SpeedSolving Weekly Competition 2016: Week 8 2016 02 28 Scramble: F2 L2 B2 R2 D2 B' R2 D2 B' D2 L' D' B' D' U' R B' U2 L' Cross + pair: U' B R U' D2 F2 D2 (*) F B (9/9) Pair: R' D2 R (3/12) Pair: D' B D' B2 D B (6/18) Pair: (L' D' L D2 L' D2 L) (7/25) All but 3 corners: ([L] B D' B' D2 B D B' L' D2) (9/34) Swap F and B immediately after (*). Solve corners at (*): D' B U2 B' D B U2 B' (cancel 3) Solution: U' B R U' D2 F2 D B U2 B' D B U2 F R' D2 R D' B D' B2 D B D2 L B D' B' D2 B D B' L2 D2 L D2 L' D L (39) This was my backup skeleton. I found other promising starts, more block-buildy then CFOPy, but couldn't finish any of them off.