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FMC World 2026

2026-06-20 ~ 2026-06-21
Yurii Riabov (Юрій Рябов)
Detected as competition participant
Very very happy with how this competition went. Starting at 3 am and ending at 7 am I abso-freaking-lutely didn't expect anything close to sub21, and would've been happy with a sub23, but the scrambles decided otherwise. Free 19 on a1 at 20 minutes, and then a free 19 on a2 at 15 minutes, which had me absolutely freaking out before a3. I was intending to write down a 24 or better as soon as possible, and then the 11th eo i check is a dr in 9, which turned out to be 2c5 and i was ready to jump into checking it anyway, but the eo variation gave a 4a3 in 9 with an immediate 4b2 2e reduction. The 4th htr i checked from that reduction gave a slice in 22 and that moment i knew i had a sub21, it was +1 sadly but still good enough for 20.33 at around 25 minutes of a3. I had an htr for 22 on the same dr but I believe I made myself think I was checking the other side of it while checking the same one once again when returning to it as my shortest htr. Sucks a bit of course to miss a 20.00 from htr, but that's 6 am FMC + nerves from crazy pace for you. I would gladly take the 4th place at FMC World with only 1 move missed on all scrambles any day, wherever that 1 move comes from Thanks to everyone who competed and especially to everyone who helped organise this, an amazing experience to compete against so many people.
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
19
L2 F' L D L2 F2 B L B2 R2 L B' R2 U2 B U2 L2 F B
L2 F' L D
L2 B F2 L B2 L // 10 4b2 4e
R2 B' R2 U2 F
R2 U2 B2 // 18 S, +1

~45 eos checked, found at around 20 minutes

Other:
L F2 L2 D'
B' L B L' F // 9 2c3 4e

B L R2 U'
F B L B' R B // 10 4b3

F L' F D
L B2 L U2 R F // 10 2c4
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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
D L2 R2 U2 F U2 F // 11 4b2 2e
R2 L2 U' R2 U'
F2 U2 // 18 E, +1

~55 eos checked

Found this at 15 minutes and genuinely started to freak out. This was my best pace ever by 3 moves, and i only needed a 26 for tying nr and a 24 for a sub21 mean which has been my goal for a while now.

Other:
(B2 D2 B' L)
(U F' D' B' D) // 9 4b3
F (F2 L2 D2 F' R2 U2 B)
(L2 U2 F2 U2) // 21 S
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F (F2 L2 R2 U2 B U2 R2 F)
(U2 F2 R2 F2) // 21 S, didn't solve either

(U' B' D2 B)
(L U' F2 D R) // 9 4a1 2e

(L' F' R2 F')
(D R' U2 F2 U') // 9 2c4
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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
D2 F' R L F2 B' D L U R U2 R2 D2 F2 R2 L' D2 L' F2 D2 B2 R2 B2
D2 F' R L B'
F2 D L U // 9 4a3
R U2 R2 D2 F2 R B2 R'
B2 U2 F2 L2 B2 // 22 M, +1

Checked only ~30 eos despite writing around 70

Idk how i missed this, i remember checking this htr on normal, or at least intending to, but maybe I checked it on inverse again when i wanted to switch it, because i'm fairly certain I would've seen this finish after having missed similar before officially:
R' (D2 F2 R' B2 R)
F2 R2 U2 B2 U2 B2 // 21 M, +1

Other:
F (R2 D' B')
(L U D' B2 D' L) // 10 2c4, i forgot to check arm+pairs on the rzp, and if you switch that has a 22 as well

(F) D2 R' U2 F
(U2 R2 D2 F2 D R) // 11 2c3 4e

I was going into this attempt with a mindset of "write a sub25 down in the first half an hour and anything that you find beyond is just a bonus", so as soon as i found the 4a3 in 9 on the 11th eo i checked that had decent qt reductions on both sides i went right into checking it, had the 23 by 25ish minutes and was able to breathe out a bit. A bit sad that i missed optimal from an htr i had but at this point i don't care
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