Stay ConnectedThis is Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast (ostensibly) about cubing and Rubik’s Cubes. Hosted by Kit Clement, a WCA delegate, Twitch streamer (kitstopher), and quiet-event specialist; and Andrew Nathenson, a Youtuber (ColorfulPockets), competition organizer, ZZ-user, and FMC specialist.
Kit and Andrew talk about cube news, organizing competitions, and really whatever they’re into at the moment.
You can discuss the show at https://www.reddit.com/r/layerbylayer/
Happy Cubing!
Episode 43 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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Topics:
- Cakes
- Bananas
- "BLD Championship" (AKA Wingspan)
- "I forget what Kit called it, someone let me know on Reddit because I can't be bothered to find it in the episode" (AKA Res Arcana)
- "FMC USA 2018" and "FMC USA 2019" (AKA Splendor and Seven Wonders Duel)
- The new Disc Golf WCA event
- Reg of the Day: Guideline 2i1c+: Electronic Hand Warmers
Episode 42 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things. This episode we were joined by Feliks Zemdegs and Jay McNeill for a head-to-head gameshow competition. Recorded Saturday, March 13, 2021 Discuss the show on Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/layerbylayer Or on SpeedSolving: https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/the-layer-by-layer-podcast.76921/ Topics: IT'S ALL A GAME SHOW! Games: Name that famous solve based on an audio clip Guess the time based on an audio clip Guess the timing of an event in a video Categories Personal Trivia
Episode 41 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Sunday, March 7, 2021
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Topics:
- Bananas, and the banana scale: https://spoonuniversity.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/149/2016/04/Bananas-759x419.jpg
- Kit's idea for a BLD championship
- New Speedstacks timer design!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qq7wUyZZNA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h08w5bVAPyU
- Reg of the Day: 7f1a
- Andrew's first forum post: https://forum.worldcubeassociation.org/t/and-or-consistency-with-7f1a/12834?u=andrew_nathenson
Episode 40 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Wednesday, February 10, 2021
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Topics:
- Yunhao Lou 3.86 Clock WR average
- Ice Cream Cakes
- ALTERNATIVE TITLE GUESSING CONTEST: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdP7PkjtYwguE-b1cAU_Vn8ToU-Rn3dtE8loJgyeCnXhd7Utg/formResponse
- Some Unofficial MultiBLD results - Graham and Rowe 60 point attempts, Graham's huge 200 cube attempt
- Graham: 62/64 in 59:17 and 189/200, Rowe: 60/60 in 59:53
- There’s a difference between unsolvable cubes and “wrong color scheme”
- Is Worlds' 30 second registration cutoff too strict?
- New SEE Events:
Kit: Among Us Cubing: 10 points; Oops all U Moves:
Average of 5: 1.04
Andrew: Among Us Cubing: idk like 8?; Oops all U Moves:
Average of 5: 0.80
Episode 39 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
ALTERNATIVE TITLE GUESSING CONTEST: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdP7PkjtYwguE-b1cAU_Vn8ToU-Rn3dtE8loJgyeCnXhd7Utg/formResponse
Fun fact, you can hear Andrew's cat a few times in this episode.
Recorded Monday, October 5, 2020
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Topics:
- Martin Egdal of the Day! 4.59 Square-1 World Record Single!
- Cakes
- The Alternative Title Guessing Contest - fill out this form and see how you do!
- "That's Not ZZ, Though"
- When is it okay to go outside the parameters of the method?
- Red Bull Competitions, and their terrible country picker.
- New SEE Events:
From last episode:
Mirror Solves:
- Kit: 1:25 average of 5
- Andrew: 1:06.24 Average of 5
Unreal Man Challenge:
Andrew: 7:58. 86 [https://bit.ly/35cuO8r], 3:26.83[https://bit.ly/3ke6eu4], DNF, DNF, DNF
Kit: (DNF(1:40.82)) U B2 U' R2 B2 R2 B2 U L2 D2 U' B R' D L' F U R' F D2 L2
2. 6:03.91[https://bit.ly/3kaL1ky] D2 R2 B2 L' D2 F2 D2 U2 R' F2 U2 R D' L2 F R2 U B L2 D2 U
3. 6:04.78[https://bit.ly/3jcnDls] U' R U' L2 D R2 U B2 D R2 D' R2 U B2 R' B' L B2 F' D' R
4. 5:32.20[https://bit.ly/3j9dTbN] L2 D B L U2 D' F B2 D' B2 R2 L2 U' F2 U R2 D2 F' U' L
5. (4:35.20[https://bit.ly/3lPDHeO]) L2 D2 R2 D2 F2 D2 B' R2 B L2 U2 L2 D' R B2 D U R B' U' L2
New Events:
Andrew - Oops, All U Moves
Kit - Sneaky Among Us Cubing
Episode 38 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Monday, August 31, 2020.
