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Don't DNS Denton 2026

2026-09-19 ~ 2026-09-20
Octavio Cobos
Detected as competition participant
First
#2Mean25.33Single23 (24 / 23 / 29)
Attempt 1
Scramble
R' U' F U' R' D' L' U B' U2 R D B' F2 L' F2 R2 D2 L B2 R' U' F
Results
24
R L' F R U2 D F' L2 D B' D' B D' L2 B2 R2 B2 U L2 F2 B2 D B2 L2
8/6/8

L' R F R 
D U2 F' L2 D B' D' B // 12 2c3 6e via RZP in 7 lmao 
D' (L2 B2 U’ R2 L2 F2 D’) 
(B2 R2 B2 L2) // 24 Slice 
+0 

No sub-12 DRs, I had two 12 4c3s and didn't even bother trying to solve my 12 4c4 and 12 4b5s. 

I was pretty happy with this because this beat my terrible triple tied PR single of 25 on a scramble that didn't seem too great.
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Attempt 2
Scramble
R' U' F R2 U2 R' B' R2 L F' B2 D B2 D' F2 R' L2 B2 R' D2 R' U' F
Results
23
B R' L F D' L D' R2 L2 U' R' L2 D2 R2 D2 F2 U' R2 U' B2 R2 U B2
8/4/4

B R' L F 
D' L D' R2 L2 U' R // 11 2c3 4e 
(B2 U' R2 B2 U R2 U) 
(F2 D2 R2 D2 L2 R2) // 24-1 

This was my only sub-12 DR, so I spent most of my time on this. I'm glad I was able to break my PR single again and put myself on good pace going into a3.
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Attempt 3
Scramble
R' U' F L B' U2 F' D2 F L2 B D2 R D' L R U R' D' U R' U' R' U' F
Results
29
D' L F2 U' L' D2 F' R2 F' L2 F2 L2 F2 L2 U2 F2 U2 B2 R2 D2 R2 U2 R2 F' R' F B' L2 F
4/6/6 

D' L F2 U' 
L' (F' L2 B F' R) // 10 4a1 2e 
(F) D2 F' R2 F 
(R2 U2 R2 D2 R2 B2 U2 F2 U2 L2 F2 L2 F2 L2 F2) // 30-1 💀 

I had 3 10 move DRs, this one, a 10 2c4 6e with variations, and a 10 4a2 2e. This one seemed to be the best (and it was), but I got distracted and ran out of time, so I had to just safety whatever I could from the 15 to HTR I had written down. 

After DR: 
F (B2 R2 F D2 F’) 
(D2 L2 U2 L2 U2) // 21 Slice
+1

This is what I should've found, but I forgot to switch the 1 move reduction to 4b2 2e on normal :/
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Final
#1Mean23.33Single23 (24 / 23 / 23)
Attempt 1
Scramble
R' U' F R D' L2 D2 U2 B F2 L2 B' F R F D2 L U' F' U' R' B2 R' U' F
Results
24
D2 L' B2 R L2 D R2 L F2 R F2 U2 L' U2 B2 R2 U2 B2 D F' L' U D F'
6/6/8 

(F D' U' L F) 
(D') D2 L' B2 R L2 D // 12 2c3 4e 
L' B2 L U2 B2 R' 
U2 B2 R2 U2 B2 // 23 Slice 
+1 

I was happy to get a short slice on the first HTR I checked and then found the +1 pretty quickly. 
I spent the rest of my time on this 9 4b2 2e that gives a 20, but I somehow missed it 😭: 

L' F' B' U L'
F' (D R2 F) // 9 4b2 2e 
(L2 U2 R2 D L2 U') 
(R2 U2 B2 R2 L2) // 20
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Attempt 2
Scramble
R' U' F R2 F' D2 R2 F L2 B U2 F2 L B2 R' B' D F' L2 R' U L B2 R' U' F
Results
23
B2 U2 L2 B2 D2 B U2 F' U2 D2 B U2 D' F' D2 B' R2 D2 L D L B L
6/6/4 

(L' B' L' D' L') 
(D2 R2 B D2 F D) // 11 4a1 2e 
(U2 F' R2 L2 B D2 B') 
(U2 F2 L2 U2 B2) // 23 Slice 
+0 

I was very happy to tie my PR single from the last round with a nice linear solution 😊. After checking all of my linear sub-5 EOs and only finding a 12 4a2 4e, I decided to write down a few 5 move EOs and I'm really glad I did because the DR was really easy to finish! Now being on 23.5 pace for the second time, I was really nervous for a3 because I didn't want to throw away my pace like I did in the previous round.
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Attempt 3
Scramble
R' U' F L2 F2 L2 D' B' D' F U' R U2 R2 U D2 B2 D F2 L2 U' R' U' F
Results
23
D2 L B L2 U2 D' B2 R' B2 L U L2 F2 R2 L' D2 R U2 B2 R F2 D2 F2
4/6/6 

D2 L B 
L2 D' U2 B2 R' B2 L U // 11 2c3 4e 
L2 F2 L U2 L B2 D2 L 
F2 D2 F2 // 22 Slice 
+1 

Yay 23.33 mean!! I got jumpscared by the +3 to slice but once I found it at around 40 minutes, I immediately started solving it and found the +1 for 23. I had a few other promising DRs including 10 4c3 4e and 11 2c3 2e that I checked after finding 23 but I couldn't find anything better.
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