Kyiv NxN Spring 2026

2026-05-16 ~ 2026-05-17

Round 1: Lucky but decent a1, then a2 and a3 like 5 minutes away from tying mallard as well, so dr finding was good and finishes were shit today, mainly just time management issues, but 22.33 is still decent so we go again tommorrow

Attempt 1

Scramble

R' U' F D2 F D' R2 F2 D B2 R' F' L2 U R2 F2 U' D' R2 B2 U R D' R' U' F

Results

F R D' F' U L F2 D2 L' U L' B2 U2 L2 B2 R F2 L B2 R2

F R D' F'
U L F2 D2 L' U // 10 2c3 2e
R (R2 B2 R' D2 R')
(U2 L2 F2 U2 R2) // 20 M, +0

Found this at like 25 minutes and wrote down a 21, only saw that there's a -1 cancel at 55 when rewriting solution to the submission sheet lol

Also had this:
D' B2 L2 F
U R2 D2 R U F2 D' // 11 2c3 4e
L B2 L' F2 L'
B2 D2 L2 U2 D2 // 21 E, +1

~45 eos checked

In general spent like 30 minutes on just the first 3 eos i wrote cause there was so much to check on D' F2 R2 F and the variant with the instant 2c2e rzp with a pair, decent attempt but lucky, there's nothing better from mallard

May 17, 2026 2:06 AM

Attempt 2

Scramble

R' U' F D2 U2 B2 D' L2 B2 U' L2 D' L F R' U2 L' U2 L D B2 F U' R' U' F

Results

R' L' B2 D2 B2 L' F2 R L U2 L D2 F2 D' R' L B2 U2 D F' R' F R2

(R2 F' R F)
(D' U2 B2 R L' D) // 10 4b2 2e
(F2 D2 R B2 R')
(D2 F2 D2 L2) // 19 2E+M, +2 2E2E, +2 M

There is a 22 on an htr in 16 i had from this, ouch

Spent quite a bit of time trying to make this work:
(R2 F' R F)
(U') F2 D2 F2 R' F2 L U D // 13 4a1 4e
R2 F2 L
B2 D2 B2 U2 // 19 E, but the best i could find was +4 for a different 23

At 55 minutes i decided to switch another of my drs i forgot to switch:
(R F' R2 F)
(B2 D' B2 D2 R' [D' L]) // 11 4b2 2e
U' R2 U
D2 // 15 2E2E+E

[] = D L2 D2 L2 D2 L' // E slice in 18 but there's only 3 moves to work with, pretty sure it's +5 opt for another 23

BUT, you can do this:
(R F' R2 F)
(B2 D' B2 D2 R' D' L)
U' R2 U D2^ // 2E2E+E in 15
F2 D2 L2 F2 L2 D2^ B2 L2 // E in 22, ^ = w for -1, and this would tie mallard, probably would've found this but i just needed a bit more time

Really bad time management checking eo wise, only checked like 30 eos and not even all 4movers cause there was just so much to check, bad attempt

May 17, 2026 2:17 AM

Attempt 3

Scramble

R' U' F U B D B' U R' U F2 U2 B2 L F2 U2 B D2 B L2 U2 B R' U' F

Results

D' B2 U' R2 U B2 R2 B2 L2 D2 L2 F' U2 L2 F2 R2 B D2 L2 B2 L' U R L'

(L R' U' L)
D' B2 U' R2 U // 9 4a2 4e but it's like the most fucked 4a2 4e ever, 2 half turns requred for qt reduction on both sides
(B2 L2 D2 B' R2 F2 L2 U2 F)
(L2 D2 L2 B2 R2 B2) // 24, straight up submitted a backup

35 eos checked

Found this slice at 58 minutes and found a +0 right away after submitting a 24, needed like 1.5-2 minutes to write everything down properly:
(L R' U' L)
U' L2 U' B2 D
(B2 L2 U2 B') // reduce and whack variations
F2 L2 F'
U2 L2 F2 U2 L2 // 21 S, +0

Mallard gives a couple of sub21s including a 20 from this jzp but it's from one of a billion 2c4s in 10 on inverse so completely unfindable imo

May 17, 2026 2:25 AM