Try To Get Sub-Trento 2024

2024-04-07 ~ 2024-04-07

22.33 is very good for me. This mean has repaid the 285 attempts made in the last seven months. It is one move away from NR but I'm not sad about it, I know that if I do well I can get it. 24,17,22 would have been a "minnie average" but I don't put myself at that level for now. I want to thank the Italian community and the FMC server for supporting my journey, in particular Tommaso for making this competition possible. There is still room for improvement and I think I can manage to average consistently sub 23 for the end of this year. Next goal: NR mean.

First

#6MeanDNFSingle23 (28 / 23 / DNF)

No solutions submitted yet.

Final

#1Mean22.33Single21 (24 / 21 / 22)

Attempt 1

Scramble

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

Results

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

U (B L' U) // EO (4/4)
(F2 R' B2 L' D2 L2 R' F) // DR (8/12)
[R D2 L2 F2 B2 R'] // HTR (6/18)
D2 F2 D2 F2 R2 // Leave slice (5/23)

[] = L B2 R L F2 B2 R' // Slice (+1/24)

Solution: U L B2 R L F2 B2 R' D2 F2 D2 F2 R2 F' R L2 D2 L B2 R F2 U' L B' (24)

Decent result, had no sub 12 DRs, went too fast checking EOs and missed some DRs.
Initially, HTR was in 17 but left a 2e2e in the DR faces so I added an L2 to solve it.
There was a 22 on this EO, which I missed cause I'm not that used to F2 B2 R trigger.
My DR was 23 optimal with 4qt, probably findable if I just looked into +2qt extensions.
Another way to find that 23 is by inserting the F2 B2 sequence in another part of the solution cancelling one.
Not too bothered anyway. I was not confident of my stuff after a trash first round.
Mallard finds the 22 or a 21 with an R U2 L trigger.

U (B L' U) // EO (4/4)
(F2 R' B2 L' D2 L2 R' F) // DR (8/12)
(R' F2 B2 L') L B2 R // HTR (7/19)
U2 F2 U2 F2 // finish (4/23)

U' (B L' U') // EO (4/4)
(L' B2 R U2 D2 B) // DR (6/10)
(L B2 L' F2 B2 R) // HTR (6/16)
(F2 L2 U2 L2 U2 L2) // finish (6/22)

April 30, 2026 10:15 PM

Attempt 2

Scramble

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

Results

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

R' F D' // EO (3/3)
(R B) // RZP (2/5)
(L R' U2 R B) // DR (5/10)
(R) [L D2 R' D2 R // HTR (6/16)
F2 R2] B2 U2 // Leave slice (4/20)

[] = R F2 R' F2 R U2 R L // Slice (+1/21)

Solution: R' F D' R F2 R' F2 R U2 R L B2 U2 R' B' R' U2 R L' B' R' (21)

Very good single. My attempt was not going very well before finding this DR.
Decided to switch after the EO because it had 3c4e.
The moment I saw the blocks I tried HTR and found a 19 to 3e and then
changing the HTR path found this 20 to slice. There were four 21 but no +0.
After writing the solution at 35 minutes I tried the EOs that I had remaining but
I didn't check it deeply. There was a findable 17 on L (R D R). The scramble was 16 optimal but it was not findable.
When I tried that EO I saw that was one move away from DR-2e. Should have checked JZP...
It's a shame missing these solves but on the other hand, I'm ok with it.
The last attempt would have been more stressful and probably I would have choked it if I had a 17.

L (R D R') // EO (4/4)
(F' U') // JZP (2/6)
B2 D' // DR (2/8)
(F' L2 D2 R2 F R2 F' B') // HTR (8/16)
(L2) // finish (1/17)

April 30, 2026 10:15 PM

Attempt 3

Scramble

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

Results

R F2 R2 U2 F' R2 B' D F' B2 R2 U2 B' D2 F' R2 D2 R2 D' R F2 B

R (B' F2 R') // EO (4/4)
(D) // RZP (1/5)
{B2 L2 D2 F' L2 B F2} D // DR (8/13)
[B D2 R2 F' D2 F'] // HTR (6/19)
R2 D2 R2 // Leave slice (3/22)

[] = B2 F' R2 U2 B' D2 F' // Slice (+1/23)

{} = F2 R2 U2 F' R2 B' // Rewrite (-1/22)

Solution: R F2 R2 U2 F' R2 B' D B2 F' R2 U2 B' D2 F' R2 D2 R2 D' R F2 B (22)

Nerve racking attempt. Scramble had a lot of EOs but none of them was crazy good.
The problem was that 4 HTR equivalent EOs had the pieces for the 8e7c trigger and I was constantly distracted by that.
I had to mentally force myself to check other stuff because I knew that trying the R U L trigger would just be a waste of time.
Had a couple of DRs but none of them were great. Quite lucky with the 10-move finish.
Fortunately, I decided to check if there were some possible rewrites of the DR.
Mallard finds 22 so I'm quite pleased. After finding this solution I felt relieved and looked into the R U L cases just for the fun of it.

R B2 U2 L // EO (4/4)
(D R2 L2 F2 D B' U' F) // DR (8/12)

April 30, 2026 10:16 PM