Europe FMC Friends - Winter 2025

2025-02-01 ~ 2025-02-01

Finally I get to beat 22.33. The 18 was a great opportunity and but it influenced slightly my performance (especially in the second attempt). I'm not completely satisfied cause minor management choices keep me away from getting a very good mean (and NR).

First

#8Mean24.67Single24 (24 / 25 / 25)

No solutions submitted yet.

Final

#3Mean22.00Single18 (18 / 24 / 24)

Attempt 1

Scramble

R' U' F U' R' F' B2 U D2 R B2 D' F' L2 D2 L2 B2 U2 F2 B' D' R' U' F

Results

R2 L2 U F2 D' F B' D2 L2 B R2 F2 B' U' L2 B L' D2

(D2 L) // EO (2/2)
(B') // DR-4c6e (1/3)
(L2 U [F' D2 B]) // DR, 4b2 (5/8)
R2 L2 U F2 D' // HTR (5/13)
[R2 D2 F2] // S slice (3/16)

[] = F B' D2 L2 B R2 F2 B' // Slice (+2/18)

Solution: R2 L2 U F2 D' F B' D2 L2 B R2 F2 B' U' L2 B L' D2 (18)

That's nice. Optimal from the scramble.
First thing I looked at and had an early 20 from the other HTR but I knew there was less.
Just kinda chilled for the rest of the attempt.

April 30, 2026 10:20 PM

Attempt 2

Scramble

R' U' F D' R D L' B' D' F U2 F U2 F' R2 F2 R B2 U' R' U' F

Results

D' B U2 L F' L' F2 B2 R' D R2 U2 D2 B2 R' D2 L D2 B2 L2 U2 F2 R2 U2

D' B U2 L F' // EO (5/5)
L' F2 B2 R' D // DR, 4b2 (5/10)
R2 D2 U2 B2 [L' F2 R // HTR (7/17)
U2 F2 R2] U2 F2 R2 U2 // Leave slice (7/24)

[] = R' D2 L D2 B2 L2 // Slice (+0/24)

Solution: D' B U2 L F' L' F2 B2 R' D R2 D2 U2 B2 R' D2 L D2 B2 L2 U2 F2 R2 U2 (24)

This one was mentally hard. I got like 4 DRs that were 10+5 and I was quite worried.
Decided to check for this EO and tunnelled into this DR, should have looked at the 10+4 given from inverse. 
Optimal is 23 with 4 qts and 2 double moves from normal, 3 from inverse. Mallard finds at best that 23, or a 22 from a niss 5 mover into 7c8e, bruh.

D' B U2 L F' // EO (5/5)
(R' U2 B2 R' U) // DR, 2c4 (5/10)
(R' D2 L' U2 R B2 R) // HTR (7/17)
(U2 B2 D2 R2 F2 U2) // finish (6/23)

April 30, 2026 10:21 PM

Attempt 3

Scramble

R' U' F L' F' D' B2 L' F D B D R L2 F' R2 U2 B2 U2 R2 B U R' U' F

Results

U' R' L D2 R D F2 U2 L2 B2 L2 F2 L F2 B2 R2 D2 R F2 L2 F U L' D2

(D2 L U' F') // EO (4/4)
U' // DR-4c4e (1/5)
R' L D2 R D // DR, 4b2 (5/10)
(L2 F2 R' D2 R2 F2 B2 L') // HTR (8/18)
(F2 L2 B2 L2 U2 F2) // finish (6/24)

Solution: U' R' L D2 R D F2 U2 L2 B2 L2 F2 L F2 B2 R2 D2 R F2 L2 F U L' D2 (24)

Sad. DR was 22 opt and a variation was 21 opt. Path was findable but cursed, another missed NR mean.
I just tried to find a good DR, had a group of 11+3 but none of them was 22 opt (only one with 5qt).
Mallard finds 20 from a 7c8e with a 11+3 but I would expect to use a shorter DR tbh.

(D2 L U' F') // EO (4/4)
U' // DR-4c4e (1/5)
R' L D2 R D // DR, 4b2 (5/10)
R' B2 U2 F2 U2 F2 [R // HTR (7/17)
F2 D2 R2] B2 // Leave Slice (4/21)

[] = L D2 B2 R' L' // Slice (+1/22)

(D2 L U' [F]) // EO (4/4)
U' // DR-4c4e (1/5)
F2 L' F2 L2 D' // DR, 4b2 (5/10)
L2 D2 B2 L' F2 L' // HTR (6/16)
[B2 U2 D2 R2] // S slice (4/20)

[] = (B U2 R2 L2 F B) // Slice (+1/21)

April 30, 2026 10:21 PM