just kept not finding anything

F L' B R, F' U2 D2 F U' F2 D // 11 2c4
(L' D' R2 B' R, F) B2 D2 R2 B2 D2 B // 12 4b2

this was a panic solution bc I somehow wrote down 22 to slice early that turned out not to work, and then I derailed the entire rest of the attempt trying to recover it. what I wrote:

D R2 F R L // eo 5
B (D B D2 U' B D2 B') // 4b2 12 (does not work)
(L2 U L2 D') // htr 17
(R2 B2 D2 L2 U2) // slice 22

I tried switching to normal and undoing the inv solution to see if I could recover the spot I messed up, and it does sort of start solving the cube, but still couldn't find the mistake. the position after rzp is 18 optimal so I have no idea what happened here. with only a couple mins left I had to just quickly do something on my other dr

same eo
B' U F2 D2 B' D B' // 4b3 12
U B2 U (R2 F' B' R2 F B U') // htr 22
(B2 R2 D2 F2 R2 D2) // solved 28

(F2 U B' L) // eo 4
(D2 B' L2 U F2 D) // 4b2 10
U2 L2 F' L2 $ F' // htr 15
U2 L2 F2 R2 // 2e2e + slice 19
2e2e in 5, slice in 0

22 opt from dr, I forgot there was double slice potential until very late, which is where the easiest 22s come from. there's also 22 from switching the jzp which I wrote down but ran out of time to actually check.

other:
F2 L F, U L D' L2 D2 R2 U' L // 2c3 11 24 opt, quickly figured out it was bad
B2 U' R' F, R B2 D' R2 D' R' U2 R // 12 4b2 but not the fun kind, 23 opt all 4q

R B' U' D' // eo 4
B2 L2 R B R' // 4b3 9
(B) B D2 F2 R2 U2 R2 B // htr 17
R2 B2 L2 D2 // solved 21

(U' L D') // eo 3
(F L) L F' L' // 4b2 4e 8
B R2 D2 B2 R2 D2 R2 F // htr 16
R2 F2 R2 F2 L2 D2 R2 D2 L2 // solved 24

really struggled with the finish on this dr, spent a long time, checked what felt like a lot, and found nothing good

only other dr was the 4a4 from this same rzp on inverse

(L2 D2 F) // eo 3
U R F2 U' D' L // 4b2 9
B2 D2 B2 D B2 D' // htr 15
F2 B2 D2 // solved 18

had these other drs but only checked briefly since I had the 18 with 35 mins left

R (U' D2 R, U F U2 D2 B) // 2c4 9
(F) R' D' F', L2 U D' F2 D' R // 2c4 10

was hopeful with the amount of cool stuff off the 10 bad axis but didn't end up finding anything

U2 F' B' L // eo 4
D2 R2 D' B U2 F' // 2c4 10
(F2 U B2 U R2 U' F2 U) // htr 18
(R2 F2 R2 U2 F2 B2 L2) // solved 25

B (U F B), U L2 D' F2 D // 4b5 9
B (U' F B, U F2 U F2 U L) // 2c4 10

Was using this as practice for metric mixup qtm but ended up getting an okay result in htm too

U' L B' R' // eo 4
F U2 R2 U F // 4b2 9
(U') D2 F B L2 F' B D' // htr minus slice 17
R2 L2 U D R2 // solved 22 (29 qtm)

there are some 21s using similar stuff but none are better in qtm so w/e

cool finish, but I feel like I probably missed some variation that cancels even more. no time to analyze rn though.

