1-1-1 Scramble: R' U' F D F2 L D2 R' B2 F2 R' U2 B2 R D U' L' D2 R' B' D' R2 F' R' U' F Solution: R2 D2 L2 D B' L' F2 U2 B' D2 R2 U2 F2 R2 U2 F2 U2 F D2 B2 L B' L' D2 F2 (25) R2 D2 L2 D 4/4 B' L' (F2 D2 L B L') 7/11 2qt F2 U2 B' (B2 D2 F') 6/17 D2 R2 U2 F2 R2 U2 F2 U2 8/25 Optimal from the DR was 22, using a 1 move longer HTR: F2 U2 B (U2 F2 U2 F') (U2 F2 U2 L2) Lesson: try wasting moves before / during HTR, especially if the make blocks. Wasted moves: 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-1-2 Scramble: R' U' F D' B L2 F U2 L2 U2 B2 U2 B L2 B2 U2 D' L D2 B' L' D' R F R' U' F Solution: B R B' L F' D F2 D L' D' L U2 B2 D' R2 D' B2 U2 L2 U2 U2 B2 L2 D R2 D' L2 D R2 (29) B R B' L F' 5/5 D F2 D L' D' L 6/11 3qt U2 B2 D' R2 4/15 blocks D' B2 U2 L2 U2 U2 B2 D 8/23 3c D' L2 D R2 D' L2 D R2 8-2/29 Desperate backup from the only acceptable DR I had (others were 12+4, 11+5 or worse). Optimal from the DR was 25, for example: U (L2 F2 R2 D' B2 U) 7/18 (R2 F2 * D2 R2 B2) 5/23 2e2e * = F2 R2 F2 L2 B2 L2 6-4/25 Not amazing, but definitely better than a 25. Lesson: familiarize with setups to R U2 L trigger for HTR. Wasted moves: 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-1-3 Scramble: R' U' F U' R B' U' R' L2 F' R' D' R2 U' F2 R2 L2 U' D' F R' B' R' U' F Solution: F L2 D' B' R D2 R2 D' L2 B2 D U2 F2 R' L U2 R' D' R2 D B2 D (22) F L2 D' B' 4/4 R (D' B2 D' R2 D L') 7/11 2qt D2 R2 D' L2 B2 D 6/17 U2 F2 * B2 R2 4/21 3e * = R' L U2 R L' B2 6-5/22 Good solve. Wasted moves: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-2-1 Scramble: R' U' F D' L2 B' R2 L U F D' R' U B2 L2 B U2 F U2 R2 D2 F D2 R' U' F Solution: L' U B R2 U2 D' B2 D B' R L' U2 R' L F2 D B2 F2 R2 F2 R2 U' R2 U F2 D (27) (R) L' 2/2 U B R2 U2 D' B2 D B' 8/10 2qt * D B2 F2 R2 F2 R2 U' R2 U F2 D 11/21 3e * = R L' U2 R' L F2 6/27 There are findable 22s, for example: (D' B2 L2 F2 L2 D F2 * D2) 8/18 3e * = F2 L' R U2 L R' 6-2/22 Lesson: don't be dumb? Wasted moves: 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-2-2 Scramble: R' U' F R D' B2 D2 R B' R B U2 L2 U' R2 F2 D2 F B' R2 D2 F R' U' F Solution: D' U B U F R D2 B2 L' U2 L B F' U2 B' L2 R2 F2 L2 U2 B' U2 (22) D' U B U 4/4 F R D2 B2 L' U2 L 7/11 2qt (U2 B U2 R2 * F) 5/16 (F' B' U2 F B') 5-2/19 2e2e * = R2 L2 F2 R2 L2 B2 6-3/22 Good solve, best solve of the comp on this scramble I believe. I missed this 10 move finish for the DR: R2 B U2 L2 F B R2 L2 B U2. It looks findable, but I don't blame myself for not finding it. Wasted moves: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-2-3 Scramble: R' U' F L B2 F2 L2 D2 L' D2 L' D2 R B' D L2 F U' B2 D' L2 F2 R' U' F Solution: (D U' R' L B) 5/5 (L2 U' R' B2 D2 L) 6/11 3qt (D) R2 F2 U' B2 U' 6/17 B2 L2 D2 R2 U2 F2 D2 B2 8/25 I had this 23 to slice written down after the same HTR: B2 L2 B2 U2 L2 B2 I could have finished like this: (D) R2 F2 U' [1] B2 U' 6/17 B2 L2 B2 U2 [2] L2 B2 8/23 slice [1] = E 0/23 [2] = E' 1/24 Solution (24): (D) R2 F2 D' R2 U' R2 B2 R2 U D L2 B2 This would have been optimal after DR. IIRC this was a bad scramble, I would have been happy with a 24. Lesson: learn how to slice. Wasted moves: 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-3-1 Scramble: R' U' F R F' D L2 B2 L2 U' B2 D' L2 B2 L2 B' D' R' F2 D R2 U' F2 R' U' F Solution: U R B2 R B2 D R2 L2 B2 D B R2 U' L2 U F2 D2 L2 B2 D2 R2 B2 D2 B2 (24) U R B2 R 4/4 B2 D R2 L2 B2 D B 7/11 2qt R2 U' L2 U 4/15 F2 D2 L2 D2 R2 5/20 2e2e R2 D2 B2 D2 R2 B2 D2 