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Topics:
- IS COLLIN BURNS IN THE TOP 100? (yes)
- Kit's final score for Bad Prediction of the Day: 2/10
- Jabari redesigned algdb
- speedcubedb.com - the new, better AlgDb?
- Cakes
- Is 4x4 parity rigged?
- Rubik's Connect cube
- Cube Mafia, on Twitch and in Real Life
- End segment that we totally do every time, and not just because we forgot to do new SEE events this episode: Is a Pop-Tart a Ravioli?
Episode 37 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Wednesday, August 5
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Topics:
- Kit is really bad at math
- Cakes
- More Pyraminx NRs! This time in Norway.
- AlgDB is Dead 🦀🦀🦀
- Hollywood weather and Google Search quiz
- New SEE Events:
Andrew does the Cheapskate 3x3 Relay:
Andrew: Cheapskate 3x3 relay
avg of 5: 45.202: 47.190, 43.437, (1:01.066), (40.399), 44.979
Kit: pockets.cubing.net/MirrorCube: avg of 5: 1:54.79: 2:07.31, 1:37.09, 1:59.96, (2:42.44), (1:34.96)
- New ones:
Andrew: True Mirror Cube: Average of 5: 1:06.241: (1:25.129), 1:03.405, (57.669), 1:00.621, 1:14.706
Kit: Unreal Man's Average
Episode 36 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Thursday, July 23
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Topics:
- Using Axial Turn Metric to determine +2s with Slice Moves
- Cakes (?)
- Denmark's Competition:
-- 1.21 Pyraminx NR - Rasmus Stub Detlefsen (longest standing Danish NR)
-- Martin got jinx'd
-- Two identical pyraminx scrambles in a row: https://rb.gy/qzrqcf
- Kit's Cubing Math Corner: Megaminx Scrambles! Are they representative of random state?
- Hollywood, Maryland of the Day: Weather, Hotel Prices, Flights
- New SEE Events:
-- Andrew does GoCube BLD: avg of 5: 24.311: 29.124, (44.731), 22.456, 21.353, (19.520)
-- Kit does GoCube Tutorial Speedrun: 7:14
- Kit's World Record: youtube.com/watch?v=uk448nrg-dw
- New Events: Kit - $50 3-cube relay - 51.46 ao5
- Andrew - Mirrored GoCube: https://pockets.cubing.net/MirrorCube/
Episode 35 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Monday, June 29, 2020
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Topics:
- Is Tazzlyn's slower solving a benefit to streaming?
- Everybody guessed the Bell
- The Pockets Show! Every week on Friday from 4-6 Pacific at twitch.tv/ColorfulPockets
- Productivity links from Kevin:
https://fortelabs.co/blog/one-touch-to-inbox-zero/
https://fortelabs.co/blog/para/
https://fortelabs.co/blog/the-one-touch-guide-to-doing-a-weekly-review/
- Cakes (??)
- Kit's Math Corner: Fibonacci and 3x3 Random Move Scrambles
- To what extent is learning algs worth it?
- If we had modern hardware many years ago, would a slice turn be a +2?
- Hollywood, Maryland of the Day: How Hollywood got its name
- New SEE Events:
Andrew does 3x3 With Face: 1:20.61 average of 5
Andrew: GoCube App Tutorial Speedrunning (7:12.87)
Kit: GoCube BLD (24.71 ao5)
Episode 34 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things. Recorded LIVE Wednesday, June 17 Discuss the show on Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/layerbylayer Or on SpeedSolving: https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/the-layer-by-layer-podcast.76921/ Topics: - Generating random state 7x7 scrambles - rolling the die multiple times - xyzzy: CSTimer FMC scramble filtering - Alpha cuber is awesome on SpeedSolving guessed the bell! - cakes (???) - Andrew and Kit doing streaming - Kit's Math/Cubing Corner: Teaching how to solve a cube intuitively in NCTM journal - Hollywood, Maryland of the Day: Volunteer Fire Department - New SEE Events: Further discussion of Fewest Pockets - Best fewest pockets solve on example scramble: 10/46 by xyzzy and 10/49 by bartogian - Kit's attempt: https://rb.gy/riulkb - Updated Rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XjVJxknuwi5HYPCpDak4fxuV0_XTR5f7jwdLhKdL7CI/edit - Andrew's Bash script: https://github.com/ColorfulPockets/FewestRolls/blob/master/fewestRolls.sh
Episode 33 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Friday, June 5, 2020.
