The Roux "Example Solve" Game!

[TDM]

y2 B M B' E2 R2 E2 (6/6) Hey, you've gotta give me creativity points. Only a CFOPper would've come up with something this stupid.

That isn't stupid! You could've done y2 B M B' u2 R2 u2, but that's still a very good first block. Only 6 moves.

 

[IRNjuggle28]

That isn't stupid! You could've done y2 B M B' u2 R2 u2, but that's still a very good first block. Only 6 moves.

Well, it felt silly for my first block to be a 3 move insert plus swapped edges. It's so far from what I'm used to doing, lol.

I tried a bunch of variations of u2 R2 u2 and E2 R2 E2 and other similar things just to try to find one that gave the best position for solving second block. As my initial solution indicated, none of them really did. I did find another solution later that I edited into my original post, where I just left those edges and solved the second block with the edges swapped there too.

 

[Renslay]

Scramble of the session:
D2 F2 U2 L2 R F2 L2 U2 B2 D2 F' D' B2 U' L' F L B' L U
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Speedsolve / fast linear solve:

y' z
u U R' F2 u r U' x (7)
M' R' U' R' U R' U2 R U r' U' r (12)
U2 R' U' R U' R' U2 R (8)
U2 M' U M' U M U M U M' U2 M U M2 U E2 M E2 M (19)
alg.cubing.net

46 STM. Damn long LSE. The others are pretty good.

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Trial and error for a different ending:

y' z
Uw U R' F2 Uw Rw U' x (7)
M' R' U' R' U R' U2 R U r' U' x (11)
U' L U' L' U2 L (6)
U' M' U M U2 M U M' U2 M2 U' (11)
alg.cubing.net

35 STM. Since the corners are permuted after the FB, maybe it is possible to find a short SB with CMLL skip... Anyone?

 

[ottozing]

D2 F2 U2 L2 R F2 L2 U2 B2 D2 F' D' B2 U' L' F L B' L U

z' y
R' D L2 F U' R2
y' r U R2' U2 R U' R' U' M r' U' r
R2' D' R U2 R' D R U2 R
M' U M U' M' U2 M U2 M U' M2' U2 M U2

 

[DeeDubb]

Scramble of the session:
D2 F2 U2 L2 R F2 L2 U2 B2 D2 F' D' B2 U' L' F L B' L U

Solution:

y
M' U' M B M' U' Rw' U R2 U2 Rw' R2 U F' M F2 M2 F' R // F2B (19)
R' U2 R' D' R U2 R' D R2 // CMLL (9)
U M U M' U M U2 M U M U2 M' // L6E (12)
// Total: 40

 

[TDM]

D2 F2 U2 L2 R F2 L2 U2 B2 D2 F' D' B2 U' L' F L B' L U

y' z // Inspection
u U R' F2 u // LSquare (5/5)
r U' x // LBlock (2/7)
M' R' U' R' // RSquare (4/13)
U R' U R' F R F' R // RBlock (8/21)
U' x' U' R U L' U2 R' U2 r // CMLL (9/30)
U2 M U M' U M U M // EO (8/38)
L U L' U' M U2 M' U' L U' L' U // EP (12/50)

Started with Renslay's first block looking for a CMLL skip, couldn't find one and just changed CP.

 

[Renslay]

D2 F2 U2 L2 R F2 L2 U2 B2 D2 F' D' B2 U' L' F L B' L U

y' z // Inspection
u U R' F2 u // LSquare (5/5)
r U' x // LBlock (2/7)
M' R' U' R' // RSquare (4/13)
U R' U R' F R F' R // RBlock (8/21)
U' x' U' R U L' U2 R' U2 r // CMLL (9/30)
U2 M U M' U M U M // EO (8/38)
L U L' U' M U2 M' U' L U' L' U // EP (12/50)

Started with Renslay's first block looking for a CMLL skip, couldn't find one and just changed CP.

EP:
[U, M' D2 M] U (9) = U M' u2 M' U' M u2 M U

 

[cowabunga]

D2 F2 U2 L2 R F2 L2 U2 B2 D2 F' D' B2 U' L' F L B' L U


y
L' U2 B R B // 1x2x2
F U' R U2 B U2 // 1x2x2
L' R' F2 // F2B
R U R' U' R' F R F' // CMLL
U2 M U' M U' M U2 M' U2 M2 // L6E
32STM

 

[Renslay]

Scramble of the session:
L2 F2 U2 B L2 R2 U2 L2 F' R2 B' R U L' R' F U' B R2 B2 L2
alg.cubing.net

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Speedsolve / fast linear solve:

y2 z'
R2 F' r2 F' r' U' R' r' B' (9)
U' M' U M' U R' U' R' U r' U' r U2 r' U' r (16)
L' U2 L U2 L F' L' F (8)
U' M' U M U' M' U M' U M2 U' M' U2 M U2 (15)
alg.cubing.net

48 STM. Interesting LSE case, alternative: M2 U2 M2 U2 + pure EO.

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Roux-FMC(-ish):

y2 z'
R2 F' r' F' // right square (4)
B2 D L' D' // left square (4)
U' R B' R' U' B // inserting left pair + building right pair (6)
U2 B' R B2 U' B' U L' U' B U x' // inserting right pair + CMLL (11)
M U M U' M2 U M' U2 M // LSE (9)
alg.cubing.net

