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FMC Warszawa 2026

2026-05-29 ~ 2026-05-29
Krzysztof Pietrusiak
Detected as competition participant
R1 was bait-sprint A1, one-trick A2 and a tormentful-bait A3, while all I had on my mind was lunch. 20,19,22 human optimal doesn't tell the full story here. For R2 - calling PR2 a wasted set feels wrong, so maybe I won't, but it really feels like it. 20,19,19 maybe possible here, but 22,19,19 absolutely achievable and should've been easy. Overall there's still much to improve, but I'm happy to break a streak of poor solves and I look forward to the upcoming weeks with 6 more means to come.
First
#2Mean23.33Single21 (24 / 21 / 25)
Attempt 1
Scramble
R' U' F D2 L2 B2 D2 R2 U2 B' L' D B2 F' L' F' L D2 L2 B U' R' U' F
Results
24
U2 D L2 U2 R2 U R2 L2 F2 U2 D R2 B2 L D2 L U' D2 F2 D' R2 F' R B2
(B2 R' F) ///EO
(R2 D F2 U D2 L' D2 L') //DR 11+3 2c4e
D' (B2 R2 [D B2 R2 L2 U') //HTR
(L2 U2 R2]) //leave slice
[ ] = D' U2 F2 L2 R2 U' R2 U2 L2 U2 D2 //solve slice

With 2 different 2 move EOs I quickly stopped writing down 11 move DRs and i turned out to be a bad decision as all sub11s were easily awful. 
I also misrecognised the case after switching B R' B2 L, B ... and it leads to an easy 20 of course.
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Attempt 2
Scramble
R' U' F U2 L2 F2 R' D' L2 B2 R2 B2 U2 B2 L F' L2 D' B2 R2 F' D R' U' F
Results
21
R' L' B2 R2 B R2 F2 L2 U2 R2 F U' F U2 R2 D' F2 B2 L' B2 U'
L' R' (U B2 L) //EO
(F2 B2 D R2 U2 F' U) //DR 12+2 4c4e
(F' R2 U2 L2 F2 R2 B') //HTR
(R2 B2) //finish
Found the second best thing on a scramble, second only to a 19 off of an EO i didn't have.
Found it super early too, so it's hard to judge the approach to the attempt.
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Attempt 3
Scramble
R' U' F U' R' F2 R U2 F2 R' U2 R F2 D L' B D F L R2 U B R' U' F
Results
25
D F2 R U' R2 L2 U2 L2 U' R D2 R' L' F2 L' D2 R2 L' U D' R2 U' F U L'
(L U' F') //EO
(D) D F2 R U' [D2 R2] U' //10+3 -> 11+3 2c4e extention
{L B2 R2 B2 R' F2 R} //HTR
U D' R2 U' D //leave 2e+slice
[ ] = R2 L2 U2 L2 //leave slice
{ } = R D2 R' L' F2 L' D2 L' R2 //solve slice
This DR has 22 opt variant and it's the best possible result here.
Other than that there's just some other 22s from silly 4->5 extentions and 23s elsewere.
With 2x 3movers and >20 4movers, I was expecting something else, but that doesn't excuse missing DR opt by 3 on a stand-out DR.
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Final
#2Mean21.00Single19 (23 / 21 / 19)
Attempt 1
Scramble
R' U' F L' D2 F R2 B' F2 L2 B2 F' U' L2 F2 L2 F' R D R B' D2 R' U' F
Results
23
D' L D' L2 B' L' U2 D2 R L2 F' B2 L2 D2 F' B R F2 L' D2 B2 L2 D'
(D) D' L D' // EO
L2 B' [R' F2 B2 L' F] //DR 11+2 4c2e
(L2 B2 D2 L F2 R') //HTR
(F B' D2 L2 F B') //leave 4x
[ ] = L' U2 D2 R L2 B //solve 4x

Pretty tricky attempt. I missed a 2+2 and the only sub-22 that doesn't use it is of a 4->5 on F/B normal, so a casino with 64 possible extentions...
Plenty of 22s though, but i was just too slow and not precise enough.
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Attempt 2
Scramble
R' U' F D R2 D' B2 D B2 D' F L2 F' L F' L2 R' B' L' R B R' U' F
Results
21
B2 R2 D2 R2 D R2 B2 D' R2 U L2 U' F' U' F2 D R2 L' U2 F2 R
(R' F2 U2 L) //EO
(R2 D' F2 U F) //DR 9+4 2c2e
([D F2 D' R2 U R2 F2 U']) //HTR
(R2 D2 R2 B2) //leave slice
[ ] = U L2 U' R2 D B2 R2 D' //solve slice (+0)

Wrote down the right DR for a 19:
(F2 L2 D B) 
(L' U' B2 U' L) //DR 9+3 2c4e
But didn't see the finish, which seeems almost trivial.
I don't remember seeing the shape of the inverse, so maybe i missscrambled...(?)
All other 19s and 20s look too tough to find on a sprint scramble like this, oh well :\
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Attempt 3
Scramble
R' U' F R2 B U2 B' F L2 F U2 B' D' B' R2 U B2 F L D2 L2 F' R' U' F
Results
19
U B L U2 F' R' B' D2 B' L2 D2 F2 B' R2 B' R2 L2 D' F'
U (F D) //EO
B L U2 F' R' //DR 8+2 4c2e
B' D2 B' L2 D2 B' F2 R2 B' R2 L2 //19
Found this pretty early on and just kept sitting there, not sure what to do.
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