(R' D' L F) // eo 4
[F2 U2 F2 R U D] // 4a3 0e 10
(R' F2 D2 R) // 2qt progress 14
[] = F2 D2 B2 R D' R L U D' // htr 23-6
L2 D2 // 2e2e 19
panic insert for 23

other:
(L) U R U2 L' // eo 5
D' B U2 D2 F // 2c3 6e 10
didn't look great and the other one looked way more fun so I didn't check it thoroughly

B' U B' // eo 3
D' (R' L' F2 B2 U L D) // variation hell 2c4 11
R' U2 R' D2 L B2 D2 R // htr 19
L2 F2 B2 // slice 22
solved in -1

exhausting

(B L') R' U' L // eo 5
F U2 R2 D2 F U2 F // 4a1 8e 12
(D' R2 L2 U' F2 B2 D) // htr 19
(F2 U2 L2 F2 L2 F2 U2) // slice 26
solved in +2

right after time I found 24 (dr opt) from this dr I checked in the attempt but forgot to look at wrong slice on

(B L') R U' L // eo 5
B2 D2 U2 B D2 B' D B2 U // 4b2 14
18 htr, 22 E slice +2

bad

find cool dr, find decent slice among three 2c4s and a 2c5, fumble the leave slice at the last minute and dnf

(R' F) // eo 2
D' U2 R' B' D' F2 D B // 2c4 10
(U) U B2 D' F2 D' // htr 16
F2 U2 L2 B2 L2 F2 // slice 22
found a +1 twice and forgot what I widened both times, then ran out of time bc I literally just didn't look at the clock

other:

(R' F) D' U2 R' L D R2 D' L // 2c4 10 w/ variant
(R' F) D' R D L' B2 L // 2c5 8 that looked horrible

(R U' F D) // eo 4
(B' R' F) // welp
(R) R' U2 R' D2 R2 F2 L // htr 15
D2 R2 D2 F2 B2 D2 B2 // solved 22

checked this eo-breaking 13 to 4b2 for funsies in case it had a crazy finish but nah

(U D) F L' U, B2 R2 F2 D' R' U2 R D

D' L (U2 R') // eo 4
(B') F2 B2 U D2 B' U2 B' // 4b3 12
(U') R2 L2 B2 U' B2 U // htr 19
L2 F2 U2 F2 // solved 23

really lucked out on this one, best I had was 26 to slice with 4 mins left and then this 4-move finish spawned on the last thing I was gonna check

all drs were trash, four 12 to 2c4 and an 11 2c5

was playing around with 4-move eo maxxing inspired by discord convo

(B) U' D F // eo 4
L U' (D) R B2 D2 R2 L U // don't worry about it
L U2 R' F2 R // htr 18
D2 L2 D2 F2 R2 D2 // slice 23
solved +1

D (D B D) // eo 4
R' L' D2 F' R2 D2 B // 4b2 11
U2 D2 L U2 L' // htr 16
U2 L2 U2 D2 F2 D2 F2 // slice 23
solved +2

F (D2 L B') // eo 4
(R U R D2 R' U2 R' D) // 0c0 4e 12
found panic 26 off this but wrote it down wrong

had way too many drs to check and just had to safety something eventually

L U2 R' // eo 3
D' R2 U2 D' B D // 4a2 6e 9
(B R2 U D R2 U D F') // htr 17
(R2 F2 D2 R2 D2 L2 D2) // slice 24-1
solved in +1

R (B' R', D' B' U2 R2 F' D2 B D) // 4b2 4e 11
R B2 L, U' B L2 B2 U // 4b5 8
F2 R B2 L, B2 D' B R2 B2 D // 2c3 10

2025 scrams are cracked ig

(U' F R2 D) // jzp 4
(R F2 R' F2 R D2 R) // 4b2 11
F2 U2 F' D2 B // htr 16
R2 F2 L2 R2 // slice 20-1
solved in +2

kind of a bad attempt, I lost my cool when I saw the jzp, checked no more eos, spent 30 mins trying to make this have a better slice, found 9+2c4 off the other side, and then ran out of time.

on the other hand I've now done 4 means in 2025 and half of them have been 21.00 pb

