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 Round 2: Better finishes, worse dr finding, but overall just screwed over by the scramble quality, 22.00 human findable is just complete nonsense Overall comp: Sub23 mo2r and 1.33 average missed from human findable is pretty decent, but the 20.67 miss from my htrs in round 1 is a bit sad, though i wouldn't say R1 had particularly amazing scrambles, just a bit better than average eo-wise. The whole comp felt pretty bad but stat-wise I think i did pretty decent with the scrambles I was given, not perfect but no huge throws: 2 pretty much perfect solves, 1 miss by 1 move(dr miss from rzp), 2 misses by 2 moves(dr miss from not switching rzp, finish miss from htr cause time manamgement) and 1 miss by 3 moves(miss by 2 minutes of time management)

First

#1Mean22.33Single20 (20 / 23 / 24)

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 GMT+8

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 GMT+8

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 GMT+8

Final

#1Mean23.00Single21 (25 / 21 / 23)

Attempt 1

Scramble

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

Results

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

(F B') U2 R2 B
D (R2 L' U2 L' U') // 11 4c3
U2 R B2 R' U2 R2 B2 R
F2 D2 F2 L2 F2 U2 // 24 M, +1

24 eos checked

24 optimal dr but pretty hard, the scramble is fucking 23 findable optimal from mallard, neither FB nor RL had a linear 5mover on both sides, been a while since i've seen such a fucked scramble

I had this rzp but didn't switch it for some reason(probably forgot to trace corner positions after seeing 1 pair 2c1e, though i did remember to do it on one of the other scrambles, brainfart moment), the finish is quite easy from there:
U' F R D (U)                        // eoud       (5/5)
B                                   // rzplr-eoud (1/6)
(L2 F2 R D2 F)                      // drlr-eoud  (5/11)
(L' D2 B2 D2 L U2 F2 R L2 U2 L F2)  // fin        (12/23)

May 18, 2026 5:58 AM GMT+8

Attempt 2

Scramble

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

Results

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

D' F2 R U
R (F' L') // 7 4b5 jumpscare
(F' R2 F D2 B' D2 R2 F' R2 F')
(U2 D2 L2 F2 R2) // 21 S, +0

70 eos checked, but only 20 before the jumpscare and i got the 21 at like 25-30 minutes

The dr is 20 optimal but you have to do a half turn before qt to 2c4 and switch, annoying, and there are no other findable sub21s so i think 21 is reasonable optimal unless you go all in on an assumption that this dr has a +13 for the whole attempt

Other:
D' F2 R U
R (L' D2 L F' L) // ext to 10 4a1 4e, 2e from other extension

D (R L' D')
(F2 R L D2 L' B) // 10 4b3

(L' F2 U2 F)
U' B2 D' L2 U' L // 10 2c3 4e

D (R L' D)
R' L2 F' D2 F2 L // 10 2c4

D' R' F2 R U'
F2 R L D2 L F' // 11 2c3 2e

(L F2 U2 F)
(U' R2 D' L2 B2 U R) // 11 2c3 4e

May 18, 2026 6:06 AM GMT+8

Attempt 3

Scramble

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

Results

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

F' D R B
L F2 R' U' F2 L2 U // 11 4c3
(D2 L D2 L2 F2 L' U2 L)
(B2 U2 D2) // 19 2E+M, +2 2E2E, +0 M, optimal from jzp

54 eos checked

Kinda bad scramble, there's a lot of 5movers and some 4movers but 888 is annoying

For some reason didn't have any sub11 drs, missed this somehow, i actually don't know why, probably just misrecognised E slice and thought it was too long of a solution, and 22 is the best you can do for the scramble:
F' D' L' U                          // eoud       (4/4)
                                    // rzplr-eoud (0/4)
R2 B2 R B2 L' F                     // drlr-eoud  (6/10)
B2 L' D2 L U2 R' F2 R' F2 D2 R2 F2  // fin        (12/22)

May 18, 2026 6:12 AM GMT+8