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Quiet Prep in Palisades 2026

2026-06-19 ~ 2026-06-19
Joseph Guzman
Detected as competition participant
solid work given scramble quality, a2 carried keeping my sub-22.00 streak alive lol. i think the best i could've done realistically was 20 19 21 = 20.00 but it was all up in the air, and mallard on steroids returns 19.00 lmao. unofficial PRs: 21.40 ao12 (WR9) 21.86 ao25 (WR7) 22.59 ao50 (WR9) 21.88 EMA (5th as of comp date, leading US)
Final
#1Mean21.33Single19 (22 / 19 / 23)
Attempt 1
Scramble
R' U' F L' U R2 U' B2 U' B2 U F2 U B U' L U2 B' R2 B' U' B' R' U' F
Results
22
L U2 L' B2 L' D F2 R2 L F2 L2 D2 B2 D2 L U2 L D2 F2 R2 B' U'
(U B)
L U2 L' B2 L' D // 8 2c3 6e
F2 L (R2 F2 D2 L' U2 L')
(D2 B2 D2 L2 F2 R2) // 21 M, +1

such a frustrating scramble, i had other slices in 21 but this 8+3 is only 21 opt with 5q

L2 B' R' D, (F2 L D2 F) // 8 2c4 2e, 22 opt

there's quite plenty of sub-22s on this but given those 8 move DRs i don't feel too bad about it,
L2 B' R' D'                           // eoud               (4/4)
(D2 F2 L D2 F)                        // drlr-eoud [2c4 0e] (5/9)
(L' B2 L' B2 D2 L' D2 R U2 F2 L2 U2)  // fin                (12/21)

i guess i could've found 21 off one of these vars
(U B)                  // eofb               (2/2)
L B2 L D' F2 L2 D      // drlr-eofb [2c3 6e] (7/9)
F2 L2 U2 R' B2 L' (L)  // htr-drlr           (7/16)
(B2 D2 F2 L2 U2)       // fin                (5/21)

(U B)                      // eofb               (2/2)
L R2 U'                    // rzplr-eofb         (3/5)
R' D' R2 B2 U              // drlr-eofb [4a2 4e] (5/10)
L F2 L2 F2 B2 U2 R B2 L R  // fin                (10/20)

meme
(U B)                      // eofb               (2/2)
(U2 F2 R')                 // rzpud-eofb         (3/5)
R2 U2 R U' L               // drud-eofb [2c3 2e] (5/10)
R2 B2 D' L2 B2 D B2 D' U2  // fin                (9/19)
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Attempt 2
Scramble
R' U' F U2 F' U2 L' F' D' F B L U' L2 D B2 D2 F2 L2 U2 R' U' R' U' F
Results
19
L' B U F U L' D2 L2 U' B2 D' R B2 R F2 L B2 L2 U2
L' B U F
U L' D2 L2 U' B2 D' // 11 2c3 4e
R B2 R F2 L 
B2 L2 U2 // 19, found at ~10 mins

three 3 move EOs, one with a 7+2 that's a basic 20 optimal,
U' (R' D, L) F' B L // 4b2 4e
but i had the 19 before finding that rzp so whatever lol

also got this DR later, i didn't check this extended HTR
L B' U F
L (L2 U D2 R') // 9 2c4 4e
R2 U B2 D L2 D' R2 D' // 17 M, +2

4c6e officially is very nice
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Attempt 3
Scramble
R' U' F R B L D2 L D2 B2 L F2 L B2 R D' L2 F2 D R' U' F D' R' U' F
Results
23
R D' L' B' D R2 B2 U D' B2 U2 R B2 R B2 L B R D2 R' U2 D2 F2
oh no 8/10/8, let me bs some 23 or something

R D' L' B' U
(F2 U2 D2 R D2 R' B') // 12 2c3 2e
(L' B2 R' B2 R')
(U2 B2 R2 F2) // 21 E, +2

not much to be said, these are semi-findable sub-23s mallard gives me but i got none of em
(R' B D U')                      // eoud               (4/4)
(L)                              // rzpfb-eoud         (1/5)
(R2 D2 F' U2 B' L)               // drfb-eoud [2c5 4e] (6/11)
(U2 F' L2 F L2 F' U2 F L2 F B2)  // fin                (11/22)

(B D' R U)                   // eoud               (4/4)
(D2 B')                      // rzplr-eoud         (2/6)
R F2 L' R2 F'                // drlr-eoud [4a1 4e] (5/11)
B2 L R F2 B2 D2 B2 L' F2 R2  // fin                (10/21)

(R' B' D U')                      // eoud               (4/4)
F L'                              // rzpfb-eoud         (2/6)
(R2 B2 R B' L)                    // drfb-eoud [0c0 2e] (5/11)
(F L2 D2 R2 F L2 R2 D2 F2 L2 F2)  // fin                (11/22)


omg i wrote the wrong drs in 12 off this eo... scramble optimal lmfao
R' (R' F B2 L')      // eolr               (5/5)
(D R2 D' R2 B D F')  // drud-eolr [4b2 2e] (7/12)
(L2 U B2 D)          // htr-drud           (4/16)
(L2 F2 D2)           // fin                (3/19)
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