(R' F D' L' B)
(R' D' U' F2 L) // 10 2c4 2e but corners stacked on both sides
U2* B2 D (U R2 F2 U* R2 U*) // htr 19
(R2 F2 U2 L2 B2) // leave slice 24
* = widen // solved +0
Somehow optimal from dr. but the variation I forgot about was 23 opt :(

(D' R F' L2 D)
(U2 B2 D2 B2 R) // 10 4b2 4e
(B R2 B D2 B D2 L2 B) // HTR 18
(R2 F2 U2 R2 U2 D2) // Leave slice 24 +1
what a bad way to start the new fmcl season smh. 25.33 with 22.00 potential from the drs in my final solutions

(D' L2 F' R')
(D') B' D F2 D // 9 2c3 6e
R2 B' (L2 D2 F' D2 F) // htr 16
(B2 U2 L2 U2 L2 U2) // leave slice in 21 basically
+2 opt but ran out of time so got +3. fuck

(F2 B L F B) // eo 7c8e
U2 L^ D2 R^ U L' D' // variation hell 12 4c3
^ = widen // variation
L' U2 F2 R2 B2 L F2 L2 B2 L // htr (22)
F2 D2 B2 // leave double slice in 24
solved in +2/+1
what a bad way to start. 23 was pretty freely available from this mess of a dr but I didn't have the motivation to try super hard on a 12+3. 4/6 axes no linear sub 6 eo lol :(

B F D' L // eo, jzp 4/4
(U2 F D2 F') // 2c3 4e 4/8
(D L2 U' B2 U') // htr 5/13
(F2 R2 F2 U2 L2) // leave M+E 5-1/17
Somehow the wrong slice with 1 quarter turn available solves in +1 while the 3q dr slice solves in +2 💀
Opt from eo, ties mallard, etc. 🔥

timed out solving a 23 double slice, which was +2/+1 despite 2q jzp

(B R U F D)
(L) F' L2 D2 F L // 4c3 (11)
F' R2 B2 D2 B' D2 R2 B) // htr (19)
(L2 B2 U2 D2) // leave slice in 23, solved +0
Glad to come away from that scramble relatively unscathed

(F) R2 F
(R2 L2 D' B2 U L2 U L') // 11+2
(U' F2 U') // htr
(R2 U2 B2 R2) // double slice 18
solved +2/+2 = 22
This round had easy 20.00 potential :(

D' R2 L' U
B, (L' U2 L2 R' B2 U2 F) // 12+2c3 4e
(U2 R) U2 L B2 L' // htr (18)
R2 U D' R2 U' D // leave slice 24, sliceable to 23, but solves in 25 :(
6 is for sure my least favorite number of bad edges

(U B2 L D')
(B) dr-4c43, arm-1c1e but looks blocky
R' D2 L' F' // 9+2c4
(R') R' U2 R D2 F2 R' // htr (16)
L2 B2 U2 D2 B2 U2 // leave slice in 22, with sliceable move
solved in -1
Optimal from eo!

(R U' D B' L')
D' B2 D' R2 F // 10+4
(B2 D L2 U L2 U2 L2 U' L2 U') // dumb long htr
(F B U2 R2 F' B) // found with double slice
I'm so bad at abandoning htr paths quickly with 2c4 and just max tf out of every htr. I really need to stop doing that

Bad solution, but looking at the scramble: R' U' [F U2 B2 R2 D2 B2 U2 R2 F2] L U2 B' U' R2 B R U L' R2 D' B2 R' U' F
[] => F' L2 U2 F2 U2 R2 F2 U2
8 half turns in a row bugged me during the attempt

(U2 F' L B) // eo, 4c4e, jzp 4/4
R2 U // 6+4 lol 2/6
(D2 R' U2 L') L2 U2 F2 B2 L' U2 L' // htr 11/17
(U2 R2 F2) // leave E slice in 20. solved in +0
My first 6 move dr! It had to be 4c4 :( 19 is optimal but requiring 6q
Also I found the linear htr on inverse and somehow did not see (F2 B2 D2 R2) for leave slice. Like how tf did I miss that. Got there eventually though.
Also funny that mallard finds this dr with R2 U as eo and my eo as the eo-dr step

