Rubik's Cube: Fewest moves (half turn metrics)

Place	Result	Name	Quote	Date
1	19	Tony Snyder	My focus for several years has been to discover a way to do a true direct solve. Years ago I could get one direct solve out of about 10 from a cube mixed with 13 turns (the number of turns to mix a cube in the original contests), however, not until today did I finally direct solve a fully mixed cube (with more than 25 turns to the mix). Up to this point I had several 24's and a 23, close but not close enough. Believe it or not with today's 19 turn solve I only studied for a few seconds. The key is to use what you learned from the algorithms, not the algorithms themselves, then combine and adapt as you go.	20070806
1	19	Per Kristen Fredlund	Hi -) I have twice achieved 19 turns in the fewest moves challenge FMC. The first time it was achieved with an advanced edges first solution leaving a 3-corner insertion. The second time i did it with a much easier scramble. Only 7 or 8 turns to turn the rest of the solution into a Domino solve (the subgroup. This solution was only 1 turn off the optimal solution for that scramble. Fewest moves id fun but very time consuming. The best way to go is probably block building and corners insertion or edges first. Both rely heavily on good insertiontechnique for the final (3 4 or 5) corners!!	20080812
3	21	Sebastian Dumitrescu	Check the FMC 69 on Dan's Cubestation. Wow!	20050115
4	22	Mirek Goljan	See my winning solution of Fewest Moves Challenge from 10/31/03 (Dan Harris's page)	20031031
4	22	Johannes Laire	FMC 140	20070130
4	22	Arnaud van Galen	Done within 1 hour for Weekly competition 2008-21. I might never beat this again because this solve only really had 1 weak spot (the 4th pair) and even that didn't take many moves if you consider how it affected the last layer.	20080525
7	23	Guus Razoux-Schultz	see my winning solve for FMC #159 at http://www.cubestation.co.uk scramble: R'LF2RFBLDRD2L2R2B'R'L2D'BR'B'L'D'L'D2LB' solve: UD2R2LBL2R2D2BD2R2U2FR2B2URFUF'U'R'U' (23) comment: I was struggling a lot with this solution. But after 2 hours or so I found a very nice variation of an earlier 2x2x3 block start: U D2 R2 L B L2.U2 R2 B2 did a nice 2x2x3 block with extra pair and extra edge. The best continuation came while fixing another pair: U R F U F' U' R' U' and suddenly all that left was a 3-cycle on edges. Using stickers inserting R2 D2 B D2 R2 U2 F U2 at the dot did gave me a very nice 23 move solution, found in ±2.5 hours. See ya ;)	20070729
7	23	Michael Swan	Saw somebody elses solve and realized that they counted M moves as one. I just did the same. Once I had it solved in 18 moves (no M moves) EXCEPT two corners were flipped counter-clockwise. I'm too impatient to get these solves very often but It's not uncommon for me to get sub 30 turns.	20080111
7	23	Erik Johnson	I had an LL skip. FMC number 163 I think Scramble: D' U' L' F' L2 U R2 B' U B' F' L' D2 F2 U' L2 U' L U2 D' B' L U' F' L' Solution: B2 R F' U' F L' F' R2 D R2 B2 F' R2 F R' F D' F' D' R' D2 R D'	20081231
10	24	Zbigniew Zborowski	About an hour of studying. Look at Dan's Fewest Moves Challenge, edition nr 9.	20030620
10	24	Phil Thomas	Scramble: D' U' F2 L2 R2 D' F2 L2 R2 U L' B D F' U R U' R2 U' R' F2 Solution: D F B' R2 U R U' D' R' B U' B' D2 B U2 B' D2 U2 R' U' L' U R U2 L (24) Explanation: 2x cross: D F B' R2 U R U' D' R' (9) 3rd pair: D2 B . U B' D2 (14) Finish: U * L' U' L (18) This left two unoriented corners which I used 2 3-cycles to fix. I first found the insertion B' D2 B U' B' D2 B (8) inserted at the . which cancels 5 moves! Then insert U R' U' L' U R U' L (8) at the * canceling 5 moves! WOW! Perfect insertions! 6 moves to orient two corners! I'm so happy!	20080810
12	25	Vincent Carrier	Method Fridich Research time 2h15 Scramble U B2 L2 F R F U L B2 L U' R2 B R2 U' B' (simplified with CubeExplorer) Solution D2 B2 U' L B U2 B' L D' L' F L D L' D' L D L' R F L' F L F2 R' [url]http://www.francocube.com/phpBB2/topic2917.html[/url] 12 years old )	20080710
13	26	Ron van Bruchem	Took me about 4 hours in total of studying, moving and taking back moves.
13	26	Ryan Heise	The last step of my solution was avoided. Total solving time was about 40 seconds.
