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FMC World 2026

2026-06-20 ~ 2026-06-21
Qijun Miao (缪其隽)
Detected as competition participant
I’ve always believed that for FMC solvers whose proficiency isn’t strong enough to cover most findable solutions (like me), a good result basically just equals a neat fit between the right solutions and your search coverage. So the part of Enrico’s view that I really resonate with is: you just need to be prepared, but for **my coverage part** (and of course, slowly expand that coverage over time xd), then wait for the right scrams. For me, this might mean trying not to miss any 4-move EOs, or making sure to at least glance at every rzp1 for 4 movers, or, if you need a safety solution, spending all your remaining time on a single DR to get its optimal. These three points actually happen to be concise reflections of my three attempts. And because of that, I can comfortably draw one conclusion: today was exactly that neat fit for me.
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
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L2 F' L D L2 F2 B L B2 R2 L B' R2 U2 B U2 L2 F B
L2 F' L D // EO (4/4)
L2 F2 B L B2 L // DR 4b2 4E (6/10)
R2 B' R2 U2 [F // HTR (5/15)
R2 U2 B2] // S (3/18)
[] = B U2 L2 F B // Solve (+1/19)

extend from the EO: L2 F2 L' B' L2 B L // 11 to 4a1

Other sub 11 DRs I found:
L' F2 D', F', L2 B2 R' U2 R' F // 10+0c4
F L' F D, L B2 L U2 R F // 10+2c4 4E
F L' F D', B', F2 U2 F2 L B // 10+2c3 4E
L F2 L2 D', B', L B L' F // 9+2c3 4E
L F2 L2 D', B', L' F L' B // 9+4b5
L B2 R2 U', B', R B R' F // 9+2c3 4E
L B2 R2 U', B', R' F R' B // 9+4b5
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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
19
D' R2 U' L D R2 L2 U2 F U2 F R2 L2 D' F2 U2 D F2 U2
D' R2 U' L // EO (4/4)
D // RZP & JZP (1/5)
([D2 B2 U L2 U') // DR 4b2 2E (5/10)
R2 L2 U2 F U2 F R2 L2 [D2 // E (9/19)
[] = D' F2 U2 D F2 U2 // Solve (+0/19)

it's a bit scary afterwards to realize that I took the detour and moreover went for the wrong DR variation first:
(F2 R2 D R2 D) // another 10+4b2 after JZP

also got: (B' D2 B, L, D' R2 D' R U2 R) // 10+2c3 4E
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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
23
F' U L2 U L2 B2 R2 L2 D L2 U' B2 D2 B2 L' D B2 U' D L' B D R2
(R2 D' B') F' // EO (4/4)
(L, U D' B2 D' L) // DR 6c4 6E (6/10)
D* F2 U (B2 D2 B2 U L2 U*') // HTR (9/19)
(F2 B2 L2 F2) // E (4/23)
*=w // Solve (+0/23)
optimal after DR and the other easy variation, not doing much searching since under the 19s pressure, survive from 2c4 eventually!
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