(R' U L D R') // eo, rzp 5/5
(D F2 B2 D' B) // 4b2 4e 5/10
F2 U' (U' B2 U [L2 U]) // htr 7/17
[] => (F2 B2 R2 D') // extend +2/19
(U2 F2 R2 L2) // leave slice in 23
solved in -1
Not sure what I was doing checking 5 move eos on this scramble but it paid off...
I found all the sub-5 niss eos, but not all the sub-5 linear eos 💀

Terrible time management on this attempt, bounced between a doomed 11+2 (23 opt but with 6q) and a 10+4 and an 11+4 and couldn't make any of it work in time

(R' U' L F' R) // eo
(U2 R2 B U) // 9+2c3 4e
U2 L2 F' D2 B L2 [B' // htr 7/16
L2 F2] U D' F2 U D // leave slice 7-2/21 (found as double slice)
[] => B F2 R2 B2 // +1/22
Eo opt!

F2 L F'
R D, L2 F2 U2 L2 R' D // 11+4b2 4e
U2 R B2 D2 R
B2 U2 L2 U2 R2 U2 B2 D2 F2 // leave slice in 25, solved in 26
Well that scramble was unassumingly terrible

(U' F' B2 R' B) // eo, dr-4c4e, arm-2c1e 5/5
F2 D2 F2 U' B2 U R // dr (4a1 4e) 7/12
(B2 [D') // htr 2-1/13
(R2 U2] L2 F2 B2 R2 B2) // leave slice 7/20
[] => (D2 U F2 U D) // +2/22
... B2 U {R B2 R2 B2 F2 L2} U' D' ...
{} => R' B2 F2 L2 B2 // -1/21
Wasn't checking 12 move drs but had to solve the cube anyways after switching the rzp and this popped up lol
19 was kind of findable by leaving 2e+slice in 18 from the htr and solving it by inserting slices in the pre-dr moves. Opt from the unextended dr though.

D U R U' // eo, dr-4c4e 4/4
L' D2 R' L U2 R' F // dr (2c3 4e) 7/11
(R B2 [R'] {F2 R}) // htr 5/16
[] => (R B2 R2) // better htr +2/18
{} => (U2 D2 B2 L) // even better htr +2/20
(F2 D2) // leave slice 2/22
solved +0

B (U F' B) // eo, jzp 4/4
(U2 L' F2 U2 L') // dr (2c4) 5/9
(D L2 U L2 B2 U L2 U') // htr 8/17
(B2 U2 L2 B2 L2 F2) // leave slice 6/23
solved +0
21 findable (I think) from all the variation hell of this eo

(F2 R' U' F) // eo 4/4
(L) // jzp 1/5
F2 D2 L U2 L // dr (2c4) 5/10
(D' R2 U' L2 B2 U' L2 U') // htr 8/18
(L2 D2 F2 R2 B2) // leave double slice 5/23
solved +1/+0
Opt +1 from dr. So close to 3/3 opt

B' U B // eo, dr-7c8e 3/3
U B2 U' L2 U' L U' R // dr (4a2 4e) 8/11
U R2 U2 L2 F2 U // HTR 6/17
F2 L2 U2 L2 U2 R2 // solved 6/23
Love a good purely linear solve lol. Opt from DR

L (B R U' L) // eo, dr-4c2e 5/5
U2 D' F2 U F' U2 F // DR (4b2 2e) 7/12
(L2 U' R2 * U) // HTR 4-1/15
(F2 R2) // leave 2e+slice 2/17
* = (R2 U2 L2 D2 L2 U2) // solve 2e, leave slice +6-4/19
Slice solved +1
Eo opt!
Wow what can I say... one of the worst scrambles I've ever had in terms of 5 move RZPs, and a 12+8 just pops up out of nowhere at 30 minutes! Why can't every dr be like this one.
Also this rolls with my comp yesterday to tie my PB mean (20.67)!! Now I just need a sub-20 to best the god's number...

