okayama
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My super unlucky solution for second scramble at US Nats
Scramble: D U' B2 U2 L2 U2 L D B' F D2 B' D U R U2 B2 U
2x2x2: D' L' D L D L D' [7/7] (I know there were a few 5 movers but I was curious about this one)
psuedoF2L-1: B R L U' L' R U [7/14]
some stuff: B R2 [2/16]
leave 3 corners: R' D' R D2 B D' B' [7/23-1]
3cycle: D L2 D R' D' L2 D R D2 [9/32-1]
Resulting in 31 moves. Unless I am grossly mistaken there is not a single 8 move insertion possible. I wasted a lot of time checking this because I have never heard of such a thing happening. Of course it is theoretically possible but I just figured that it was so improbable that I would never encounter it. I was so furious that I couldn't manage to write down my solution properly and took the DNF, even though I *should* have easily gotten a 29 or better.
Am I mistaken or is 31 moves really the best result possible for that skeleton? Has anyone else experienced this?
See my post. I've experienced both 9-move cancellation and 9-move insertion.