34 STM / 39 HTM.

 

[DeeDubb]

Scramble of the session:
L2 F2 U2 B L2 R2 U2 L2 F' R2 B' R U L' R' F U' B R2 B2 L2

y' // inspection
U2 B' U' F' U2 M' R' B' // LB (8)
R' U2 Rw2 U R' U2 R2 U2 R U' M' Rw U Rw' // RB (14)
U R2 D R' U R D' R' U R' U' R U' R' // CMLL (14)
M2 U' M U M' U' M2 U' M2 // L6E (9)
// Total 45

 

[pewpewrawr]

L2 F2 U2 B L2 R2 U2 L2 F' R2 B' R U L' R' F U' B R2 B2 L2

x2 y'
R' E r' F R U' B // (7)
U' M2 r U r U r U' r2 U2 M U R' // (13)
U' r' U2 R' D' R U2 R' D r2 // (10)
U' M U2 M U M U2 M2 U2 // (9)
39 stm

 

[ng mun san]

YZ
fb: (D'U')R'URU2B*
sb:U'R'r2U'RUr'U'rRU'R'U'RU2R'U'rU'R'*
CMLL:RUR'URU2R'*
last six edges:MUMU2M2UMUM'*

L' R2 D F' U L R D' R' U' F' U L' R' U2 B2 D U' B2 F' R D' U B D U

 

[maps600]

L2 F2 U2 B L2 R2 U2 L2 F' R2 B' R U L' R' F U' B R2 B2 L2

z y // inspection
R' F r U2 r B' U' F' // first block [8/8]
U R U' r' U2 r U R2 U' R U' R' U M U' R // second block [16/24]
U R' U R2 D r' U2 r D' R2 U' R // CMLL [12/36]
U M U' M U2 M U' M U M2 U' M' U2 M2 U2 M' // LSE [16/52]

BAD. I need to work on second block.

http://alg.cubing.net/?setup=L2_F2_..._U-_M_U_M2-_U-_M-_U2_M2-_U2_M-_//_LSE_[16/52]

 

[cowabunga]

L2 F2 U2 B L2 R2 U2 L2 F' R2 B' R U L' R' F U' B R2 B2 L2


x y
R2 U L' D F' D2 B
M U' R2 U' R' U' R
M U' r U' R F2 R' U R F2 R2
U M U2 M U M2 U' M2
33STM

 

[ottozing]

L2 F2 U2 B L2 R2 U2 L2 F' R2 B' R U L' R' F U' B R2 B2 L2

z x
D' U' F U D R2 D' x'
r' U' R' U' R' U' x' U' R U R' x
M' L U L' U' M' U L U' L'
U2 M U2 M' U2

32stm

 

[Renslay]

YZ
fb: (D'U')R'URU2B*
sb:U'R'r2U'RUr'U'rRU'R'U'RU2R'U'rU'R'*
CMLL:RUR'URU2R'*
last six edges:MUMU2M2UMUM'*

That doesn't seem to work to me.

L2 F2 U2 B L2 R2 U2 L2 F' R2 B' R U L' R' F U' B R2 B2 L2

z y // inspection
R' F r U2 r B' U' F' // first block [8/8]
U R U' r' U2 r U R2 U' R U' R' U M U' R // second block [16/24]
U R' U R2 D r' U2 r D' R2 U' R // CMLL [12/36]
U M U' M U2 M U' M U M2 U' M' U2 M2 U2 M' // LSE [16/52]

BAD. I need to work on second block.

http://alg.cubing.net/?setup=L2_F2_..._U-_M_U_M2-_U-_M-_U2_M2-_U2_M-_//_LSE_[16/52]

I see nothing wrong with your second block.
For the second part, I would use
U2 R U' r' U2 r U R2' U M U M2 U R, which is shorter, but could be trickier because of the M moves.

 

[TheOneOnTheLeft]

L2 F2 U2 B L2 R2 U2 L2 F' R2 B' R U L' R' F U' B R2 B2 L2

y'
U2 B' U' F' R' U2 M' B' // 8/8
U M2 r2 U r2 U2 R U' R' // 9/17
U M' U R' U' r U r' // 8/25
U2 R' U2 R U R' U R // 8/33
M' U2 M' U2 M U M // 7/40
U M' U2 M U M U2 M' U2 M2 // 10/50

Pretty awful LSE.

 

[5BLD]

L2 F2 U2 B L2 R2 U2 L2 F' R2 B' R U L' R' F U' B R2 B2 L2

y'z'
r'u'R'FBUrU'B (9)
RU'r'U'rU'R'B'R'BR'UR (22)
U2x'DRU'RU'R2D'F2RUl' (34)
UMU2MU2MU'M'U'M'U2M' (46)

bad solve

 

[ng mun san]

L2 F2 U2 B L2 R2 U2 L2 F' R2 B' R U L' R' F U' B R2 B2 L2

X'Z
Fb:L'ULU2LU'RF'
X'2
Sb:RU'r'U'R'U2R'U'r'U'FRF'
CMLL:RU2R'U'RU'R'
LSE:U'M'UM'U2M'UM'UM2UM'U2M'UM'U2MU'

 

[ng mun san]

Wrong post....