B2 8-4/24 Looks like 24 is optimal after the DR. Tied best solve for the attempt with Cyprian and Wojtek, apparently it was hard. I had another similar 11 move 2qt DR with +11 optimal, but it was only findable with 4qt HTR: U L U2 L F2 U R2 L2 F2 U F (U R2 U' B2 L2 U F2 U) (L2 D2 L2) The HTR can be justified / explained like this: Case: good bar / slash + bars (2qt), but edges are hard to setup. By going to bar / slash + one bar and immediately back we can improve edges. I can't blame myself for not finding this, but it is good to know. Lesson: improve sub-optimal HTR paths and learn when to use them. Wasted moves: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-3-2 Scramble: R' U' F L' F U2 B D2 B U' D' F' R' U2 D2 R2 F2 B L2 F L2 U2 R' U' F Solution: R' F L2 B2 R2 U2 B' D2 L' R' F2 R' L' F' U B D2 R2 F' U' R' D' R2 (23) R' (R2 D R) 4/4 (U F R2 D2 B' U') 6/10 3qt (F) F L2 B2 R2 U2 B' 7/17 D2 L' R' F2 R' L' 6/23 Optimal from this DR was 22 with 5qt, overall happy with this solve: L2 F D2 F U2 F D2 B2 L2 B D2 F [U2] L2 F D2 F U2 B' D2 F2 L2 F' D2 F [U2] It was pretty much the only DR I had. Lesson: writing down all HTR variants (like I do) does pay off, sometimes. Wasted moves: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-3-3 Scramble: R' U' F D2 R2 D2 U2 L' U2 L2 B2 L2 F2 B D B2 L' F L' R' D L2 F R' U' F Solution: D' B R' U2 F' D' R2 B2 R D F2 D' F2 R2 F2 U2 L2 B2 D2 L2 B2 R F2 U2 B2 D2 (26) D' B R' U2 F' 5/5 D' R2 B2 R D F2 D' 7/12 1qt (D2 B2 U2 F2 R') 5/17 (B2 L2 D2 L2 U2) 5/22 2e2e (U2 L2 B2 L2 U2 F2 R2 F2) 8-4/26 Optimal from DR was 25 with 3qt and a non-HTR looking solution. Not mad about the 26. The problem is I had many DR, all horrible except this one. Radek had a 22 from an EO I actually forgot to write down. But I don't know if I would have switched after a 6 move RZP. L' U F' U D 5/5 F' (B2 R L' F') 5/10 4qt L (R B2 R' B2 D2 R') 7/17 (U2 R2 B2 D2 B2) 5/22 Lesson: be Radek. Or try to recognize when long HTR path can be good because of edges, that may work too. Wasted moves: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-2-1 scramble: R' U' F D' B2 F2 U R2 B2 F2 U R B2 L D F' D F' D2 B L R2 D R' U' F Solution: B R F U B U2 F2 R U2 R' U2 R2 D2 U2 F2 L2 B R2 F2 D2 F R2 U2 B R2 (25) B R F U 4/4 B U2 F2 R U2 R' 6/10 3qt (R2 B' U2 R2 F' D2 F2 R2 B') 9/19 (L2 F2 U2 D2 R2 U2) 6/25 There were some 24s but they were 5qt. Second best solve on this scramble after Radek's 21: (L' B') U2 F' 4/4 U F2 U2 R' U 5/9 2qt [(L B2 R' B2 D2 R U2 R) 8/17 (F2 D2 F2 L2)] 4/21 slice [] = (R D2 L' F2 U2 R D2 R B2 U2 B2 R2) 0/21 Lesson: look and learn how to recognize 4-move NISS EOs with 2+2 like this. Wasted moves: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1-2 Scramble: R' U' F D2 B2 U2 B U2 F' L2 B F R' D' U' F2 L2 B D2 F R' U' F Solution: D' L2 D' R2 D2 R2 F2 U' F' U2 D2 B2 U2 D2 F R2 L2 U L' U L2 D' U L' F L B' R' (28) (R' B L' F') 4/4 (L U' D L2 U' L) 6/10 4qt (U') D' L2 D' R2 D2 R2 F2 U' 9/19 F2 * R2 L2 3/22 2e2e * = F U2 D2 B2 U2 D2 F 7-1/28 There was this findable 23 from the same DR, similar HTR: (D') D' L2 D' F2 D2 B2 L2 U' 9/19 F2 L2 F2 R2 4/23 Unfortunately I did not try (D) to start the HTR, not sure why. The scramble was bad, most of the EOs I tried had "almost something". This made me waste a lot of time to check them. In the end I even tried the right DR, but missed the good HTR. Lesson: become more confident with long HTR, make sure to try all variants. Wasted moves: 