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Mental Breakdown Singapore 2024
2024-05-12 ~ 2024-05-12
Wong Chong Wen (黄崇文)
Detected as competition participant
Final
#1Mean20.33Single18NR (18 / 23 / 20)
Attempt 1
Scramble
R' U' F D L2 B' F2 U2 R' B2 L' U2 R U2 F' R B2 D2 B R2 U R' U' F
Results
18
F2 B L2 U F2 R2 D' F2 U2 F B' D2 B U' R U' F' U'
(U F U R')//EO (4/4) (U F) B//DR, 4b2 (3/7) F2 L2 U F2 R2 D'//HTR (6/13) F2 U2 F B' D2 F B//solve (7-2/18) Final: B F2 L2 U F2 R2 D' F2 U2 F B' D2 B U' R U' F' U' 4/4/6 EO There were 4 3 move EOs on this scramble and many many 4 movers so I was initially not planning to check any rzp in 5 on this. However after a quick scan of the NISS EOs I realised maybe that was not a wise decision so I started checking RZP in 5. On this EO (U) gave RZP on green and I saw that adding an (F) gave JZP on white upon switching, and it's 4e4c. Imagine the shock upon NISSing and it's 1 more move to DR lol I found this 7+2 pretty early and as a result the rest of my EO search time was spent trying to find DRs on a similar tier. I didn't end up getting any other DR because of that. This finish was one of the first few things I tried on the DR, I spent the remaining time trying various 4q and NISS HTRs and didn’t find anything better This is optimal for the whole scramble, my first time doing this in comp!
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March 2, 2026 10:36 PM
Attempt 2
Scramble
R' U' F L' D F2 L' B' U' L' F' R2 U2 R' U2 F2 B2 U2 F2 U B U' R' U' F
Results
23
R2 L2 U R L D B2 L2 F2 R2 U D' B2 U R2 U D2 L2 F B D' L2 D2
L2 R2 U L R//EO (5/5) (D2 L2 D F' B')//DR, 4a1 (5/10) D (L2 U L2 D')//HTR (5/15) (L2 R2 F2 L2 B2)//E slice (5/20) ...D B2 L2 F2 R2 [L2 D L2 U'] L2 B F D' L2 D2 []->U D' B2 U R2 U D2 //rip (23) Final: L2 R2 U L R D B2 L2 F2 R2 U D' B2 U R2 U D2 L2 B F D' L2 D2 8/8/6 EO Honestly this scramble was looking pretty bad until this nice DR showed up. Others found an 8+1 DR but I didn't write down the extension of the EO required to find it. Optimal for this is 19 and requires a pretty simple HTR from the inverse, but I already had my hands full playing with a few different 20 to slice that I found from the normal, and this NISS one. Turns out not a single one gave sub-22??? man... Even if I worked on the inverse right away it's not a guarantee that I'd start on the right DR variant to find the 19 anyway, so oh well I also didn’t get any other DR on this, though I did miss that 8+1
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March 2, 2026 10:36 PM
Attempt 3
Scramble
R' U' F D2 B U2 B' D2 R2 D2 B2 R' B L D F' L' R2 B2 R' U F R' U' F
Results
20
U' R F D L' B D2 F L' U2 L' F2 U D L2 U D' F2 L' D'
(D) U' R F D//EO (5/5) L' B D2 F//DR, 2c3 (4/9) (L) L' U2 L'//HTR (4/13) F2 U D L2 U D' F2//solve (7/20) Final: U' R F D L' B D2 F L' U2 L' F2 U D L2 U D' F2 L' D' 6/8/8 scramble another one that looked bad at first impressions. I found this 9+3 early but also had another 9+3: B R' B L2 F//this EO is a bit obscure, no one else at the comp found it R U' L' D//4b3 (9) working on the worse one first, I quickly found a 21 backup: B R' B L2 F R' L2 D' L' U//extend (10) (L) B2 D2 R' U2 R D2 L2 D2 F2//20 to slice, 21 backup I moved on to the 2c3 DR next and after finding the 13 to HTR I actually struggled to find a finish from that state for a while, but eventually I found the 7 move finish. I felt like there might be something better but 20 is optimal from my 2 DRs.
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March 2, 2026 10:37 PM