(D)B' D2 L' U' 
F B R' F2 L' //10+2C3
U2 B' R2 D2 B' D2 B 
F2 U2 B2 U2 L2 

5q on 2c3!!

U' F' L' D' 
R2 Bw U2 F L2 Fw //10+2c3
(Rw) F2 L' U2 L D2 L F2 Lw'
B2 R2 B2 D2 //23

B' F R' D'
(F2 R2 B' R F) //9+1
found a 20 but dnf by 1 prime

(L' R' U' B' L')//EO+rzp, Niss traced 4 pairs lol
U' D2 F // short dr is always 5q
Dw R2 U' L2 Dw B2 Dw' B2 Dw
F2 L2 Uw2 B2 R2 //attempt saved

only other viable dr:
(R'D'BD2L)
(UF DF2DF2D)//12+1

(B D2 R' U')
R' U2 F2 B2 R //9+4b2
(R2 U2 B' R2 U2 F) //htr in 15
D' U L2 D U' F B U2 F B' D2 R2 //panic finish

Mission impossible: manage my time well

(B2 R' B U)
L2 D2 L2 B2 L' B' //10+4b2
D2 R' B2 L 
D2 R2 B2 L2 F2 U2 L2 //21

there was a 20 to slice but no +1 so i go for the 21 to slice.

Then I found the 8+2 in 45min and didn't find anything lol.

DNF by 1 prime. Risky time management as always

R2 D'(F2 U)
(D2 L B' R2 B')//9+2c3
Rw2 R B2 R2 U2 B2 U2 B2 D2 L U2 L' Lw2 U2 R2 //22 to slice +2

missed 20 opt

had the other 9+4c3:
B' L B
(D L U' B2 L2 U')

3/3 unsatisfying solves this week but I am recovering !!!

(F D F U2 B') 
(U' R2 L U R) // 10+2c3
(U') B2 R2 U' B2 U'
R L' F2 B2 R L //22

Opt is 21 which i found but thought it was a 22 due to time panicking

Also had:
(L)U2R'
U'F'B2L2U'DF //10+4B2,22OPT

(L')U2R'
(F'D)UBR2BD//10+4C3

R2 D F U D 
R' F L' B' L //10+4C2
(B')B' R2 D2 F' U2 F'
U2 L2 D2 L2 F2 D2 L2 //24

bad time management. Start finish DR at 45 min and miss obvious 22

also had 10+4a2 2e and 10+4c4

R' F R2 U 
(R' B2 L' F' L2 F) //10+2c3 2e 
R' B2 R B2 R'
U2 D2 B2 U2 D2 R2 //21 to slice

and I mis-scrambled at last minute and force to take +3 to solve orz.
I also missed 20 from this htr ....

also have:
R F U'
B
(D2 F2 L' R2 F') //9+2C4 and extensions

R F U' 
B F' R 
D2 L2  B' R2 F' //11+4B2

Basically the first ever DR finish with blocks in my life !!!

(D2 U2 F' L')
L2 D R2 B2 D R //10 + 2c4
(D R2 U L2 B2) // setup to trigger but fake htr....but WAIT!
(R2 D2 B2 U' B2 U B2) // Block-building finish !!!!!

22, opt after all my DR.


only have another 10+2c4 and 10+2c3.

(L F2 R)
(D' B') L2 U' B' //8+2
U' (Dw2 R2 B2 L2 B2 D')
Uw2 B2 D2 R2 B2 R2 F2  //21 to slice and 22 to fin

opt after DR?

My only other promising DR:
U2 R2 U F B 
(R' U2 L D2 L2 D)//11+4B2,2e with many variations

(F) D' U2 B
R U D2 L D L2 U //11+2C3, cool
R2 U R2 L2 D2 R2 L2 U R2 L2 U2 D2 U D' F2 U' D F B' D2 B F' L U2 L D2 R F2 D2 F // panic finish for 40

Conceivably rusty after not doing any fmc for 15 days.

Glad that i didn't DNF.

Skill issue that i didn't spot the -2 shortening U2 D2 U D' --> U' D 

R2 D' L2 D (B' D2 R F') //8+4c3
(B2 L') U2 F2 R U2 R
L2 U2 F' B U2 L2 F B  //bad

(F R F R)
(B' D2 B' D2 F U')
L2 F' D2 F R2 L2 B F2
R2 F2 U2 L2 U2 L2 

(B F L U' R)
(B)U B2 D' F U F' //12+1
B2 L2 B2 U2 F2 U F2 R2 U2  // 9 move finish lol

10+4a1 2e

Later

R' L (F R')//eo
(F) //rzp
U B2 D B //9+2c3
(D' L2 B2 D R2 D) HTR
U2 R2 F B U2 F' B' //finish

opt is 21 orz.

had another 9+4c3, and 10 +4a1,2e

I don't like 7+5 so I get 19 to slice from 10+2 but can't any +2.

