Polish Sylwester Tour: FMC Warszawa-Wesoła 2025

Overall some good and some bad solving intertwined throughout the day. The first round feels like a wasted set and I actually got more out of the second, much worse set. Landing 3 good solves across 2 rounds, hopefully next time it'll be within the same mean.

R1-A1

Scramble

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

Results

R' U L2 F B2 U2 D2 R D2 R2 L2 D2 F' B2 D2 F D2 L2 B U2 L2 F U F'

(F U') R' U						// EO
L2 F B2 U2 D2 R				// DR 10+4 2c2e
(F' L2 U2 B' L2 D2 F' D2 F)			// HTR
(B2 D2 L2 R2 D2)				//finish
The 10+4s from this EO is what I focused on and they are 23 opt with some tricky paths, while some 11 move DRs from the same EO are easy 21s and 22s.

February 28, 2026 2:29 AM

R1-A2

Scramble

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

Results

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

(U F')							// EO
D (D' B2 D2 R' L2 D)			// DR 9+2 4c4e
(U2 F2 L F2 R2 D2 L')			// HTR
(U2 B2 R2 D2 B2)				//finish
Short DRs everywhere and I barely looked at them. There's a 10+3 that gives 19, but I wasn't even writing down 10 movers. From the stuff I wrote down there's a bunch of 20s, but again, I don't expect myself to be accurate on a sprint like this.

February 28, 2026 2:30 AM

R1-A3

Scramble

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

Results

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

D L' U'						// EO
F (F' U2 R2 D2 R' B)		// DR 10+5 2c0e
L F2 L D2 B2 R B2 R' B2 R	// HTR
U2 B2 L2 D2					//finish
There was a bunch of good stuff from different things but mainly I missed (R) being RZP on this EO and this was where all the juiciest stuff was the whole scramble.
10+5 just to get through to the next one

February 28, 2026 2:30 AM

R2-A1

Scramble

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

Results

DNF

Everything was AWFUL 😭
Looked a bit into:
R2 B' D' L' U' //EO
D2 B' L U2 L' B2 L //DR 12+2 4c4e with a big JZP section
but there is no sub-24 here. 

In fact, all sub-24 that I got cubelib to spit out are from 5-movers that i didn't write down.
Should've just checked more.

February 28, 2026 2:31 AM

R2-A2

Scramble

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

Results

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

(L' D2 F L) // EO
(B2 U D2 B' D2 R2 B')  // DR 11+1 4c4e
L2 F2 U // HTR
(R2 B2 [D2 L2 B2]) // leave slice in 19
[ ] = U' D' F2 L2 U D' //solve slice (+1)

Variation heavy 11+1. It took me a fairly long time to check it, even though the solution is pretty basic. Everything had short slices, but +2s and worse so I was fairly happy about this one solving in +1. 
20 is optimal for EO, with nothing on a scramble giving reasonable sub20s.

February 28, 2026 2:38 AM

R2-A3

Scramble

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

Results

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

(L' F D' R2 U) // EO
(R L) // 3c2e RZP in 7, but R L as an RZP from an EO with a 3 move DRish sequence
// Let's have a bit of fun with the edge-flipping hacks
D2 B2 R' B R // DR 12+5 6c0e, so no need for the hacks, this just reslices itself
(R' L') R' L //10+5
(U' R2 D) //7+3
DR after rewrites:
(L' F) D2 B2 R' B L //DR 7+3, 2c6e
(B2 D' F2 B2 R2 B2 U' F2 [U) //HTR
(R2 B2 U2]) // leave slice in 19
[ ] = U' D2 L2 F2 D2 //solve slice (+1)

Having no pressure with a DNF to start, I wanted to have some fun and got an 8/10/6 thrown at me right away, but this got me checking silly stuff and I got probably my favourite ever solution across 700+ attempts I've done ever since I started FMC.

February 28, 2026 2:40 AM