FMC: B2 R2 U' F2 D' R2 D2 U B' R2 U' L2 B U2 L' F' L2 B R' F2
my "backup" solve, done on the inverse scramble using premove U
X-Cross: F L U F R'
2nd pair: U2 F' D' F U2
3rd pair: L D2 L' D' L D2 L'
4th pair: D L' D' (L
OLL: L) B' L' B D B D' B'
PLL/insertable 3 cycle: L' F L' B2 L F' L' B2 L2 D2 (U)
and Erik didn't compete in the finals because he had to go celibrate a friends 18th birthday
Had a go at this and got an OK start in the first 15 minutes, in the form of:
2x2x2 (6): U' L' R2 F R' U'
2x2x3 (13): F D' L F L F' L'
Triple x-cross (15): F2 D2
Last pair + corners (21): F' L' F U' F' U
Which leaves 3 edges, but after a quick check for insertions I couldn't find any good ones, so I guess this nice skeleton leads no where
(Then again, I suck at edge insertions so this could well be an awesome skeleton!
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EDIT: Just realised even with just U D' L U' D F2 U D' L U' D stuck on the end I would've won the competition by 6 moves, and would've got sub 30 if STM was used!
Hehe, I really wish they had had FMC at the UK open
EDIT2: After like 45 minutes (so I'm not sure if this is in the time limit, but it's pretty close if it's not) of looking for insertions using mirrors/reflections/inversions of the OLL R U R' U' M' U R U' r I finally found the awesome insertion of z2 M F' L F M' F' L' F z2 after U' L' R2 F R' U' F D' L F L which written in HTM is:
U' L' R2 F R' U' F D' L F L (L R' D' R D L' R F' R' F) F' L' F2 D2 F' L' F U' F' U
Which cancels to:
U' L' R2 F R' U' F D' L F L2 R' D' R D L' R F' R' L' F2 D2 F' L' F U' F' U (28) --> Bah, so close to the WR, with more time could probably find a better insertion. Although this is only my 3rd best solution ever, I really like it.. it's a nice solve