(B' D B U)
(F')U2 R' F' R F //10+2
(U R U2 R U2)
(F B U2 F' B') //19 to M slice

opt is 20 but by doing another double slice

I feel like I don't fully understand double slice now.

R' B2 L' (L)
(F' U2 F2 R2 F D') //10+4c3
F2 R2 F' R2 F (Fw2 F)
D2 Fw2 R2 D2 R2 D2 // 22 to slice +1 = 23

I found the 22 to slice at 57 minutes and then DNFed

DR opt is 22

Also had:
(F'RL'D)
(LF)
(L'B2R'F2R)//11+4B2

(L)R'B2L'
BL2U2R2UB // 10+2C3,22 OPT

D' L2 U' B 
R2 D B2 D' L2 U2 L' //extended DR, 11+2
F2 D R2 U' D R2 U' 
R2 B2 R2 L2 //21 to slice and 22 to solve

Opt from this DR group is 21 but hard to find.

I went safe and decide to finish my DR instead of keep NISSing rzp in 5 and then i missed the 9 movers lol

(LD)D
F' L2 D2 L B2 L //extend 8+2 to 9+2
(F2 U2 B D2 R2 L2 B) // 16
(D2 L2 U2 D2) //double slice in 20

I found this at 55 minutes and i panic a 24 but it's actually sliceble to 21.

(U B' L2 R' D) //eo
(L' R' B R' B) dr
R' F2 B2 U2 R' L2 
D2 F2 D2 F2 //20

somehow it took me forever to find this 20, and of course I found this 20 at ~ 62 minutes.

(D)B D 
L' F2 R' D2 L' R2 B' //10+2C3
U2 Rw F2 Rw' B2 R //HTR
U2 D2 B2 R2 U2 //21

Found (L B U2 L') jzp but I missed some simple 21

(U' L D F')
R2 D2 B2 D' //8+2c4 with "8 variations" !!!!!
L U2 R B2 L' B2 L' 
U' D L2 U' D'  // 20 

This is my only sub 10 DR so I went all in. Unsurprisingly I missed a 19 from one of the variations.

Also found another 20:
(U' L D F)
R2 U2 F2 D'
R' U2 L' B2 L U2 L'
D2 R2 D2 R2 B2

R2 L U L' F2 L' D (F2 R2 U2 B') //11+2b4 variation hell
L' U2 R D2 R B2 R 
D2 B2 D2 B2 R2 B2 R2

Suddenly got interested in variation hell but it doesn't work:
Opt from R2 L U L' F2 L' is 22 but it can only be found by extending the DR.

I should've go for the 9+2c4 early

Such a terrible scramble for my mental health

(L2 U F2 D)
L R' U2 F' R' B //10 +4C3 variation hell. Hope 1 of the 8 variation is good
L' B2 U2 R2 U2 R U2 R'
B2 U2 D2 // 20 to double slice

Then I spent 10 minutes doing the slice rewrite cus I keep miscrambling.

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

F2 D F B' U 
R' B' R' F R // 10+4b2 cool DR
D2 B2 U2 L2 F' U2 F' 
U2 F2 U2 R' L B2 L R //25-2 = 23

opt after cool DR is nice

22 is possible but meh
D'F'U2L'
F 
D2F2U F' U2 D2 R2 B// extent 11+4b2 to 13 move
R2 D' R2 B2 D R2 L2 F2 U2 //22

Evidence that 11 move DRs are still important

I worked on these 10+2c4 FOR 20 minutes
(B R' F D B)
D2 R2 B R B and variations 
23 opt but you need to dig through the variations

I had no other sub 11 DR other than a 10+4b4 which is also 23 opt.

(B2 D F2 L)
( F' U2 B D U)// 9+4a2 with a million variation
F2 L2 F2 D2 B L2 D2 B2 D2 B' L2 R2 // finish in 21

can't believe that it only miss opt (20) by 1

(D' R' B F)
(D) 
B2 D2 L2 D' R' D //DR extension, 11+4a2
L2 F2 R D2 L' R' D2 L U2 D2 B2 // 21 to slice !!! no +0 sadly

However the opt is +10 from this DR lol.

Had like 10 different mid DRs like this lol crazy scramble.

(D' B' L R F') //eo with htr equivalent variation
R' L2 F2 R' F2 D// DR, 11+2c3
R (R2 B2 U2 R' D2 L)
(B2 R2 B2 R2 D2) // 23

This can be shorten to 22 to slice with blocky fish insertion but no +0.
opt is 22 from DR.

