[porkynator]

Second week

1.
Scramble: R' U' F L' B' U' B2 D2 R F D R2 F' B' D L2 B2 D L2 D2 R' U' F
Solution: D R2 L F R' F' U2 L' F L' B2 L2 F2 R2 F U2 B2 D2 B R2 B' D2 F D' L2 B D2 (27)

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D (D2 B' L2 D) //EO (5/5)
R2 L F R' //Blockino (4/9)
F' U2 L' F L' /DR (5/14)
F2 [2a] R2 F2 L2 //Blocks (4/18)
B [1a] R2 B2 L2 [1b] [2b] F L2 B' U2 F //Slice 4x (9/27)
[1a] = [1b] = S' (1/28)
[2a] = [2b] = S2 (-1/27)

I was on the right track with this start, but I could not find the nice finish (optimal from EO):

D (D2 B' L2 D)
R2 F U2 R L'//3c5e4x I had R2 F R' L F2 instead for 3c2e2e4x, very similar (5/10)
F U2 * D2 B' //3c3e U' R2 U B U' R2 U B' (4/14)
* = U' R2 U B U' R2 U B' //Unusual 3c3e insertion (8-1/21)

I should have at least found the 3c3e. Anyway, this was a fun solve.

2.
Scramble: R' U' F L2 B L' B F2 U F2 D U L2 U F2 D' R' D R2 D B' L' U R' U' F
Solution: U' L2 U' F U2 B' L2 B2 D2 F L2 B2 U2 R2 F2 U2 F2 U2 F2 R B U' B2 (23)

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(B2 U B' R) //EO (4/4)
U' L2 U' //DR (3/7)
F (U2 * R2 U2 B2 L2 F' D2 B2 L2 B U2) //2e2e (12/19)
* = U2 F2 U2 F2 U2 F2 (6-2/23)

I found this DR early on, but I spent too much time exploring other promising starts (there are way too many). I should have spammed more HTRs, there were many findable 20s. From (B2 U B' R') D' B2 D':

F L2 F U2 F2 D2 L2 F' D2 R2 L2 B2 U2 (13)
F L2 F U2 B2 U2 R2 F' U2 R2 L2 F2 U2 (13)
F L2 F U2 L2 F2 D2 L2 F' D2 R2 L2 B2 (13)
F L2 F U2 L2 B2 U2 R2 F' U2 R2 L2 F2 (13)
B D2 F L2 F2 R2 D2 B' D2 R2 L2 B2 U2 (13)
B D2 F L2 U2 D2 B2 R2 D2 F' D2 F2 D2 (13)

I also had this 23 from this 3c in 17:

B2 F' L F //EO (4/4)
L' D U2 R D' R //Blocks (6/10)
U D' L D' L' D' U2 //3c (7/17)

I had a 9 move DR (with many variations) that apparently also gave 20 optimal, but it did not look better than the 7 mover:

(D B2 U) //EO (3/3)
(B') //JZP (1/4)
D2 F R2 D2 F' //DR (5/9)
(R') B2 U2 L' B2 L //HTR (6/15)
F2 L2 U2 F2 U2 //Finish (5/20)