13	26	Cyril Castella	See Dan's FMC 107: very happy with that one, using a Petrus+insertion approach	20060606
13	26	Davide Macri	n/a	20080723
17	27	Jack Moseley	I started with an 11 move 2x2x3, then found another 9 moves for a pseudo F2L. Then I turned the top face so that the last move of the OLL would cancel out with undoing the pseudo block, had a 6 move OLL and PLL skip.	20071016
17	27	Brantley Mills	Scramble: D F' L R U' L2 R' D2 B2 F2 R' L B2 L2 U2 B2 D' B2 U' D L U2 B2 R F2 I got the scramble from FMC #181 Solution: B L' F2 L B2 L' F2 L D' B2 F R2 U F' U R' F R2 B R F D F' D' L' D' L Found B'.D' B2 F R2 U F' U R' F R2 B R F D F' D' L' D' L which left 1 corner 3-cycle. Then I inserted B2 L' F2 L B2 L' F2 L at the dot and canceled one move.	20080121
17	27	Wuqiong Fan	Scramble: R2FLU'L2DR'BD2BRU2B'L'F2B2D2RF2RL2D2B2D2B2L2 Solution: RFL2URD2FL'F2D2RU'R'U'R'U'RURB2UBR'B'R2B2R' It was an insertion of 13 moves (setup+Uperm) that cancelled 5moves so that insertion became only 8 moves. I also found another insertion that would have made it 28HTM and 25STM. I'm getting consistent low 30's when I try a scramble for hours and mid-high 30's under an hour. See my other solutions on fmc.mustcube.net.	20080826
17	27	Baian Liu	Scramble: F R2 B' L2 D2 L2 B2 F' L2 D F' D2 L F D R' F' D' U B F L2 R D B' L' F' U' R L B2 F U2 R B' R' F' R B R' U' F U F' U' R' U' R' (27) Explanation: One move insertion: L2 (1) 1x2x2 Block: R D B' (4) 2x2x2 Block: L' F' U' R (8) Triple-X Cross: L B2 (10) Leave 3 Corners: F U2 F' * U' F U F' U' (18) Undo Pre-moves: R' U' R' (21) Insetion at *: F R B' R' F' R B R' (29-2) (27) I tried making a 1x2x2 with the pairs already made but failed. So I made a new pair and combined it into a 1x2x2 and then combine the pairs together to make a triple-X cross. Added pre-moves for obvious reasons. The skeleton finish was long compared to the block-building in the beginning so I tried the one move insertions (technique from I don't remember who). L & L' wasn't good either but L2 already had two pairs made in a good position after the triple-X cross. So I went with the 21-move skeleton.	20081102
21	28	Jamie Flynn	Hot Chickens are nice with gravy.
21	28	Andy Tsao	really easy, but didn't skip any steps.	20051117
23	29	Ronald Herbert Dunphy	full steps, attempt number 20.	20070411
23	29	Piotr Kózka	Petrus method.	20070818
23	29	David Woner	VERY easy 1x2x3 (4 moves) managed to build a 2x2x3 in 10 moves while making another pair which led to an easy 4th pair. f2l in 19 moves easy 8 move OLL then a 12 move z-perm R2 U' R2 U R2 B2 R2 U B2 U' R2 B2. took about 40 minutes to work my way through the F2l ll was fast. someone skilled at this could have easily broken 30 but i finally got sub-40 moves and thats good enough for me. 20080529 39 40 Cristiano Alba Petrus method fan!	20080529
26	30	Chris Gilsdorf	I swear this had to literally be a one-in-a million chance. I did every step of the Petrus method. My move average is around 60 moves.
26	30	Adam Géhin	I worked on the F2L with a method closely related to Petrus', and looked for a one step LL. See my site!	20030509
26	30	Krishanu Roy Sankar	LL was done with U. Otherwise, not lucky at all. My average when solving for moves is 55 (counting slices as two moves each). My best move solve nonlucky is probably about 37. (Fat Lion)	20050216
26	30	Harris Chan	It was only a PLL skipped solve, but also my fastest lucky case Scramble: R B' R' D' R B2 L F U2 R U' L' R' F U2 F2 L' U L' B2 F2 R L' F' L Cross colour = D Double x-cross: y2 x r' F U' y r U2 r' R U' R2 U R' (11) F2L 3: U2 L U L' (4) F2L 4: R U2 R2 U' R2 U' R' (7) OLL: (R' U2 R U R' U R) U' (8) I'm sure there's a better solution.	20070212
26	30	Derrick Eide	I will make you proud Erno.	20070519
26	30	Lucas Garron	From a failed speed BLD; the correct solution would have actually had this many twists. (Not bad for doing this mentally :-)	20070705
32	31	Dan Harris	Fewest Moves challenge. see my weekly fewest moves challenge.	20030905
32	31	Jay Woo	I used the modified roux method and I acheived this in few days. I don't think I will get any better by roux though.	20071113
32	31	Sally Hansen	n/a	20080626
35	33	Joël van Noort	I did this for FMC 82 on DanH's site. My very first try at this :).	20050503
35	33	Kenneth Gustavsson	Using my speedcubing method. A block approach F2L + "keyhole" for LL-edges and a good bit of thinking (2-3 minutes). Then the LL was a skip in the second last stage and the easiest case in the last stage (8 moves).	20051020
37	34	Anssi Vanhala	I want a ukulele!	20061208
37	34	Alex Tarasiuk	Very lucky!!	20071203
39	35	Brent Morgan	This was not lucky at all, (thoroughly scrambled), and took great concentration. Hopefully I will get this kind of solve more often. I did this in my Calculus class LOL.	20030830
39	35	Joey Gouly	R U D' F R B R2 F L B D R2 L2 U2 R F L R2 F2 U2 L' F' B L R2 This was a normal speedsolve, in 20.54 seconds. Triple X-cross: D R2 F' R2 L2 U2 L' y2 U R' L F R L' (13) F2L 4: y' R' F' R F (4) OLL: U' M' U M U2 M' U M (8) PLL: U R' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 l2 (10) http://www.xanga.com/j_ey/591113538/2054.html	20070520
39	35	Andrea Santambrogio	good F2L sub20 moves OLL really fast and good PLL really lucky solution :D	20081231
42	36	Camden Dwelle	hello	20070409
43	37	John Shepard	Scramble: L' D B2 R' B' F' U R' B' U B2 F R2 B U2 B F' D' F' L R' B2 D' B2 F' I used fridrich method with 4 move cross, easy f2l, and one of the only COLL alg i know	20070621
44	39	Heath Litton	I solved it in around a minute.
