What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 29?

Open the top-row pair that can finish first and let the lower relay lane serve that finish instead of random storage.

What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 29?

If the lower relay lane is still busy when the second top crossover arrives, the whole grid looks full again immediately.

Magic Sort level guide

hard Target: 16 moves 6 colors

Magic Sort Level 29 is the first full ten-bottle grid, and it only loosens up after one top-row bottle is promoted into a real anchor.

Layout: Five bottles fill the top row and five more line the bottom, with one shell bottle near the upper middle and only one obviously flexible lower lane.
Goal: Use the lower relay lane to create an early finished bottle on the top row so the ten-bottle traffic has a permanent home.
Opening: Open the top-row pair that can finish first and let the lower relay lane serve that finish instead of random storage.
Danger Zone: If the lower relay lane is still busy when the second top crossover arrives, the whole grid looks full again immediately.
Mechanics: The important mechanic in this layout: Five bottles fill the top row and five more line the bottom, with one shell bottle near the upper middle and only one obviously flexible lower lane. Use the lower relay lane to create an early finished bottle on the top row so the ten-bottle traffic has a permanent home.

Main target: Use the lower relay lane to create an early finished bottle on the top row so the ten-bottle traffic has a permanent home.
First pour reminder: Open the top-row pair that can finish first and let the lower relay lane serve that finish instead of random storage.
Avoid this: Using the lower relay lane twice before a top-row anchor bottle is complete.

Open the top-row pair that can finish first and let the lower relay lane serve that finish instead of random storage.
Clear the relay lane after the anchor bottle is done, then repeat the same pattern for the next mixed top bottle.
Stay on the main route here: Use the lower relay lane to create an early finished bottle on the top row so the ten-bottle traffic has a permanent home.
For the final cleanup, keep this trap dead: Using the lower relay lane twice before a top-row anchor bottle is complete.

Colors in this level:

Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Orange, Pink

What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 29?
Open the top-row pair that can finish first and let the lower relay lane serve that finish instead of random storage.
What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 29?
If the lower relay lane is still busy when the second top crossover arrives, the whole grid looks full again immediately.