FMC in Bali: Pura-Pura Mencari Solusi 2024

2024-06-14 ~ 2024-06-14

By Scramble By Person

Wong Chong Wen (黄崇文)

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First

#1Mean20.33Single18NR (22 / 18 / 21)

Attempt 1

Scramble

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

Results

R2 F U' B' L' U R2 U2 F2 U2 L' B2 R L2 U2 B2 L' B2 U' R' F2 L'

R2 F U' B'//EO (4/4)
L' U (L F2 R U)//DR, 2c3 (6/10)
(B2 [R D2 B2 R U2 R])//HTR (7/17)
(U2 F2 U2 R2)//M slice (4/21)

[]->(L B2 U2 L2 R' B2 L) (22)

Final: R2 F U' B' L' U R2 U2 F2 U2 L' B2 R L2 U2 B2 L' B2 U' R' F2 L' (no D moves lol)

8/6/6 to start a round is never fun, I had so few RZPs that I was niss tracing a lot of RZP in 6 to find more DRs, and luckily the last one I wrote down and switched for had a 10+3.

22 is optimal from DR.

I also found a 9+3 DR but it was bad:
F R' U' B
(R' D2 U R D')//4a3

March 2, 2026 10:24 PM

Attempt 2

Scramble

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

Results

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

(D2 F' U' L R)//EO (5/5)
(D2 B' L2 B D)//DR, 4b2 (5/10)
B D2 F'//HTR (3/13)
U2 B2 L2 D2 L2//lol (5/18)

Final: B D2 F' U2 B2 L2 D2 L2 D' B' L2 B D2 R' L' U F D2

I was messing around with:
F' U (B2 U')
(L2 R' B' L)//2c3 (8)
for a long time, then i did literally 1 thing on the 4b2 and it instantly gave 18 lol

Also tfw 18 on 6/8/6, and my second time getting optimal for the whole scramble in comp :)

March 2, 2026 10:24 PM

Attempt 3

Scramble

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

Results

F2 U B' L U' L2 D' R2 D' R2 D2 L' F2 U2 R2 U2 L' F2 U2 R U2

F2 U B'//EO (3/3)
L U' L2 D' R2 D'//DR, 4b3 (6/9)
(U2 R' U2 F2 L U2 R2 U2 F2 L)//HTR (10/19)
(D2 R2)//lol (2/21)

Final: F2 U B' L U' L2 D' R2 D' R2 D2 L' F2 U2 R2 U2 L' F2 U2 R U2

Imagine knowing you are on WR pace then the first thing you see is a 2 move EO... 4/4/6 scramble with a 2 move EO and 4 3 move EOs, I had the same problem as I did on the FMC West Melbourne #1, getting too many decent DRs.

I looked at the below DR for most of the DR finishing time after quickly finding the lucky 21 shown above

U B
(L') D' L2 D B2 L//2c3 (8)
B2 U R2 D F2 B2 R2 U
D2 F2 B2 R2//effectively 19 to slice, but this didn't solve in a WRable movecount...

With 5 minutes left I just wrote down the 21 on the answer sheet but then had to spend some time fixing stupid mistakes like missing 's and wrong moves.

In the last 2 minutes of the attempt I found a 20 to slice:

U B
(L) D' L2 D B2 L
U' L2 D' R2 D
F2 L2 U2 R2 U2 R2 F2

This had a +0 (optimal from DR) but I wasn't able to complete it on time due to wasting time fixing the 21 (probably even if I did get it done on time I'd have dnfed due to handwriting anyway)

Optimal after F2 U B' L in my submitted solution is 19, but doesn't use DR, and none of the 20s do either, so 21 is the best I could've done off of it.

March 2, 2026 10:25 PM

Final

#1Mean22.33Single22 (23 / 22 / 22)

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