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Fun with Fewest Moves in Warsaw II 2026

2026-06-14 ~ 2026-06-14
Krzysztof Pietrusiak
Detected as competition participant
A really silly comp with an emergency venue change after we showed up to a closed one on Sunday morning. Awful scrambles for both means and I could've gotten some decent results from them. In the end 23.00 mo6 by doing 28 and 22.00 mo(remaining)5 is still OK. Biggest mistakes is the finish on R2A1 and all of R1A2, but overall good solving I feel like.
First
#4Mean23.33Single20 (22 / 28 / 20)
Attempt 1
Scramble
R' U' F U2 D' B L U2 B D R' F2 U D F2 U' F2 R2 F2 R' U2 F' R' U' F
Results
22
D2 L2 F2 D2 R U2 L D2 F2 D2 L U' D2 R F2 B2 U' R2 F' R2 L' B'
(B L R2 F) //EO
(R2 U F2 B2 R' U) //DR 10+1 4c2e
(D2 L' D2 F2 D2 L' U2 R') //HTR
(D2 F2 L2 U2) //finish
Bunch of 21s and I missed all of them
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Attempt 2
Scramble
R' U' F L2 R F2 D2 R' D2 L' F2 U2 B2 U F2 L' B' L B2 F' U B2 R' U' F
Results
28
U' D' F L2 B U2 L F2 L2 D2 L2 U2 F2 B D2 F2 U2 D2 R2 B' U2 L2 B' D2 R' B' U F2
U' D' (F2 U') //EO
(B R) F L2 B U2 L //DR 11+3 4c4e
(D2 B L2 U2 B R2 U2 D2 F2 D2 B') //HTR
(F2 U2 L2 D2 L2 F2) //finish
I had some slices i 26 but i didn't even bother solving them. 
Gambled on something good till the very last second and just wrote this backup 28.
My DRs are so bad I can't even reliably check their optimal, but I think best is some 25s.
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Attempt 3
Scramble
R' U' F R2 B2 D2 F2 D2 L' D2 L B2 F' L D B2 F2 R F2 L' R2 F R' U' F
Results
20
R L D2 R L2 B2 L2 U2 B2 D2 B' R2 B' L D2 F' B U L U2
(U2 L' U') //EO
(F B' D2 L' B R2 B) //DR 10+1 4c4e
[L2 B2 L' //HTR
F2 R2] U2 B2 D2 //slice
[ ] = R L D2 R L2 B2 L2 //solve slice (+2)
Should've gone for a lunch after finding this, not sure why i didn't.
There actually is an 18, but surely nobody is checking that 4->5 extention:
F' U2 L2 B U' //EO
R' B' R2 F2 B L //11+3
B U2 F2 B' R2 B L2 //18
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Final
#2Mean22.67Single21 (24 / 23 / 21)
Attempt 1
Scramble
R' U' F U R2 F U B2 L R' D2 R' U2 R2 U2 R F L2 U2 L U L' D R' U' F
Results
24
D' F B L2 F B' U D2 F2 U B2 L2 D2 L2 F D' L2 U2 R L2 F' D R' L
(L' R D' F R') //EO
(L2 U2 L2 D F') //10+3 2c4e
D' (L2 [U2 R2 F2 U' B2 U]) //HTR
(F' B L2 F' B') //leave slice
[ ] = D2 L2 B2 U' F2 U' D2 //solve slice (+1)
22 optimal DR and this is more or less all that i looked at...
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Attempt 2
Scramble
R' U' F U2 B2 L2 U2 F R2 B' U2 B2 U R B' L' F' R' B' D L' D R' U' F
Results
23
D2 L B2 U F R2 L' F' R F2 D2 R2 B2 D2 F' D2 L2 F' B2 L2 B' R2 U'
(U) D2 L B2 U //EO
F R2 L' F' R' //DR 10+3 2c4e
(R2 B L2 [B' D2 R2 B) //HTR
(U2 B2 L2 U2 B2]) //leave slice
[ ] = B2 F L2 D2 F D2 B2 R2 D2 F2 //solve slice (+1)
DR is 22 optimal but 5q so ew.
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Attempt 3
Scramble
R' U' F D' L2 U' R2 U F2 L2 D R U F' R2 D2 U2 F' L F R' U F' R' U' F
Results
21
F2 U' L2 D2 F2 B2 R2 L F2 U2 D' L2 U2 D R2 B2 D' B U' B2 R2
(R2 B2 U B') //EO
F2 U' L2 D2 F2 B2 L //11+3 2c2e, I don't even know how many variants it has.
(D B2 R2 [D R2 D']) //HTR
R2 F2 //leave slice
[ ] = D' U2 L2 D U2 //solve slice (+2)
Really funny attempt. Swiched the worst possible ARM by a mistake, because I misscounted and then this variantion hell appears.
Wrote down the shortest HTR on inverse and went right back to whack it all.
I suspected that something even better could appear, but this is actually optimal after (R2 B2 U) F2
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