FMC Geeks

Hello, My name is Jaehyun Jeong, and I recorded an AsR in the FMC event at Silent Korea Open 2026. To state the conclusion first, I attempted to cheat during the second and third attempts of Round 1. For my second attempt, after finding a 22-move solution, I used my phone to search for the optimal solution to that scramble. The optimal solution used a 5-move EO that was based on the same idea as the 4-move EO I had found in my own 22-move solution, so I incorporated that solution into my solve. This was entirely my fault. The third attempt was similar. Because the EO was straightforward, I quickly found both a 21-move solution and a 20-move solution. However, I knew that achieving a solution of 19 moves or fewer would result in a World Record average, and I became greedy and searched for the optimal solution again. As a result, I found an 18-move solution. However, I believed it was a solution that a human could not realistically have found, so I ultimately submitted the 20-move solution that I had found myself. Although the submitted result itself was not affected, it remains true that I attempted to cheat.