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New York Multimate PBQ IV 2026

2026-03-27 ~ 2026-03-29
Chris Chi
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22.17 mo6 again but on overall much worse scrambles than last week, fine solving considering how much of my mental energy went to 5 (bad) attempts of multi
First
#2Mean22.33Single20 (20 / 23 / 24)
Attempt 1
Scramble
R' U' F L' D' R B2 R2 D2 U F2 U2 F R' F' L D' F L2 U' B2 R' U' F
Results
20
B2 U2 L' D2 R' D F2 R' D2 F2 L' U2 R2 U2 L' F2 R F' R2 U'
(U R2 F)
B2 U2 L' D2 R' D // 4b2 6e (9)
(L') F2 L' F2 U2 L' B2 R2 B2 L' // extend HTR
U2 // slice (20)
+0

this scramble used up all of our scramble luck smh

funny thing off a JZP I had:
D R2 B'
(F2 U) R2 B2 U' F2 U' R2 D' // 4a1 4e (12), only checked the +6 to DR off this since it was also 4a1 4e
R // HTR, 22 opt though rip
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March 31, 2026 3:30 AM
Attempt 2
Scramble
R' U' F R D' U2 L R' D2 U2 R2 F U' L' D' B' D' F' D' L' F R' U' F
Results
23
F U D2 B R2 U' R2 U' D' F2 R2 D' R2 U2 L2 F2 U' R' U2 B2 R' U' L'
F U D2 B
(L U R B2 U2 R) // 0c3 (10)
R2 D (U F2 L2 U2 R2 D)
(R2 F2 U D R2 U D) // -2 finish (23)
can be 22 to slice but no +0

had joseph's 4c3 and checked it for a bit, only found 23 though and never tried (L2 U)
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March 31, 2026 3:34 AM
Attempt 3
Scramble
R' U' F R D' B U' L2 F2 R2 B2 U2 F U2 R2 F2 R U L' B' F2 R' D' R' U' F
Results
24
U' R L F R2 F2 R2 F2 L' D2 L U2 R2 B2 U2 F2 L2 F2 U R2 L F2 U2 B'
(B) U' L R F
(U2 F2 L' R2 U') // 4b2 2e but its doomed (for 2q) on both sides (10)
R2 F2 R2 F2 L' D2 L
U2 R2 B2 U2 F2 L2 F2 // finish (24)
not sure why I never checked 4q paths on this DR considering I had one other usable DR that gave nothing, optimal is 21 with 4q
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March 31, 2026 3:39 AM
Final
#2Mean22.00Single20 (24 / 20 / 22)
Attempt 1
Scramble
R' U' F U2 R' B D F2 L' D2 B' R' U R B D2 L2 F L2 U2 F' D2 R' U' F
Results
24
F2 L2 D2 F' D2 F' U2 B2 D2 F2 D2 L2 F2 U' B U2 D2 L2 F2 R D F L F'
(F L' F' D' R')
(B2 R2 U2 D2 B' D) // 4b2 2e (11)
F2 L2 D2 F' D2 F'
U2 B2 D2 F2 D2 L2 F2 // finish

brainfarted on everything this attempt, optimals for both variations of this DR are 23 and I missed the slice on this one and the HTR on the other one oops
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April 2, 2026 7:22 AM
Attempt 2
Scramble
R' U' F L U' F' D2 L2 B2 D2 F2 R' B2 R' F L B2 L D' B R B R' U' F
Results
20
R2 B' L D' F' U' D' R' D L2 D2 F2 D' B2 U2 L2 U F2 L2 F2
R2 B' L D' F'
U' D' R' // 0c3 (8)
D L2 D2 F2 D' B2 U2 L2 U
F2 L2 F2 // finish

lol trash scram but 8 move DR saves the day

also found this:
(R' L U2 F' L)
U' F U2 L2 D' B // 4a2 2e (11) with 3c4e trigger shoutout wen's WR vid for teaching me, 24 opt
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April 2, 2026 7:27 AM
Attempt 3
Scramble
R' U' F L' U2 F' B U' F2 U' B2 R B2 L' U2 R2 D B2 D2 F2 U2 R' U' F
Results
22
U B R' L' B2 L D2 R D' R' D2 L2 D2 L D2 L U2 B L2 F B' U'
(U' F') U B
L' R' B2 L D2 R D' // 2c3 2e (11)
R' D2 L2 D2 L D2 L
U2 // S slice (19)
B L2 B' F U2 F' // 6-3

there is this RZP-shifty DR off this EO that maybe I could've found if I was more attentive? idk I had a lot of EOs to check this attempt
(U' F) U B
R U' R' D R' D // 4b2 2e (10), 21 opt
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April 2, 2026 7:35 AM