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1-3 Scramble: R' U' F L2 B2 U' B U' D L' F' R F B2 D2 L2 B' L2 U2 B D' F R' U' F Solution: B2 U2 B2 L2 F' U2 B2 D2 B' D F2 L2 F2 D2 F' D2 F' L2 U2 R' U B L2 (23) (L2 B' U' R) 4/4 B2 U2 B2 L2 F U2 * B D 8/12 2qt (U2 L2 F D2 F) 5/17 (D2 F2 L2 F2) 4/21 2e2e * = U2 F2 U2 B2 D2 B2 6-2/23 Pretty happy with the result, but the insertion was lucky. Optimal from the DR was actually 24. Missed Radek's 10+2 DR from the same EO: (L2 B' U' R) (U2 L2 B R2 B U') Lesson: everyone found a 22 but eh, I was probably just tired Wasted moves: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-2-1 Scramble: R' U' F U2 B' L2 F2 D2 B2 D2 R2 F' L B L U L' B2 D2 F' D F2 D R' U' F Solution: F L' R' U' F D2 R2 D2 B' F' R2 B2 D' L2 D' R2 B2 U L' U F2 U2 L U2 R' (25) F L' R' U' B 5/5 (R U2 L' U2 F2 U' L) 7/12 3qt (U' B2 R2 D L2 D) 6/18 (B2 R2 F B D2 R2 D2 F' B) 9-2/25 It was possible to get 25 with a more standard HTR + finish: (B2 D L2 B2 U' B2 D) (U2 R2 F2 U2 L2 F2) This scramble was fucking awful and I am ok with my 25. I had very few DRs, few EOs. Lesson: get better scrambles Wasted moves: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-2-2 Scramble: R' U' F R F' L' U R2 U2 D2 F R' D2 F2 B2 U' R2 B2 U2 F2 B2 L' U' R' U' F Solution: L B2 D F' L U' R2 B2 D R2 U2 R L B2 R' L F' U F2 D2 R2 U R2 B2 (24) L B2 D F' L 5/5 (B2 R2 U' R2 D2 F2 U' F) 8/13 2qt U' R2 B2 D 4/17 R2 U2 R L B2 R' L 7/24 Not bad but there was an easy 23 from this DR: D (F2 L2 D) 4-1/16 (R2 * U2 R2) 3/19 2e2e * = R2 F2 R2 U2 B2 L2 B2 U2 8-4/23 Lesson: try harder on easy HTRs, I guess Wasted moves: 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-2-3 Scramble: R' U' F D L U B2 F R2 B' R2 U2 B' F' U2 L D' L D2 U' L' F' R' U' F Solution: R F' D B2 L' 5/5 R2 U' F U' F 5/10 3qt (D B2 U' R2 U') 5/15 (B2 R2 U2 F2 L2 D2) 6/21 Optimal from DR, nice! Lesson: Trying lots of EOs paid off in this case. Wasted moves: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-3-1 Scramble: R' U' F U' F2 D' L2 D' F' R2 B F2 D2 R2 B2 L B2 L U2 F2 U2 B' R' U' F Solution: U' D F L2 D R' F' D2 R U2 R F2 D2 F L2 D2 L2 D2 B2 L2 B D2 (22) U' D F L2 D 5/5 R' F' D2 R U2 R 6/11 2qt (D2 B') F2 D2 F 5/16 L2 D2 L2 D2 B2 L2 6/22 Optimal from DR, nice (again)! Best solve on this scramble. Lesson: good HTR skills saved me here. Wasted moves: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-3-2 Scramble: R' U' F R2 F2 U2 L2 F2 R2 B' U2 R2 D' F2 L' R F' L F' U' L R2 F R' U' F Solution: R' U2 R D2 L D' B2 F2 U2 R U2 L' U2 L2 B2 L U2 R' U2 R2 B' D U2 F' R' (25) (R F U2 D' B) 5/5 R' U2 R D2 L D' 6/11 4qt B2 F2 U2 R U2 L' U2 7/18 blocks L2 B2 L U2 R' U2 R2 7/25 Very hard scramble, 25 is not bad here. I had few other DRs, all bad. Lesson: the only 4-move EO was the dreaded 2+2 NISS U2 B (L2 F). Learn these! Wasted moves: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-3-3 Scramble: R' U' F L2 U' B2 D' U2 L2 F2 R2 B U2 L' R D2 F L U' B' D' U' R' U' F Solution: L' F2 D F D L2 R D2 L' D L' B2 F2 D' B2 D2 U' F2 R2 D' R2 U D2 L2 U R2 (26) L' F2 D F 4/4 D R L2 D2 L' D L' 7/11 1qt corners, but not edges B2 F2 D' B2 D2 U' F2 R2 D' R2 U D2 L2 U R2 15/26 solved Very sad. This was the easiest scramble of the comp. I should have gotten a 21, or at very least a 23. From this NISS EO in 4, there was an easy 9+3 DR: (U) F R D (F2 L2 F2 L' B) Lesson 1: the "1qt" cases are not good if you cant HTR the edges. Lesson 2: FIND. ALL. NISS. EOs. Wasted moves: 3 at least