(L D' R' D') // eo 4
B2 R2 B L B // 2c3 9
(L2 D2 R B2 L U2 L) // htr 16
(F B R2 F B') // slice 21 - 1
solved in +0

considering how much there was to check and that I normally get destroyed by sprint scrams, I'm pretty happy with this and not that sad about missing the easy 18. checked almost all my eos plus lots of premove abuse, and I don't have nissy but this is "mallard optimal" for the eo

I had a bunch of 9 2c4 and 10 2c3 but this dr was the clear standout

(B) R2 U' B // eo 4
(D2 L' U2 R L' U2 L D) // 4b2 12
R2 U2 L' D2 L // htr 17
U2 B2 R2 D2 R2 D2 // solved 23-1

this was a backup dr but it just looked kinda juicy so I tried one htr path and it gave this. spent the rest of the time working on my "better" drs but didn't beat 22

(B) R2 U' B, D' R $ L U' L // cool 4a2 in 9 but 6e
$ = F2 // 2c4 10 didn't look at much

L B U2 D' F, U R2 D2 L2 U' L // 2c4 11
(R2 F2 L) D2 L, D B L2 D2 B D // 2c3 11
plus a couple 4b2 in 12

L2 R D'F' B, D2 L' D2 L U // 2c4 10
(R*) R2 F' R, (B2 R2 U2 D2 B U D) // 2x 4a3 11
(F U D B), B2 L' D F2 U' R2 U // 2c3 11

went all in on the 2c4 and it did not work out

(B R2 U' D R) // eo 5
(U B' F' U' B U) // 4b3 11

didn't find anything, turns out to be 25 optimal

cool finish

(L2 D R L) // eo 4
U' (F' D2 B' D) // 2c4 9
F L2 B' (B' R2 B) // htr 15
(R' L' F2 R L' F2 B2) // solved 22-1

only dr, I pushed my dr finding to 41 mins just to get this one viable one

edit: rip I also missed enrico's 20

R' F' B2 R' // eo 4
U (L2 [F B U2 B' D]) // 4b2 11
B U2 R2 B // htr 15
D2 R2 D2 R2 D2 F2 R2 // slice 22
solved in +3

I played around with uninserting the 2e2e after htr
R2 F2 R2 // 2e2e + slice 18
but didn't find any good insertions

however, there is this very related 19 that I'm not sure the best way to find:

[] = R2 B2 L2 F U' // different dr
F R2 D2 F // same htr widened for 4x
U2 L2 F2 L2 // solved 19

had these two drs and found nothing worth submitting

(B2 L' B) B' // eo
L2 F2 L2 F2 D // 2c4 4e 9

B' D // eo
(B R F2 R D2 L F U2 F) // 4b2 2e 11

(U2 L) B R' // eo 4
B (D F2 U R2 F') // 4b2 2e 10
(D2 R2 D) R2 F2 L2 B2 D // htr 18
F2 B2 L2 D2 L2 D2 // slice 23
solved in +2, wrote down a prime wrong so dnf

L (R' F B2 R) // eo 5
(B' L2 B2 U) // 4a1 6e 9
B' U2 B U2 D2 F // htr 14
U2 R2 D2 R2 F2 // solved 20

rip, there was 19 off this from a path I forgot to check
had some other 2c drs but this was obviously the best

F R D2 L' // eo 4
F (R2 B2 U D L2 F) // 2c3 11
(B2 D) B2 L2 D B2 D' // htr 18
L2 U2 F2 B2 R2 L2 // 24 slice
panic finish in +2, there's +1 but w/e

other:
F L B2 R', U B U2 B' F' R2 D // 4b2 11, had 25 to slice that was also +1 at best
F' R D2 L, U' B D2 F2 D2 B' R2 B // 4a3 12, didn't check thoroughly

B U2 D R' F // eo 5
D (D2 R U2 D R' U) // 2c3 12
L F2 R' F2 R' // htr 17
U2 R2 D2 B2 L2 B2 U2 // solved 23

glad this worked out bc my other drs didn't seem great:

