Miswrite out of 34.

I had 26 to 2tc and didn’t even bother.

Miswrote a B as an R or something since I had a minute left to write the final solution. It would’ve been a 41 so it not a big deal.

25 to 2 twisted corners, spent so long trying to write cancellation off of an insertion that didnt even work (😅) which is a beginner’s mistake that I should be easilt avoiding. 

B’ D F2 B2 D’ R’ D L // 222 (8/8)
R2 F2 R’ F2 R2 F’ // XXCross (6/14) 
U R’ U R U’ R’ U’ R // F2L-1 (8/22) 
L’ U L F’ L F2 U F’ U’ L’ // Finish (10/32) 

Yes I know this is a stupid solution, I found this when solving my cube after finding the XXCross lol.

I had about 10 minutes to insert the 3c from the 23 move skeleton. Then… FMC inexperience kicked me in the butt. I had tried to sticker the cube without rewriting the skeleton with the one move on inverse (stupid, I know). I also found out with about 5 minutes of the attempt left that I had miswritten my original skeleton (💀) so when I got to fixing everything and stickering my cube I had a measly 45 seconds left. I ended up finding the 28 about 20 minutes after the attempt, so i wouldnt have found it even without the mess-ups, but i could've at least inserted a random 8 move comm for a 31 😭😭. Anyways, here’s the recon with optimal insertion/unlimited solution: 

B2 L2 U’ R B2 // 222 (5/5)
F U F (F’) // 223 (4/9) 
F U’ F’ L // EO + pair (4-1/12)
U’ B’ U B U F U F’ U’ L2 U // Reduce to 3c (11/23)

This could also be seen as: 

U’ B’ U B U L2 // F2L-1 
L2 F U F’ U’ L2 U // Reduce to 3 c 

 Skeleton: B2 L2 U’ R B2 F U F2 U’ F’ % L U’ B’ U B U F U F’ U’ L2 U F // 3c in 23

%: F2 L B2 L’ F2 L B2 L’ (8-3) = +5 

 B2 L2 U’ R B2 F U F2 U’ F L B2 L’ F2 L B2 U’ B’ U B U F U F’ U’ L2 U F // Solved in 28

Thus far, this is my best feeling attempt in terms of finding a good skeleton I just need to get faster and insertions so overall not too mad about the DNF :)

Huuugge skill issue 😩

Took to much time trying to find a good 222 😜 

Skill issue 😩

😭😭😭😭

So I tried EOLine + block building for the first time and let’s just say it went way better than expected (I’d say I average 40 💀). Oh yeah I found in like 35-40 minutes and just stopped checking for better things ;)

Meh I found a 9 move 2x2x3 on inverse that I expanded to a 13 move F2L-1 on the normal and didn’t find anything 😭

(D2 B2 U’ F2 D B’ R2 B2 L2) // 223 
R’ F’ U2 F // F2L-1 
(Basically spent 25 moves solving EO and inserting the last pair with AUF 💀, even the 5C insertion is probably better but I can’t do insertions.)

Found the F2L-1 in like 10 minutes and checked other options because solving EO/a skeleton didn’t seem viable but then eventually came back and realized that inserting the final pair gave a Pi COLL with an EPLL skip (I could just say I knew the ZB tbh) and no AUF.

5 move 2x2x2 on the inverse, couldn’t find any good way connect a 1x2x2 to make a 2x2x3, so I switched back to normal. Found a way to make a 2x2x3 in 11 moves and was stuck, so I switched once again. I found that I could make an F2L-1 in 18, but my inserting the remaining free pair in 5 more moves, it gives an 11 move OLL with a PLL skip and U AUF. This yields a 35 move solution!

Ran out of time haha.

Found a 5 move EOCross on green/blue front (4 bad edges), which I found could turn into a EOCross+1 in 7. The continuations (remaining pair solutions) weren’t great so I experimented with moves before finishing the EOCross and found that doing the FL Pair before doing the last move of the EOCross meant that you could cancel into the BR Pair. This leads to an EOF2L-1 in 18 moves. Inserting the last F2L pair leads to a 15 move LL, but when you NISS, you get an 8 move last pair with a 9 move ZBLL, giving me a 35 move solution :).