(L’ B D’ L2 F’)//EO (5/5)
L2 B2 D L D R//DR, 2c3 (6/11)
(U2 L2 U R2 D)//T perm lol (5/16)
(D’ R2 U R2 U’ R2 F2 U’ F2 D R2)//solve (11-6/21)

Final: L2 B2 D L D R’ D’ F2 U F2 R2 U R2 U2 L2 U2 F L2 D B’ L

Optimal after EO

Crappy 6/8/6. I found this DR pretty early but I noted it as a 2c4 lol. This is the first time I used ARM knowledge in comp to justify switching 7c8e (ARM 3c1e) 🙂

I found this 23 at sub-45 minutes:

B2 R’ D B L
D’ (L2 D B D)//4c3 (10)
L2 B’ U2 F2 R2 F R2 F’
R2 L2 B2 L2//22 to slice that is +1

Then I went back to the ‘2c4’ at about 45-50 mins and since it was kinda blocky I gave it a try with blockbuilding and it instantly gave 21 lol. The solution is easily findable with HTR on normal but this way is funnier

Also, in the last 4 minutes after writing down my solution and settling down I realised this replacement exists:

U F2 R2 U R2 U2 L2 U2 -> U’ L2 U2 F2 R2 U R2// E slice in 20

I was unable to slice it in time but it turns out 21 is optimal from DR (and EO).

Genuinely surprised that no one else found this tbh, but Lichi mentioned he at least found this EO but forgot to switch :/

I only had these 2 DRs on the scramble.

(D’ R’)//EO (2/2)
(D2 B’) U’ B2 U2 B’ U’ B//DR, 4b2 (8/10)
(L2 F2 [B2 U B2 U2 F2 D’])//extended HTR (8/18)
(F2 R2)//E slice (2/20)

[]->(U2 D2 F2 D R2 U2 L2 U’)//🫠 (22)

Final: U’ B2 U2 B’ U’ B R2 F2 U L2 U2 R2 D’ F2 U2 D2 F2 L2 B D2 R D

2/4/4 lol, truly so funny after 2 ass scrambles

Annoyingly optimal from DR

I feel like in my head I was still in the mentality of the previous 2 bad scrambles so I was probably thinking ‘find something alright and call it a day’ so I missed a lot of people’s 21 and jay’s 19.

I had a few other boring 10 move DRs but I’ll list one other 9 move DR:

D (F2 D’)
(R) B’ F L B L//2c3 (9)\

B D F’ R’ B’//EO (5/5)
D2 L R’ F2 D’//DR, 4b2 (5/10)
F2 L’ D2 L’//HTR (4/14)
R2 U2 L2 F2 D2 F2 D2//solve (7/21)

Final: B D F’ R’ B’ D2 L R’ F2 D’ F2 L’ D2 L’ R2 U2 L2 F2 D2 F2 D2

Completely linear 21 on 8/8/8, imagine my surprise to find out that there was a 20 that I missed XD

I found this kinda early and the many ways to do the DR made me spend most of my time on it, I didn’t even find the RZP for the 20 because of that. I honestly need to work on that kind of mental thing tbh, that’s something I’m not very good at imo

21 is optimal among all the DR variations. I only looked at this one other DR:

L R2 B U D’
F B D2 B U2 R//4b2, there are a few variations too (11)

U’ (R U’ D)//EO (4/4)
[L D2 L2 F2 L’ F2 L//DR, 4b2 (7/11)
(F) F2 D2 L R’ D2 L’ R] B//placeholder comm thing to get HTR (9/20)
D2 F2 D2 L2 R2//S slice (5/25)

[]->R F2 R2 D2 L’ D2 R F2 D2 F2//21 to S slice

...R F2 D2 [F2 B D2 F2 D2 L2 R2 F’] D’ U R’

[]->F’ L2 F B D2 L2 R2 F’ (21)

Final: U’ R F2 R2 D2 L’ D2 R F2 D2 F’ L2 F B D2 L2 R2 F’ D’ U R’

2/6/8 is a funny EO count.

There’s a way to get 4c3 in 9 from inverse. This kind of made me realise that doing the longer path to DR on normal instead of the 6 mover would give better corners. 

The HTR trick is cool, but when I looked at my notes it turns out I had a fully completed 21 that I wrote out but I thought it was a 22 LOL

U’ (R’ U’ D)
L D2 R2 B2 L’ B2 L’
(L2 D2 L2 B’ D2 B’)
(U2 F2 R2 B2)

Tldr if I knew how to count I wouldn’t have had a chance to find a cool solution 

I tunneled very hard into this JZP combo after finding it, and I didn’t have any other DR because of that (you will see how this leads to problems in future attempts...)

Optimal after U’ (R) and U’ (R’) are 20 but none of them follow the DR structure here so I think it’s safe to say I got optimal off of this JZP couple

(D’) U’ R’ F’ D’//EO (5/5)
L’ F’ R’ F L2 F’//DR, 2c3 (6/11)
(F2 L’ D2 L’ D2 L)//HTR (6/17)
(D2 L2 B2)//2e + S (20)


...L’ F’ R’ [F L2 F’ B2] L2 D2...

[]->F’ R2 F’ B’ U2 B F2//🫠 (23)

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

4/4/8, this scramble looked really weird, and it’s one of those that’s not bad according to the EO count but for whatever reason there was just nothing.

I found this very cool DR at like 10 minutes:

(U) U2 B2 L D
R’ F R F’ L//cool 5 move trigger for 2c3 in 10, didnt even use it in the end

In my head after this I really wanted it to be my solution so I honestly didn’t try very hard to find RZP in 5 off the 4 move EOs. I suppose in the end it didn’t really hurt that much since I ‘only’ missed woaj by 1, but I still think I could’ve gotten a 22 from some other DR and won the comp if I didn’t have a bad mentality in this attempt.

I had this DR with a 22 optimal but it was not findable at all imo:

R2 L2 D’ B’
U2 F2 R2 U L2 D//2c3, one of the variations has a 22 opt

(U L’ F’ U2 R’)//EO (5/5)
D’ L2 F2 D//DR, 4b3 (4/9)
(F) F’ L2 F//HTR (4/13)
D2 L R U2 L R B2//solve, reducible to 19 to slice but it doesnt +0 (7/20)

Final: D’ L2 F2 D F’ L2 F D2 L R U2 L R B2 F’ R U2 F L U’

6/6/4, not a very noteworthy EO count but there were 3 3 movers so checking a 5 mover is a classic wen moment

I got this solution relatively early so I started poking around at my other DRs and I actually found another 20:

F2 R’ U
F L’ (B’ U2 L2 F2 R’)//2c3 with a bad ARM set but I traced 2 pairs so eh (10)
(L2 B’ L2 B D2 B’)
(D2 L’ R’ F2 L’ R)//20

Other DRs;

U’ (F2 R’ U)
(F2 L) F’ R’ B R//4c3 (10)

(F’ L) D R’
B2 U2 F U’ F//2c4 but it’s doomed (9)