R' D2 L U D, F' D2 R2 F R L // 11 2c4 looks promising but htr seemed bad
B U2 R' D F, R U D2 L F2 R' U // 2c3 12 but 8e
plus a 4a2 and 4a3 in 12 that I cbf writing down

(L U' B2 R) // eo 4
(D2 B2 U2 B' L2 U) // 2c3 10
(D2 F' L2 U2 F' L2 F) // htr 17
(R2 B2 R2 B2 U2 R2 U2 R2) // slice 25
solved +0

other:
(L) U B' R, B (D $ B' U B) // 2c3 9
$ = R2 // 2c3 10
(L B2 U' R, D' F U' L2 F2 B U' B) // 4a1 12 but 6e, didn't check

Not a great result but 6c8e dr and solving 4c3 via 4a2 2e is cool at least

L' R U B2 R // eo 5
B' L2 U' B F' D // 4a3 11
(F R2 B) B2 R2 F // htr 17
L2 D2 B2 D2 F2 L2 D2 L2 // slice 25
solved in +0, dr opt was 24 from an htr extension I checked but missed the leave slice from

I checked 30 eos and nissed some, which is a lot more than usual for me, but my only candidates were this dr and a 12 to 2c3 that I discarded quickly and ends up being 26 opt. at like 39 mins I found this 8c8e but it's 4c4.

L' R B' U R (L2 D2 L2 B U D)

already guaranteed a loss this week and solving horribly right now, just gonna dns this one

idk what's going on this week, I spent 20 mins trying to find a double slice

U2 F' L2 B, U D R D' R2 D // 10 4b2 21 opt
(L' B2 U R', F U' B U2 L2 U' B) // 11 4a3 horrible

spent 30 mins on these two and still dnf, idk dude

F D L, U D R2 B2 L2 B' D // 4b2 0e 10, 22 opt
F (B2 U' F, R2 B2 D R2 U2 D' L) // 2c3 11, 23 opt

(R D B U L) // eo 5
(U) B2 F [D' B' D] // 4a3 11
kinda sucked so
[] = D2 L2 D B' D' // 4a1 13
F2 R2 F' // htr 16
U2 L2 B2 R2 F2 U2 // E slice 21
solved in +2

as usual for a scramble this good I found absolutely zero usable drs

(R D B U L, U L2 D2 U' F U) // 11 4b4
(R2 U' R L, B' U2 L2 F2 B U' B) // 11 4b4

(R2 U L F' B) // eo 5
(U) R U2 R U L2 U // 4b3 12
L' B2 L' D2 L2 D2 B2 R // htr 20
D2 L2 D2 B2 // slice 24
solved in +0, dr optimal

other:

B' L' U' D' F, D2 B2 R2 U2 L // 10 2c4 bad on both sides
B L' U' D' F, (R2 D R2 F2 U) // 10 4b5 tried to do some jzp magic on this but got nothing

nothing like having to solve three 2c4s in 20 mins

(R' U F D2 L, U' L2 F' D' B) // 2c4 10, 24 opt, had 25 slice off this and wrote it down wrong in the time scramble but it was gonna be bad anyway
(R' U F D2 L, U B2 D2 F' U' B) // 2c4 11, 25 opt
(R' U D' F L, U D F2 B U F) // 2c4 11, 24 opt, didn't even get to this one
L' D U B' U, L F' U2 D2 F' D2 F2 R // 2c3 13 for a long time was my only dr

F L B D' R, D' B' rzp looked juicy but is actually trash

nah

(U' D R) // eo 3
(B R2 D R2 B) // 4b4 8
(R2 D' L2 D) D' F2 D // htr 15
(F2 R2 U2 L2 F2 R2 F2) // slice 22
solved in +0

had literally 6 viable drs on this one but I'm on my phone so cbf typing them out

B' D' B' // eo 3
U B2 U L' D' R' // 2c4 10
B2 D (F2 R2 U L2 F2 U L2 U') // htr 19
(F2 L2 F2 L2) // Solved 23