8L PC Openers

Fig: 8L PC Opener bag structure. Includes DPC Recovery, which involves placing the extra piece in a specific spot compatible with a DPC setup.

8L PC Opener is an 8-line PC opener setup. It can also be built after completing a loop using any setup that ends after 14L/28L such as DPC or 7th PC.
8L PC Opener can be followed up by DPC or 3rd PC.

Build rates are including mirror.

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Overview pages

Overview page	Illustration

Gamushiro & friends 8L Extensive comparison of 8L C-spin setups. Do check.
Other 8L PC Openers Exists because I didn't want navi link to be grey.

Minimal Setups

8L PC Opener setups marked with ⭐ have 100% combined build cover and 100% recovery rate into 100% DPC setups.
You must learn (build + recovery, not all solves) one of these setups in order to always be able to loop using 8L PC Openers.

Alternatively, 8L PC Opener setups marked with 🇦️ and 🅱 have 100% combined build cover and 100% recovery rate into 100% DPC setups.
You can learn (build + recovery, not all solves) one of these combinations (🇦+🅱) in order to always be able to loop using 8L PC Openers.

Gamushiro & friends 8L

Minimal 8L	Hold	Build%	PC%	Setup	+	Combine With any of these
⭐ Gamushiro	L	100.00%	99.29%/ 96.94%/ 96.71%/ 93.81% (94.40%)	⭐ Gamushiro
⭐ MS2	L	100.00%	99.29%/ 98.57%/ 96.90% (98.57%) (94.92%) (91.67%)	⭐ MS2
⭐ Kisaragi	-	100.00%	96.87%/ 90.40%	⭐ Kisaragi
⭐ 🇦 Satsuki (+ any of 🅱)	- (J)	100.00% (98.33%) (97.78%)	95.91%	🇦 Satsuki	+	🅱 PC-Spin(Okey)	🅱 Tsar Cannon	🅱 MS3/Maple	🅱 Crepe
⭐ 🅱 PC-Spin(Okey) (+ any of 🇦)	- (I)	100.00% (100.00%)	96.94%/ 95.91%	🅱 PC-Spin(Okey)	+	🇦 Satsuki	🇦 Riif v3
⭐ 🅱 Tsar Cannon (+ any of 🇦)	- (O)	100.00% (100.00%)	98.69% (99.29%)	🅱 Tsar Cannon	+	🇦 Satsuki	🇦 Riif v3
⭐* 🇦 Riif v3 (Tandoori Chicken) (+ any of 🅱)	- (J)	100.00% (98.33%) (97.78%)	98.85%/ 96.94% (98.57%)	🇦 Riif v3	+	🅱 PC-Spin(Okey)	🅱 Tsar Cannon	🅱 MS3/Maple	🅱 Crepe
⭐ 🅱 MS3/Maple (+ any of 🇦)	- (O)	100.00% (100.00%)	95.91%/ (99.29%) (98.57%) (96.90%) (90.40%)	🅱 MS3	+	🇦 Satsuki	🇦 Riif v3
⭐ 🅱 Crepe (+ any of 🇦)	- (O)	100.00% (100.00%)	100.00% 95.00%	🅱 Crepe	+	🇦 Satsuki	🇦 Riif v3

* Riif v3 7p Bag 2 is 100.00% build rate if forgo TST, only 91.67% build rate with TST. Tandoori Chicken 6p Bag 2 is 100.00% build with TST.

Other 8L setups

Minimal 8L	Hold	Build% (No spin)	PC%	Setup
⭐* Submarine	-	90.00%* (100.00%)	99.25%/ 96.47%/ 95.40%/ 95.04%/ 93.33%	Submarine
⭐ :-0 Stacking	-	100.00%	99.01%%/ 97.50%	:-0 Stacking

* Submarine Bag 1 is 100.00% build rate if forgo TSS, only 90.00% build rate with TSS.

Optional Setups

Additional setups.
Not always buildable. Use a Minimal Setup as fallback.

Gamushiro & friends 8L

Optional 8L	Hold	Build%	PC%	Setups
9% Cannon	-	60.00%	96.87% (98.57%) (94.92%) (90.40%)	9% Cannon
Honey Cup	-	53.33%	96.87% 70.60% (95.91%)	Honey Cup
MS1/ Syrup/ Thread	-	53.33%	96.87% 95.91% (98.85%) (98.57%) (96.90%) (91.67%)	MS1/Syrup/Thread
Kuromitsu/ New Moon	-	89.13%	96.87% 84.25%	Kuromitsu/New Moon	Kuromitsu
Stray Cannon	-	90.00%	98.57% 85.28% 84.25% (97.42%)	Kuromitsu/New Moon	Kuromitsu