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FMC World 2026

2026-06-20 ~ 2026-06-21
Doug Li
Detected as competition participant
Final
#248MeanDNFSingle21 (DNS / 21 / 25)
Attempt 1
Scramble
R' U' F L2 D' L2 U' R U F' D R L' F U2 D2 F L2 F' R2 F2 D R' U' F
Results
18
L' B' L2 U L' B U' D L' D' R L' F R' D2 L2 D F2
found in only 8 mins:

(F2 D' L2 D2 R F' R') // X-Cross on R\DF (7/7)
L' B' L2 U L' B U'    // F2L on R-DB + sq on L (7/14)
D L' D' L'            // direct finish (4/18)
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found another 18 in last 5 mins:

B' L'                // 2p (2/2)
D F' B' D F2 U2 B'   // pseudo 2x2x3 on DB + sq on U (7/9)
(D) U2               // F2L-1p on B-UL (1+1/11)
F U2 D B' R' B U2 D' // direct finish, -1 on inverse (8-1/18)

final: B' L' D F' B' D F2 U2 B' U2 F U2 D B' R' B U2 D2
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// but scored as a DNS for late arrival unfortunately
WCA: DNF
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Attempt 2
Scramble
R' U' F L2 D' L' B' R B2 R' B2 R' U2 F2 L D F' R' B' F' D U R' U' F
Results
21
F2 L' U' B2 R' L2 B L' B R2 U2 L2 F R2 D2 F' L' F2 U' B' L'
1st solution:

L2 D' R2         // pseudo 2x2x2 on UFR (3/3)
B L' D' % L2 U'  // 2x2x3 on UR (5/8)
U R' B R U'      // EO on FB-axis (5-2/11)
L' D2 $ L2       // sq on Dbl (3/14)
D2 L D2          // all edges, leaving 2c2c (3/17)
$ = [D2, L U L'] // insert 3c comm (8-7/18)
% = [D, R' U' R] // insert 3c comm (8-4/22)

final: L2 D' R2 B L' R' U' R D' R' U L2 B R L' D2 L U' L D2 L D2
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2nd solution:

F2 L' U' B2 L2 (L) // 2x2x3-1e on BL-UL (5+1/6)
R'                 // edge on DR (1/7)
B (B)              // shift for 2x2x3 on DB instead (1+1/9)
(U F2)             // pair on URb + sq on Fdl (2/11)
(L F @ L')         // all corners, leaving 2e2e (3/14)
@ = D2 R2 F' L2 U2 R2 B' L2 // insert 2e2e alg (8-1/21)

// I learned this 2e2e alg less than 2 weeks ago and was shocked it came up.
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Attempt 3
Scramble
R' U' F U' R2 D2 R2 F2 U2 B U2 F' D' L' R' U' B' L' F' L2 B D R' U' F
Results
25
R U2 F' L' B' D L D2 L2 D L D2 L' D' L D L D L U' F2 L D R' U
// had this backup 27 fairly early, but at the time I labeled it as a 28

F' D R B2 D       // 2x2x2 on DBR (5/5)
(L F' U' F' U')   // XX-Cross on R\B (5/10)
(U L2 U' F L' F') // move pair at UFr to DFr, giving F2L-1c on R-UF (6-2/14)
(F L U L' U' F')  // all edges using an OLL, leaving 5c (6-4/16)

skel: F' D R B2 D F U L U' F' U L2 F U F L' @
@ = L' D' R D L D' # R' D // insert 3c comm ( 8-1/23)
# = [D L' D' L, F]        // insert 3c comm (10-6/27)

final: F' D R B2 D F U L U' F' U L2 F U F L2 D' R L F L' D L D' F' R' D
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// wrote down 3 4-move NISS-EOs and ~20 5-move EOs before moving on

R U2 F' L' B'            // EO on FB-axis (5/5)
(U' R D' L' F2 U)        // F2L-1c on R-DB (6/11)
D L D2 L2 D L D' L D     // fix parity with a painful 2-gen, but leaves 3e (9/20)
D' L' D' L' D' L D L D L // 2-gen 3e alg (10-5/25)

// this was from my 9th or 10th EO, still less than halfway thru the EOs I listed
// annoyingly, the last 19 moves are <D,L> 2-gen and I don't know of any reduction
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