Janne Lehtimäki
Scramble
R' U' F L2 B2 F2 U2 L2 U L2 F2 D' R2 D' R' B2 R2 U B2 D B D F' R' U' F
Results
23
Solution
R2 U2 B U2 L2 F' L2 U D' R2 U' D' F2 B' R' F2 D2 R F L' D B L2
(L2 B' D') //EO 3/23
(L)  //rzp 4c4e 4/23
(F' R' D2 F2 R) //DR 9/23
(F' %) R2 U2 F R2 U2 F'^ //HTR 16/23
U2 R L' D2 R' L //slice 22/23
^=w 
%= S //+1 solved 23/23
HTR is 22 optimal but unfortunately I missed the double slice finish:
(F) R2 U2 B U2 L2 B L R U2 L R' D2

Also I had this 22 to slice
(L2 B' D' L) //rzp
D2 R2 F R2 U2 B L //DR 2c3 2e in 11
F' D2 B D2 L2 B //HTR in 17
U2  R L' F2 R' L' //slice in 22
But apparently it is +4 (wtf?!) moves optimal slice according to slicey finder. Never had that before. And it is not even 1qt but 3qt to work with.
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October 9, 2024 9:00 PM
Scramble
R' U' F B U' R U2 D F2 R' D' F B' U2 B2 U F2 D2 F2 L2 U2 R2 U' R' U' F
Results
20
Solution
L2 B D' L2 F2 L2 U L' U F2 L D2 R' D2 B2 L D2 L2 U2 R2
L2 B  //EO 2/20
D'  //rzp 3c2e 3/20
L2 F2 L2 U L' U //DR 2c3 4e 9/20
F2 L D2 L'^ F2 D2 R^ //HTR 16/20
U2 R2^ U2 R2 //slice 20/20
^= w //+0 solved 20/20
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October 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Scramble
R' U' F B2 U B2 L2 D2 F2 D' R2 D' U' F' R U' B2 D F2 R' F' L' D2 U2 R' U' F
Results
22
Solution
U' D2 L2 F2 U F2 U2 D' F B' D2 F D' B2 D' R2 U2 B D' L' F' U
(U' F L)                      //EO 3/3
(D B')                         //rzp 4c4e 2/5
(U2 R2 D B2 D B)     //DR 2c3 2e 6/11
U ^ R2 B2 U B2 D ^  //HTR 6/17
F B' D2 F B               //slice 5-2 = 3/20
^= E2                        //solved 2/22
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October 8, 2024 4:13 PM