two 19s on first two were crazy. i thought 20.33 PR mean would stand for a long time and wouldn't expect it be beated so soon until i found the second 19. then I was trying hard and dreaming to find a solution less than 22. anyway 20.00 satisfied myself!

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.

new PRs: 19 (tied) single 20.67 (tied) mo3 21.20 ao12, WR6 21.76 ao25, WR6 22.27 ao50, WR7 21.63 EMA, currently 5th

missing 19s are sad. anyway happy for my results :)

25 26 30 = 27.00 mallard gives 23 25 26 = 24.67 with same dr

19 19 good 24 not so good

I’m not the person who should be at the top of that ranking, considering who I’m sharing that first-place podium with and all the people who, throughout the years, have proven their value and skills. I’m so grateful to have a group of amazing people who celebrate each other’s successes and support one another when times get tougher. Thanks to Fabian and Pasqui for delegating at our venue, and to all the organizers and delegates whose hard work has made this competition a staple of the FMC scene. Looking back, FMC World 2024 was a major turning point in my FMC journey: my first 20-move single and the lead after the first attempt on the biggest stage. The problem was that I didn’t have the experience to maintain that level. I became obsessed with trying to beat the NR mean, and because of that I DNFed the last attempt. I’ve never really been able to prove myself as a reliable and consistent solver, since my performance is highly dependent on the outcome of the first attempt. Then came other big competitions and some good results: Europe FMC Friends Winter 2025, with the first 18 and a podium alongside the Polish gang, followed by the trip to Poland that finally gave me the long-awaited NR mean. After that came some good means, as the pressure was no longer there, but also some bad performances, plenty of mistakes, and still many things to improve in my solving, especially in the DR finish stage. Joining the Ticino gang was a last-minute decision. I couldn’t let the opportunity for three means slip away. And so the suicidal run began: waking up at 4:30 AM on Saturday to catch a train to Milan and then another one to Switzerland. The first two rounds didn’t go as planned, and my hopes were nowhere to be seen for the 2 AM–6 AM FMC World mean. But, as always, PRs come when easy scrambles appear. You just need to be lucky and prepared enough to make the most of what you find, especially when it comes to A2s and sprint scrambles. I was quite surprised by how many people found the second 19. After those two attempts, the hardest task remained: a mediocre scramble and the need for a “good enough” result. I’d already experienced that situation in Kraków a year earlier, and I knew I just had to pray to the FMC gods. This time, it worked out. Personally, I wouldn’t consider the somewhat findable 21 a miss, any day of the week. I still have a lot of work to do. A good mo3 is not what represents the true value of an FMCer; consistency, knowledge, and wisdom do. The idea of optimizing every solution and extracting the full potential from every scramble is what drives us forward, even if it means learning full sub-6 DR triggers :) I know what my weaknesses are, and I’m ready to work on them.

🥉🥉🥉心之所向，无远弗届🥉🥉🥉 ​ ​​Where there's a will, ​there's a way. ​​ ​​FMC World 2026

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.

Drinking past midnight the day before, woke up at 4am unable to go back to sleep, still won lmao This comp was really fun! I probably got a rather large buff from having experience dealing with this immense pressure after an insanely good start, which helped me pull through in the end despite a few misses on the last attempt. I still have a few more bad solves to roll out in my big official averages, but I don’t have any rounds upcoming oops. Congrats to Enrico and Baiqiang for shared 1st place and everyone else who got PRs/records!!!

My first FMC NR's!

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...

第一題真的很高興拿到第一個official sub20 single。 第二題其實機會也很多，但因為想要拿一組漂亮的平均，心態上比較防守有點可惜。 第三題對我來說算是難題，一度差點功虧一簣，很高興最後有守在25步，我的official average成功往前邁進了一大步。 期許自己可以以更平穩的心態面對往後的賽事！ 謝謝一路上給予協助的親友，也謝謝董百強先生的指點！