Please Be Quiet LA 2018: Round 1, Scramble 2 2018 02 03 Scramble: R' U' F U2 F2 L2 U2 R2 D F2 D' L D' L2 R2 B F' D2 L U B R D' R' U' F R' (1) B U R // (4/ 4) several blocks D' (2) L F L' // (4/ 8) 2x2x2 plus 2 pairs attached U' L' B2 L // (4/12) 2x2x3 F R F' // (3/15) F2L minus 1 corner [F'] L' U L U' L' U' L F U2 // (9/24) all but 5-cycle of corners Insert at (1): R B L B' R' B L' B' (cancel 4) Insert at (2): U R U' L' U R' U' L (cancel 1) Solution: B L B' R' B L' U R D' U R U' L' U R' U' L2 F L' U' L' B2 L F R F2 L' U L U' L' U' L F U2 (35) Found the first 8 moves eventually, then experimented with lots of different continuations. I found two initial insertions which cancelled 4, but each only lead to a single cancellation on the second insertion. Optimal insertions would give 34. I found both of the initial insertions which cancelled 4, but only checked every-other spot for each of the second insertions to save time, and so missed the single spot on each which cancelled 2.