"(U) F2 U // EO(3/3)
(B L) // DR-4C2E(2/5)
(D2 F’ B2 L’ U2 L) // DR, 4a1 4e(6/11)
F2 U2 F // HTR(3/14)
B2 R2 // 2E2E, but actually 2e+slice on M(2/16)

…[R2 L’ U2 L]…

[] = R’ F2 R’ L’ U2 L R2(+3/19)

BUT:
(U) F2 U’
(B L)
(D2 F’ B2 L’ U2 & L)
{F2 U2 F’
B2} R2  // 2E2E in 16 again

& = U2 D2 L2 U2 D2 R2(6-4/18)

{} = F B L2 B(+0/18)

Not gonna lie, of all the solutions from this weekend I was expecting this one to be not optimal the least. I literally checked this htr, not sure how i missed the 2e2e insertion, maybe i just skimmed through it right after getting the 19 out of nowhere(I only found this dr at 40 minutes after having a couple of 2c3s in 10 and a backup 24 from one of them, didn’t expect a sub22 on this solve at all). This is definitely my closest miss of an 18 officially, even closer than the one at FMC Friends. This is also exactly the reason I didn’t want to check optimals before round 2, this solve is gonna haunt me for a while now. 18 is also optimal for the scramble here
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"B2 F’ D R’ U // EO(5/5)
D2 R2 U2 F’ L // DR, 2c3 4e(5/10)
{F2 D2 B U2 B’ U2 R2 F // HTR(8/18)
B2} L2 D2 R2 U2 // LS(5/23)

{} = B2 U2 F L2 F2 B R2 D2 B’(+0/23)

I found this dr after almost giving up on nr chances, as it was 6th from last eo i had and all i had at that point was a 2c4 in 11, but this single eo saved me. The final solution also uses the first htr i checked, so i felt pretty comfortable after finding a slice in 22 at around 25-30 minutes.  I had 2 other slices in 22 but all of them are +1 optimal. Dr optimal is 22 here but you have to either check htr in +9 or switch after 4 moves to 4a1, so nah. Missed a few 22s on the scramble, particularly this one from an rzp I had but didn’t find +6 to dr, but 22 looks to be the best you can get on the scramble:

(U B' L2 U' F)         // eo-fb       (5/5)
                       // rzp-lr-eofb (0/5)
(B2 L D2 R B2 D')      // dr-lr-eofb  (6/11)
(R' F2 R' B2 R B2 R')  // htr-lr      (7/18)
(F2 B2 D2 B2)          // finish      (4/22)

Don’t know if i would’ve checked 2c4 in 11 even if i found it but this is one of the first htrs to try here so i probably would’ve found this
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"D’ (F’ L U D’) // EO(5/5)
(F) // DR-4C4E, AR-3C1E, 2p(1/6)
B2 R’ U2 R B’ // DR, 2c4(5/11)
R U2 L U2 F2 B2 R’ F2 R’ // HTR(9/20)
L2 D2 F2 B2 // LOL(4-1/23)

Pure luck here, found this when solving the cube after finding the dr.

There is a 21 from rzp in 6 on a 2+3 eo here, and a few tough 22s, this being the easiest:
(L2 B R' L')            // eolr       (4/4)
(F2 D)                  // rzpfb-eolr (2/6)
R2 D2 B D'              // drfb-eolr  (4/10)
F2 D2 F U2 B' L2 D2 F'  // htr-drfb   (8/18)
D2 L2 D2 R2             // fin        (4/22)

Bad scramble, i didn’t really have much else to work with here except for this one miracle solution
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"(U R’ B D2 F) // EO(5/5)
L2 U2 L2 U R’ U // DR, 4a1 4e(6/11)
(D2 L2 D2 L) // HTR(4/15)
(F2 B2 D2 B2 R2 B2) // finish(6/21)

This was probably the best scramble in 2 days eo-wise with a 2mover and 3 3movers, but 5move eo goes brrrr, saved by a habit to write down optimal eo solutions on all axes, as the short eos were pretty bad. I had a 4a3 in 9 from one of them but it was pretty bad

Mallard gives this one 20 but like no:
U2 F U                 // eoud       (3/3)
L'                     // rzpfb-eoud (1/4)
(B' L2 B2 D2 L2 B2 R)  // drfb-eoud  (7/11)
F' L2 F (D2 B')        // htr-drfb   (5/16)
U2 B2 L2 R2            // fin        (4/20)
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"(R U’ F L) // EO(4/4)
F // DR-4C4E, AR-2C1E, 2p(1/5)
(U D’ B2 R2 D’ B) //  DR extension, 4b2 2e(6/11)
(L2 B2 D B2 U) // HTR(5/16)
R2 F2 B2 U2 F2 R2 D2 R2 U2 // finish(9-1/24)

If you just do an R S2 U2 R extension here you get a 22 and tie mallard, oops. Deja vu from previous nr, at least this wasn’t in the nr mean this time.
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