
Solution I submitted was a 29 because I'm a scrub and didn't see the amazing 16-move ab3e skeleton. (Why did I go back and play with the scramble even though I've submitted my solution? I have finals to study for…)
Scramble: R' U' F D F' B' D2 F R L' F D B' R L2 D2 R2 D2 F2 U2 F2 B' R2 B' D2 R' U' F
All on inverse:
F' B U L' // EO (4/4)
B2 F @ D' // 222 (3/7)
B F' U F' B' R2 // 223 (6/13)
F2 U2 F' // ab3e (3/16)
@ = F2 L2 D' L2 F2 R2 U' R2 // 3-cycle (8-1/23)
Solution: F U2 F2 R2 B F U' F B' D R2 U R2 F2 L2 D L2 F B2 L U' F B'
Looks like the three people who had 24-move solutions had the same start, although our 223 solutions were very slightly different; I split up the F2 move to form the red-blue-yellow square so as to get an extra square solved.
Also found a 23-move skeleton; optimal insertion would give 28.
U2 F B R' // EO (4/4)
U L2 D2 R2 U2 // 222 (5/9)
(F' D2) F2 D // 223 (4/13)
(D' F D) // pseudoF2L-1 (3-1/15)
R F2 R F' R' F' R F // F2L; ab3c (8/23)
EO-first rarely works out for me because I suck at EO blockbuilding, but I really should've tried it for this scramble. Oh well.
Scramble: R' U' F D F' B' D2 F R L' F D B' R L2 D2 R2 D2 F2 U2 F2 B' R2 B' D2 R' U' F
All on inverse:
F' B U L' // EO (4/4)
B2 F @ D' // 222 (3/7)
B F' U F' B' R2 // 223 (6/13)
F2 U2 F' // ab3e (3/16)
@ = F2 L2 D' L2 F2 R2 U' R2 // 3-cycle (8-1/23)
Solution: F U2 F2 R2 B F U' F B' D R2 U R2 F2 L2 D L2 F B2 L U' F B'
Looks like the three people who had 24-move solutions had the same start, although our 223 solutions were very slightly different; I split up the F2 move to form the red-blue-yellow square so as to get an extra square solved.
Also found a 23-move skeleton; optimal insertion would give 28.
U2 F B R' // EO (4/4)
U L2 D2 R2 U2 // 222 (5/9)
(F' D2) F2 D // 223 (4/13)
(D' F D) // pseudoF2L-1 (3-1/15)
R F2 R F' R' F' R F // F2L; ab3c (8/23)
EO-first rarely works out for me because I suck at EO blockbuilding, but I really should've tried it for this scramble. Oh well.
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