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F L D F U' R2 D' L2 F' R' U F2 D' R2 U B2 D R2 B2 U L2

z2
R2 U2 R U M U L D2 R2 U' M B- FB
R' U R' U R U' M2 r' U r' U' r U r'- SB
R U R' U R U2 R' U2- CMLL
M' U' M' U M U' M U2 M2 U' M U2 M U2- LSE

48 STM. Tips and Improvements? :confused:

You should work on the first block, it can be much shorter. I found this for the same block:

y' x2
D2 M R f M r2 F (7)

Why did you finish your CMLL with a U2? It's not necessary to adjust the corners at this point.
Without it, the LSE can be:
M' U' M' U M U' M' U' M' U2 M' M2 (12)

Otherwise it's a good solve!
 
Scramble of the session:
D2 F' R2 D2 R2 F2 U2 B2 D2 F D2 L' D R F' R2 B2 D' R' F2 U'

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First try:

y2 z
U2 b2 R2 U M2 B' (6)
R U M2 U R U M' U' R2 U' r' (11)
U2 R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 (14)
U M' U' M' U M' U2 M U' M2 U' M U2 M U2 (15)
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46 STM.

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Later I found this:

y2 z
U2 R' U' R b2 U2 B (7)
R' U2 R' U R U R2 U M2 U' R (11)
f U F' U' f' L F L' (8)
U' M' U M' U M' U2 M' (8)
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34 STM. Easy F2B, short CMLL, lucky LSE.
 
Scramble of the session:
D2 F' R2 D2 R2 F2 U2 B2 D2 F D2 L' D R F' R2 B2 D' R' F2 U'

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y
F' U L D2 B U' M2 U2 r B' (FB, 10)
U2 M R2 U R U' M U2 r U R' (SB, 11)
U2 R U2 R' U2 R' F R F' (CMLL, 9)
U M' U M' U M U M (EO, 8)
U' M' U2 M' U M' U2 M U2 M2 U2 (LSE, 11)
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49 STM

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y
F' U L D2 R' U2 B' r B' (FB, 9)
U2 M' U M2 U r' U R2 U2 R2 U' R' U r (SB, 14)
U' F U' L' U R2 U' L U R' l' U' x' (CMLL, 13)
M' U M U' M' U M (EO, 7)
U' M U2 M' U' M2 (LSE, 6)
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49 STM ... Second try yielded shorter FB, EO and LSE, but longer SB and CMLL
 
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D2 F' R2 D2 R2 F2 U2 B2 D2 F D2 L' D R F' R2 B2 D' R' F2 U'

L2 F2 D2 F' D2 R' F' R' U R2 U2 F U' // first block (13/13)
U' R' U' F' D' F U2 D2 R' D' // non-matching second block (10/23)
R2 U F U' F' // CMLL and correct non-matching (5/28)

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28 moves! thanks to BARO-mod for the good start!!
 
z
E' U' r' F M' U2 r B' // FB 8
r U' R2 U' M R U' R2 U' r U' M r' U' r // SB 15
U' F R U R' U' F' // CMLL 7
M' U M U' M' U M' U M U2 M' U2 //LSE 12
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Pretty good solve for me. Having a 7 move CMLL helps. :P
 
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E'F' E F U' R U R' L F // FB

U R U M' r U' R2 U2 r' M U2 M' U2 R' U R//SB

U F R U' R' U' R U R' F' //CMLL


M' R U R' U' M' U R U'R' M' R U R' U' M' U R U'R' M' //EO

M U2 M' U M U2 M U2M2

U M' U2 M// M-Slice
70 STM

how can I work on efficiency? with roux I average about 25 seconds. Anyway to improve?
 
Lyn Simm said:
fmc solution

These solutions would be welcomed in the 3x3x3 example solves thread (especially if you add a a few comments about how you figured them out). Why focus on mildly annoying some Roux solvers when you could be helping out people interested in fmc example solves?
 
E'F' E F U' R U R' L F // FB

U R U M' r U' R2 U2 r' M U2 M' U2 R' U R//SB

U F R U' R' U' R U R' F' //CMLL


M' R U R' U' M' U R U'R' M' R U R' U' M' U R U'R' M' //EO

M U2 M' U M U2 M U2M2

U M' U2 M// M-Slice
70 STM

how can I work on efficiency? with roux I average about 25 seconds. Anyway to improve?

First block:
I would start with R' u' R u U R U' M U x'

Second block:
U R U M' r U' R2 U2 is a good start, but for the last pair I recommend r2 U2 M' U' r

LSE:
Use only <M,U> rotations for the EO (except for the six-edge-orientation case, which I recommend R U' r' U' M' U r U r' or its inverse). Learn the EO cases!

Here, I would either use:
M' U' M U2 M' U2 M' U M' // EO
U2 M' U2 M' U' M2 U' // UL+UR
M U2 M U2 // M-perm

or:
U' M U2 M' U2 M' U M' // EO
U2 M' U2 M' U' M2 U' // UL+UR
M' U2 M' U2 M' // M-perm

Both of them are kinda "worst case scenario", none of the three parts should be longer in any solve.

Overall: your F2B are decent. You need to work on your LSE, maninly on the efficiency of the EO.
 
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