(R' F) // eo
(L) U R2 F2 B2 D L U2 L // rzp, dr (11+4a1 6e)
(U B2 L2 B2 U F2 L2 D') // HTR
(F2 L2 U2) leave dr slice
solved +0
Missed 21 cause I didn't try going through 0c0 4e, I moved on to other drs instead because I figured +11 was optimal for 4a1 6e.
Missed 20 on first because I didn't check the eo, missed 21 on a2 because I made some mistake while checking the htr path. This mean feels like missed 20.67 lol.

(R U' F D) // eo
(B' R' F) // 7+4
(R') R' U2 R' D2 R2 F2 L' // htr in 15
B2 L2 F2 D2 U2 F2 U2 // leave slice 22
Slice +1 with 4 qt and 2 ht to widen. smh.
The sub-8 dr is ALWAYS a terrible subset
Was very close to finding optimal on this dr (21) I think I did a wrong move somewhere while I was checking the path. Oh well

Checked 56 eos, including EVERY 4 move eo, and a bunch of niss eos, and ended up with 5 sub-6 rzps. What a bad scramble. Only drs were 12+4 and 12+3
Of course some random eo I missed gave a really easy 20. To be fair though I was out of time for writing eos and probably would have found it if I didn't limit my eo writing to 11 minutes.

B2 D // eo
(F L', U2 F' U2 B R) // rzp, dr 9+2c4
(U2 B' U2 F' L2 U2 D2 F L2 F) // HTR in 19
(U2 R2 U2 L2 D2 F2) // leave slice in 20
solved +0 by widening all dr axis moves
dr opt +3. learning experience.

(B L' U2 R F') // eo 5/5
L2 U2 F2 L2 U' D2 L // dr (2c3 4e 7/12)
(R2 D' F2 U B2 U) // htr 6/18
(R2 U2 F2 R2 B2 R2 B2) // leave slice in 25
solved +0
bad scramble I think, I need to learn 7c8e arm

L U2 R' // eo
D', L2 D2 U' F U // dr-3c2e, dr (4a2 4e) 9
(F D2 F2 L2 B') // htr (14)
(D2 L2 B2 R2 D2 R2) // leave slice in 20, solved +1
I am so dumb. I wrote down the blocky fish variation of this slice and missed that it had a +0. Not sure how I missed that...

(U' R' F D)
(R) B2 R2 F2 B2 R' F' R' // rzp (3c2e), 12+4b2 2e
L2 U2 B' R2 B' // HTR 17
L2 F2 R2 D2 R2 D2 // leave slice in 23
solved +1 for 24
I had 11+1, 11+2, 12+2 and they were all 24 optimal in very hard to find ways (except for the 12+2) lolz

(D' R' D) // eo
(F' L F' L' F) // dr (4b2 6e) 8
F2 U2 L' B2 R' // htr
F2 L2 F2 U2 F2 U2 // solved, no leave slice needed
My 3rd sub 20! Such a simple solve, I imagine a lot of people will find this
This scramble ends a >40-attempt 2bad axis drought for me lol

(L2 U' R2 F') // eo
(L, D R2 U R D2 R) // rzp, dr (4c3) 7/11
L2 U' B2 U' B2 U2 F2 L2 U // htr 9/20
D2 B2 R2 B2 // leave double slice, 4/24 (sliceable to 23)
slices solved +1 and +0 for 25 final.

R B' L' U L // eo 5/5
(B2 L2 U' R2 U R2 F') // dr (4a1 6e) 7/12
(D) F2 U F2 B2 D' // htr 6/18
R2 B2 R2 * B2 U2] // leave double slice (but in a non-double sliceable context) 5/23
* = R2 B2 R2 D2 R2 B2 R2 [D2 // solve the "wrong" slice 8-7/24
[] = U2 F2 D2 // slice down solution before solving the slice -1/23
... F2 U^ F2 B2 D R2 B2 R2 U2^ F2 D# F ...
^ = widen, # = E' // solved +1/24
3/3 dr opt in this mean! Quite rare for me, happy with that

D' F2 L' // eo, rzp 3/3
(R2 B U2 B2 R2 L2 B' U) // dr (4a2 4e) 8/11
(L2 B) R2 B2 L2 D2 F' [1] // htr 7/18
U2 D2 L2 B2 [2] D2 // leave slice 5/23
[1] = S', [2] = S // solved +1/24
opt from dr!

