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FMC World 2026

2026-06-20 ~ 2026-06-21
Zach Baruch
Detected as competition participant
26, 24, 25 = 25.00 PR2 mean! Nice consistent mean just before NAC. My only goal for this comp was to not DNF and I safely submitted with 15-20 mins left each time. For NAC I plan to do the same strategy but spend the whole hour checking every 4 move EO in case there's a 19 or two...
Final
#60Mean25.00Single24 (26 / 24 / 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
26
F U2 L2 F' U2 B' D' B R2 B' D2 R2 U2 L2 F B2 U2 F B2 R2 B2 D2 L' F' U' B'
(B U F L)
F U2 L2 F' U2 B' D' // 11 2c4
F^ D2 F^' (D2 B2 R2 F & D2 F &) // lol it's already floppy
(L2 U2 R2 D2) // 24 slice
^ = w, & = S2 // +2 finish, guess FR skips aren't that worth it

I missed several of the 4 move EO extensions, including the one that gave 19
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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
24
F2 R2 F2 R2 D2 F2 B2 D' L2 D' F2 R2 U' F2 R' U2 R' D R2 D L' B' D2 B
(B' D2 B)
(L, D' R2 D' R U2 R) // 10 2c3 4e
(F2 U R2 F2 [U B2 U)
(L2 R2 D2 L2 F2 R2 B2]) // 24 slice
[] = (D L2 D F2 B2 D2 R2 F2 R2 F2) // +0 rewrite

I at least had the EO for the 19 this time, but didn't check it. Seriously, I *need* to check all 4 move EOs.
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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
F' D L2 B2 D L2 B2 U2 B2 L2 U' R2 U' D2 F2 U2 L' D B2 U' D L' B D R2
F' (R2 D' B')
(L, U D' B2 D' L) // 10 2c4 with two variations
D L2 B2 [D' (U2 F2 [U' L2 U' F2) // 20 double slice
(F2 U2 R2 F2 U2 F2 R2 U2) // 8-3 = 25 slice
[] => D L2 B2 U2 B2 L2 U' R2 U' D2 // +0 rewrite, thanks NISS cancel!

By far the worst scramble of the three. I had barely any EOs on this compared to the other two scrambles, but got lucky with finding the 10 move DR quickly and found this fast.
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