I had no other DR than two 10+5

I had:
(B R')R'
(B')B' U D F2 D F //Fancy DR to 10+4c3, 22 opt

(BR')R
UB'
(UB2L2D'B) //10+2c4, 23 opt

(BR')R
L2F U'L2F2BU'F //11+2, 23 opt is easy if i NISS it

and other mid 11 movers

Accidentally get 21 when doing my first QTM practice

U' F R' 
D U2 F U D' // DR in 9 QTM!!!! 2c4
(B2 D2 F') F' U2 F' U2 B 
U D' B2 U' D

27QTM in my first attempt, insane luck !!!!! 

DNF
at 56 min I found
R' F' B2 R' 
U (L2 F B U2 B' D') // 11 + 4b2 4e
F L2 U2 B //htr
D2 R2 B2 R2 //double slice in 19

The slice can be solved in +1 and +3 but I ran out of time.

Inserting two 2e2es in and outside DR gives 22 from my skeleton lol.

I also missed 22 from this DR through another double slice orz.

Very hard scramble.
My only other viable DR:
F U2 D2 L
B U R2 L2 B2 D2 F //11+2c3 6e variations hell

22 is theoretically possible here by adding 1 extra move to make 12+4b2 and using setup to 4qt HTR to kalindumax a 10 move finish.
: )

Somehow extend my DR search to 47 min ...... not very wise

And I really shouldn't miss the easiest 9+2 that gives 21. 

But somehow this roll my PB ao12 to 22.20 (previous PB is 22.40 although I had official 22.1 ao12 lol) 

B' D
L' U2 D2 R' F2 D2 R' B' //DR, 10+2
(B2 U2 R2 U2 L F2 R')
(U2 L2 B2 U2 B2 U2) // 23, opt finish

I also had:
B' D 
L U2 D2 RF2U2L'F //10+2, 23OPT

U2 B' D
R2 F2 D2 R F2 L B //10+2C3, 23OPT which i missed somehow

U2 B' D
(L' F2 R U2 L U2 B)// 10+4B2, 22 OPT but I didn't check 4qt here

B' (B2 L' B)
L2 F2 L2 F2 D //9+2C4 variation hell, 22opt

B' D' 
L' U2 B2 L U2 L B //9+2C4, 22OPT

Widen the wrong move leads to DNF.

I only stumble across this DR at 40 minutes so can't complain.
U B D2 L
(F' D L2 U2 R)

B' L F2 L2 F'
(R F2 R' U2 L U) //11+4b2 2e with many variations
(R) U2 B2 R B2 U2 R2 U2 R L B2 //22 let's goooooooo!

opt after DR

The other promising DR i had:
B' L B2 R2 F 
L' B2 L D2 B2 D // 11+2c3 4e, one of the variations is 22 opt as well.

also had a bad 10+4
(F2 U2 L U)
R2 F R2 L2 F' L

(B)U' D2 B
D' 
L D2 F2 L' U2 L//11+1a4 2e
R2 Dw' R2 L2 Uw' B2 U
F2 B2 U2 R2 F2 L2//Backup 24

Similarly I had:
(B')U' D2 B
D' 
(D' R2 L2 D L2 D) OR (B2 U L2 D/D' R2 L2 U) //many 11 +2c3 2e


One of these variations are 21 opt but I would say that's super hard to find.

too bad to recon. Of course I get too greedy with DR search and got 24 when I had 5 DRs with sub 22 opt.

I had these sub 22 opt DRs:
(U2B'L)F2D'L2B2UF// 9+2C3, 21OPT

(U2 B'L)F2R2U'L2D// 8+4B4, 21OPT

R L2 B 
R
U B2 D// 7+5, 21OPT

RL2B
D'RDL2U'R// 9+2C3, 20 opt which i solved in 24 lol

U'L2D'
FR'BRF//8+3q4c, 21 opt


Optimal after my DR this week is 20,21,20 lol.

(D U F' R')
(F2 L2 D F' U')// 9+4q2c4e in 4 variations
(F) B2 L2 B L2 B' U2 B //HTR extension
R2 F2 D2 L2 D2 //Finish in 22

I was very glad to find this HTR with an extra B2 that gives 22, until I realized that simply doing the HTR without the extra move gives 5 move finish to a 21 orz.

Biggest plot twist ever. 

Edited: even funnier that I am not the only one missing the 21 from HTR.

Get slightly spoiled as someone mentions blocks in the group chat.
被剧透了一点所以下意识看了一下砖🧱

Otherwise I might not try as hard for the 9+4

I also had
R(B2 R2 B )
(R2 U2 F2 U2 F2 R)//10+4 with a million variations

F2 U2 R2 D
L B' R F' L2 F//10+2C3 6E

(B2 L' R F')
(R2 L B2 L2 R D') // 10 move DR extension, 1q4c2e
(R F2 B2 R2 L' B2 R')
(D2 R2 B2 D2) // 21 from 20 to slice

I had this at 30 min but fail to improve it.