R' U' F U2 F L2 R2 B' D2 R2 F D2 F2 R F' U2 R2 B L' U R' U B2 R' U' F
L2 B D2 R2 B' D2 B2 D2 R2 B' D2 B D' F' U2 F L' F L2 U'
(U L2 F' L) // EO 4c4e (4/4) (F' U2 F D) // DR 4b4 (wow blocks) (4/8) (B' D2 B) L2 B D2 R2 B' // HTR (8/16) D2 B2 D2 R2 // fin (4/20) optimal from DR. other, in approximate chronological order: (D' F2 R F) // 222 (a lot of extensions to create/preserve pairs) R' B D' R F' // EO R' // DR-3c2e but also kind of blocky; didn't squeeze anything out of this though I probably sunk around 10-15 minutes on block starts that went nowhere. (U2 B L) // EO (3/3) (B2 U) // 3c2e (2/5) (B2 F D B' D') // DR 2c3 4e (5/10) (B L2 U2 B R2 B) // HTR (6/16) (L2 B2 D2 L2 B2 U2) // fin (6/22) found this relatively early so I quickly wrote it out; I was super sleepy so I actually thought of ending the attempt to take a nap but thankfully I didn't. opt from this DR is +11/21 but I wouldn't normally check this kind of stuff after I've already found a 12 finish: // DR (B') // 4b2 2e (1/11) U2 L2 D2 B R2 B // HTR (6/17) R2 F2 D2 R2 // fin (4/21) (U L2 F' L) // EO 4c4e (4/4) (F' U2 F D) // DR 4b4 (wow blocks) (4/8) (F D2 F' D2 B L2) // 2c2e (6/14) (no good insertion)
R' U' F R D' B' D2 B' U2 R' B2 D' F2 B2 U' R2 L2 D2 R2 B L2 F D' R' U' F
B' R2 B2 U2 F2 U2 L U D' L2 U2 D' L' U L2 U2 R D' R' F' D2 F'
B (F D2 F) // EO (4/4) (R D) // 3c2e (2/6) (R' U2 L2 U' L U) // DR 4a1 4e (6/12) B2 R2 B2 U2 F2 U2 L // HTR (7-1/18) U D' L2 U' D' // fin (5-1/22) optimal from DR. at first I found this HTR: B (… U) // DR (U' D' R2 U D' L) // HTR (6-2/16) but the finish from here is pretty whatever (25 LS then +1/26 fix) then I had: B (… U) // DR B2 L2 F2 // setup (3-1/14) U2 F2 D2 R // HTR (7-1/18) U2 R2 F2 D2 B2 R2 // fin (6/24) this HTR has four variations and I'd briefly looked at all of them before writing this one as the most promising one, but since I had time left I looked at the other three more carefully and noticed the DR-breaking finish. other: B (F D2 F) // EO (4/4) (R D') // 3c2e (2/6) (R' U2 L2 U' L U) // DR 0c3 (6/12) the D' instead of D variation is doomed. give up. didn't find anything else worth checking carefully.
R' U' F R' U2 R' L2 F2 D' L2 B2 D' L2 B2 F' R2 B' L2 D B F D2 R' U' F
L' D F R D B2 L' F2 L B2 L' U2 R' B2 L F' R2 U2 R F2 L D2 L2
L' D F R D // EO 4c4e (5/5) (L2 D2 L' F2 R' U2 R2 F) // ew, DR 4b3 in 13… but it's so blocky! (8/13) (R' U2 R F2 D2 @ R) // 3c (6/19) @ = L U2 L' D2 L U2 L' D2 // fin (8-2/25) L' D F R D R' L [M] U2 L' D2 L U2 L' F2 R' U2 R [M'] F' R2 U2 R F2 L D2 L2 [] // simplify (-2/23) optimal from DR. other: R' B' R' B' // EO (4/4) R // 4c4e (1/5) (F2 R2 D' L2 D R) // DR 4a4 (6/11) briefly looked at this but didn't have time to properly check. opt +13/24. L' D F R D // EO 4c4e (5/5) F2 R D2 L2 B2 R B // DR 2c3 4e (7/12) (L' F2 L F2 U2 D2 R) // HTR (7/19) discarded after messing around a bit more since it didn't seem like it could beat 23. opt +11/23.