Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2016

2016-02-20 ~ 2016-02-21

comment at the time: Snagged the NR on my first official FMC at Singapore Open 2016! I didn't bother with skeletons at all because I'm not good at finding insertions under time pressure, so these are all bog standard NISS/Petrus solves.

Final

#1Mean35.00NRSingle32NR (37 / 36 / 32)

Attempt 1

Scramble

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

Results

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

inverse:
B' L B F2 U' B // 2x2x2 and pair (6/6)
B D' B' R F' R' F // 2x2x3 (6/12)
D L2 D L2 D2 L // square (6/18)
F L' F' L // F2L (4/22)
F' D' R' D R F // CPEOLL (6/28)
R D2 R2 D' R2 D' R2 D2 R // 2GLL (9/37)

Optimal for the LL is antisune+fruruf with one move cancelled (13f instead of 15f); I wonder why I didn't find that.

April 9, 2026 9:26 PM

Attempt 2

Scramble

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

Results

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

U2 L2 F U2 // 2x2x2 (4/4)
inverse:
B L2 D' L B2 D' B' // 2x2x3 + EO (7/11)
normal:
D L2 D' L D2 // square (5/16)
L' U' F2 L' F2 L F2 U // F2L (8/24)
B' L' B L' F L' B' L F' L2 B L // ZBLL (12/36)

Had the standard Sune diag-swap COLL here. There's also this shorter finish (lol didn't notice CP was already solved):

F L2 F' L' F L' F' L2 // corners (8/24)
D L S L2 S' L D' // edges (9/33)

April 9, 2026 9:27 PM

Attempt 3

Scramble

L D' L' B' D' L2 U2 F' U' B U2 B2 L2 B2 U' L2 B2 U' B2 U

Results

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

R2 U' F' D B' // 2x2x2 (5/5)
F' L U' F' // 2x2x3 + EO (4/9)
inverse:
U L U2 L U2 L U2 L // square (8/17)
normal:
U2 L' U2 L // F2L (4/21)
B R' D2 R B' U2 B R' D2 R B' // corner twist (11/32)

InsertionFinder makes a 29-move solution out of this, whelp.

April 9, 2026 9:27 PM