F2 U' R2 F' // eo+rzp 4/4
(R2 F2 B2 R' D2 R' D') // dr (4a1 4e, my fav) 7/11
D2 B2 D2 * R // htr 4/15
[D2 B2 U2] B2 // leave double slice, but wrong parity 4/19
* = D2 B2 R2 U2 R2 B2 D2 L2 // 2e2e to fix slice parity (and solve rl slice) 8-4/23
[] = U2 F2 D2 // +0/23
... D2 {R2 U2 R2 B2 D2 L2 R} U2 ...
{} = L2 D2 R2 F2 U2 R' // -1/22
Optimal from dr! Could have found this from the other side as a straightforward +5 htr with 6 moves to leave slice, but I got there in the end.

(U2 R U' F' D')
(L2 B' L' B R) // 10 to 4b2 4e
(U2 B2 L2 U2 F U2 R2 B') // htr 18
(L2) // leave 2e2e
(L2 B2 U2 R2 U2 B2 L2 D2) // solve 2e2e 8-3 for 24
alright

R2 L' D' B // first eo written down haha (but not first one checked, I start checking on inverse)
U D' L2 D L' U L // 11+4a1 4e
(D) // htr lmao
U2 R2 B2 L2 B2 L2 // leave double slice in 18
... L' U [L U2 R2 B2 L2] B2 [2] L2 ...
[] = L' R2 D2 [1] R2 F2 R2 // solve rl slice +1
[1] = E', [2] = E // solved +3
Lots of slice variations to check, 19 was optimal from the rzp
Fmcl scrambles just CANNOT be normal bruh

tfw 50 5 move eos on a 6-6-6 yield just 6 rzps 5 of which are 7c8e or 8c8e. Had to attempt a variation hell 11+4c4 with just 20 minutes left and found 2 27s to slice (🤮) but neither of them worked when I went to solve them. I got a crazy good ao12 like a month ago and somehow my results have utterly tanked since then.
Mallard finds 25 off the same dr, even with niss eos enabled, so I guess this scramble was just doomed lol. tbh I probably could have found the 25 if only I had more time but whatever.

F' L U R', B // eo, dr-3c2e
(U' R2 D2 R2 F U' F') // 12+2c3 4e
(U' F2 U F2 R2 L2 U) // HTR (19)
L2 B2 L2 D2 B2 L2 // leave slice in 25
slice solved +2
quite bad for me. I'm tired and in pain from a dumb injury I got today. Not ideal for fmc.
This eo had a 7+2... if only I looked at fb dr... wow I must have been really messed up to miss that

(B' L' B' U R')
(B' R2 B R2 D') // 10+2c3 4e
(F' R2 U2 D2 F R2 F) // htr in 17
(R2 F2 R2 U2 D2 R2 D2) // leave slice in 24, solved +2 oof
If I solved this htr differently in 7 I could have had +0 slice for 24

D2 F D L // eo
(D2 B2 D R2 L2 B) // 10+2c4
(F2 U' L2 U) F2 L2 B2 U L2 D' // HTR
L2 R2 F2 U2 B2 U2 // leave slice 6-1/25
slice solved +0
Also had: (D2 B U2 R U2 R2 D' B2 U R2 B) // 11+2c4 but very blocky, which would have given an easy 22 if I had time to check it oops

L' D' R2 U' // eo
B', F2 L B2 R2 B2 R' B// rzp, dr (4a2 4e) 12
L D2 R2 B2 R' // htr in 17
B2 R2 D2 B2 D2 B2 // leave slice in 23
Solved +1
Turns out if i did the slice equivalent 4a2 trigger i could have had +0 slice. Not too mad about missing that but now i know

B' L' U' D' F // eo, jzp
U2 F2 L2 U2 R // 10+2c4
(F2 U) U' L2 U2 R2 U R2 F2 D // htr 20
L2 B2 D2 L2 B2 // leave ud slice 25
Slice solved +1
Pretty bad... thought i had a 9 to 4c3 and started solving my drs with that one, turns out it was 4b5...
Had no good drs, they were all either 4-5q or really long. Gotta lock in for a3