45	40	Cristiano Alba	Petrus method fan!	20061201
46	41	Casey Hurlburt	Using Lar's F2L and got two of the shortest LL algorithims I usually get about 10-15 more then that but getting better	20080213
47	42	Joe Ted Nguyen	n/a	20070325
48	43	Dylan Moore	Not incredibly lucky. I switch off between the cross, or Lars's method. For this one I used the "extended cross" as described by Chris Hardwick. Thanks Chris! The only thing that might have been constiered lucky was it only took me 5 moves for the extended cross.
48	43	Ryan Prophet	Straightforward F2L/OLL/PLL solve, easy F2L but not lucky. Currently working on looking ahead and combining F2L moves to place multiple corners simultaneously. Using this method I should be able to get down as low as 35 moves still using OLL/PLL.	20080701
50	46	John Boyd	My own method, on a plane from India to USA.	20071206
50	46	Justin Le	Sweet.	20071211
50	46	Jeffrey Zhang	Hehe, easy case :) Normal solve.	20080117
53	47	Dillon Beesley	I did this one day because I was bored and I got 47 without a lucky case and with 3 Look Last Layer.	20081109
54	49	Brian Loftus	I'll post this record just for fun. I've never practiced fewest moves yet and this wasn't really an attempt at it. It was a 8 turn extended cross then a regular Fridrich finish. My first sub-50 moves.	20070603
54	49	Ray Wang	This time I used only algorithms I have memorized. So I could probably do better if I used some that I haven't memorized.	20071123
56	50	Isaac Firesmith	kinda lucky i've only learned last layer algorithms so far	20070220
56	50	Brian Edwards	i just started to the petrus system	20070521
56	50	Ouyang Yunqi	scramble:L2 U' L D2 R2 F' R D U R2 U' L D2 R2 F2 D2 L' R D' F' D2 R B F' R solution: 2x2:z2 B' R' D2 L' U R D' L(8) cross and the 2nd F2L:y' x' F' U' L R U R2 F' R(8) the 3rd F2L:y' R U' L' R' U2 R U' R'(8) the last F2L:U' L U L' U2 L(6) OLL:y2 L F R' F' L' R U R U' R'(10) PLL:y' F2 U' L R' F2 L' R U' F2 U2(10) total moves:50	20080531
59	51	Brian Nicole Uy	here is the scramble D' L' B2 R' L' D2 U' R2 F' R2 F' R D R F2 D R L' B' L' B2 D' F' B D Philippine Cubers Association	20071220
60	53	Blake O'Hare	n/a
60	53	Bartek Klimczak	Yes, yes, yes	20060520
62	56	Christopher Muller	just a normal solve	20080531
63	57	Ralf Laue	n/a	19830725
63	57	Thomas Clement	Meh.	20060606
63	57	Brandon Sheline	i need to learn better algs..	20070414
66	60	Bruno Azevedo	n/a	20050916
66	60	Tana Lawley	How does a 13 year old do it this good? LUCK! Took me an hour to do! Thanks to my friend ND for mixing the cube!!!!!!	20071101
68	61	Eric Lin	Pretty good for 2 months of practice and for a 14 year old.
69	62	Isiah Planes	basic frid. and algorithms in cubingtechniques.com	20080514
69	62	Tyler Metevier	First Try. Saw this and wanted to do it.	20081206
71	63	Patrick Jameson	cool	20070305
71	63	Zach Stein	F2L	20071201
73	65	Tim Martinson	I had never counted moves before but it turned out pretty well if I do say so myself.	20071114
74	68	Alfred Ferwerda	n/a	20061113
75	70	Wan Naszreen	69 moves. previously my fewest moves were 82 moves.	20081231