D' F B2 R' U // eo, dr-4c2e 5/5
F' L2 B' L' B2 L // dr (4b2 6e) 6/11
D2 {F2 R2 U2 F'} [L2 B'] // HTR 7/18
[] => U2 D2 R2 F' // better htr +2/20
L2 U2 // leave FB slice 2/22
{} => B2 L2 D2 F B2 // solve slice +1
Ties mallard, and unique optimal after the first 8 moves! (right before the dr trigger)
A better result would have rolled down an insane pb mo3 I just got, but can't complain about tying mallard on difficult settings... It does roll down my pb ao12 though

D' R' U' B' L // eo
(U2 F' R2 B' U2 F U') // 12 +4b2 6e
(L2 D2 R2 F U2 F') // htr in 18
(D2 R2 U2 F2) // leave M and S slice in 22
Got screwed by +2 for both slices
Checked this dr extensively before trying a different 4b2 4e and got 25 pretty quickly but just a few minutes too late, oh well

(L2 U' D R) // eo
(B' F2 U F2 U) // 9+4b2 2e
F2 R2 L2 B' R2 F2 R2 F' // htr
L2 F2 R2 D2 L2 U2 // leave fb slice in 22
solved in +1
Doing D R2 D instead for the dr trigger gives the easiest 20 I've ever seen... I always forget that you have to check both variations of R U2 R dr trigger if you don't switch before htr.
Another 10+3 I had but didn't check gave a really easy 21. And I could have gotten 21 slice +1 from this dr if I had set up the 4b2 trigger differently. I missed so much on this scramble 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
23 is good for me though. Bless the fmcl gods for another 2 bad axis 🙏

U' B' D' B //eo, dr-8c8e 4/4
D2 L2 U R L // DR (4c3) 5/9
([U2 L2 U F2 D2] B2 L2 U L2 D') // HTR 10/19
(F2 D2 B2 U2 R2 L2) // leave ud slice 6-2/23
[] = (D2 R2 U B2 U2) // slice solved +0
keep the 2 bad axes coming 😤

(D' R' D F L') // eo, jzp 5/5
(F2 L2 F2 [U') // DR (2c4) 4/9
F2 R2 {B U2 F' D2 L2 F' L2 F // HTR 10/19
B2} [D2 L2 // leave S+E slice 3/22
[] => D' U' F2 D' U2 // +2/24
{} => F R2 B' U2 R2 F2 B U2 B' // +0/24
Dr opt was a very straightforward (no double slice) 21 rip. Got distracted by a 12+4b2. Maybe this and the last solve are my sign to prioritize dr movecount over subset.

F L R B // eo 4/4
U', L' D2 L' B2 L R2 U' // rzp, dr (2c3 2e) (8/12)
R D2 F2 R' F2 R // htr 6/18
F2 L2 U2 B2 D2 R2 D2 // leave slice in 25
slice solved +1

Was close to finding optimal (25) from this dr.
Also had:
L' U D' R' D'
F D2 R2 B L // 10+4c4
but didn't check it until after the hour. Ended up finding a 25 right away and a 24 (optimal) after a little while. So I guess I checked the wrong dr lol.

(U F D' B' D') // eo, dr-4c4e 5/5
R2 F2 R D2 L' F // dr (4c3) 6/11
(R') R2 U2 R U2 R2 F2 R' // HTR 8/19 (through 4a2 🥶)
D2 B2 D2 R2 F2 U2 // leave slice 6/25
slice solved +0
average 4 me
Can't check nissy rn but mallard finds 24 from this dr with a really simple extension of a different htr I had written down. oof

B' (D2 B) // eo, dr-7c8e 3/3
(R D2 L F2 R2 D' L' U) // dr (2c3 4e) 8/11
[L B2 L'] D2 F2 B2 R // htr 7/18
D2 L2 F2 U2 F2 D2 F2 // leave slice 7/25
[] => R D2 R' // solved +0
imagine writing down 34 EOs and only checking the 3 mover
also i wrote down the htr that gave optimal (24) for this dr but somehow missed the 6 move leave slice