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or on Speedsolving: https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/the-layer-by-layer-podcast.76921/
Topics:
- Final Fantasy, emulation, etc.
- xyzzy's comment: https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/the-layer-by-layer-podcast.76921/page-2#post-1372092
- 5x5 Random State
- Using 3BLD scrambles for everything
- Online Competitions: Cubing @ Home, Twisty Puzzle Cup, The Monkey League
- 15 Puzzle Parity by Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI1WqYKHi78
- Hollywood, Maryland of the day: Socks the Cat
- Kit does Blindfolded 3x3x3: 41.35 average of 5
- Andrew does 3x3x3 with Mask: 15.13 single
- New SEE Events: 3x3x3 with Face, and currently-unnamed-but-pretty-cool-event:
For those of you who want to try out Andrew's event, here is an example scramble, rules, and rolls: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19YuG1BmWpYQn_2NCsJRE34FZ9rVp_Ign0QN3yByd1Hw/edit?usp=sharing
Episode 32 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded LIVE Friday, April 10, 2020.
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Topics:
- The Wandering Tuttminx Meme: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cubers/comments/fw0j21/when_listening_to_layerbylayer_last_night/
- Cubing at Home
- Andrew Reveals the Bell
- Shoutout to Hollywood, Maryland
- Andrew invented a new OH M2 fingertrick
- Delegate fistfights
- Thought experiment: what if 3x3 scramble generators could only generate half of all states, but It’s an arbitrary half
- Megaminx is alg-resistant
- Livestream Q/A
- SEE Events of the Day: 3x3 with Mask, and Blindfolded 3x3
LBL LIVESTREAM: FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 3 PM PST - we forgot to say the date in the episode itself. Episode 31 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things. Recorded Friday, March 27 Discuss the show on Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/layerbylayer Topics: - Magic: The Gathering update - Topppits' Great Comment - Dobeye's Flow Chart: https://i.redd.it/4txrtk5504p41.png - Cubing At Home competitions - New SEE Events - the challenge Results: Andrew w/o oven mitts: 59.79; Kit: 2:15.77
Episode 30 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things. Recorded Friday, March 6, 2020 Discuss the show on Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/layerbylayer The video for this episode: Coming soon on ColorfulPockets! Topics: - Special Guests Mark Boyanowski and Graham Siggins! - Follow-up: Why the Reddit link thing happened - Why people underestimate how large gaps are at the upper end of MBLD skill - THE GAME OF FOUR - The first WCA shirt - "Corner Twist Kid" is back! And doing well! - Outdated thoughts about Coronavirus - Sitting at competition stations - People don't understand what parity is - Cubeography is not a thing - Karate Chop Stops Scores: - Mark: 9/30, + 17 Bells = -1 points - Graham: 25/41, + 21 Bells = 30 points
Episode 29 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Monday, February 3, 2020
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Topics:
TRY THESE LINKS!
- http://reddit.com/r/layerbylayer/posts/?=3
- https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/posts/tf2_trading_guide/?=3
- World Records: Max Park 5x5, 6x6, 7x7; Cale Schoon Fewest Moves
- Graham Siggins' dedication
- Feet is Gone 🦀🦀🦀
- Unofficial events and restructuring the WCA
- Speedcubing Extra Events (SEE)
- What can Andrew do with a 3D printer for cubing?
- Bad cubing memes
Episode 28 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Friday January 3, 2020
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Topics:
- The Elbies 2019! Spoilers for the winners below:
- Best New 3x3: Welong WR M
- Best New Non-3x3 Puzzle: Valk 5 M
- Best Episode of Layer By Layer: 16 - I Put It In A Vending Machine
- Best World Record: Graham Siggins 59/60 MBLD
- Luckiest Official Solve: Andrew Huang - Skewb U-Perm
- LBL Subreddit Comment of the Year: Issun_x: "I'd like to see Kit comment on how the WCA regulations views folding your FMC scramble sheet into a paper aeroplane and throwing it to the delegate to finish, in order for increased efficiency in submission of solutions."
- LBL Subreddit User with a Gandalf-related Username: YueXiaoNotPass
- Cuber of the Year: Sean Patrick Villanueva
- Andrew's Bad Prediction: Rowe Hessler will have one of the next 4 solves above the current world record or solve above the other solve that was above the world record/below the time of the world record from previously in the same day, or by the end of the year
Episode 27 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THE ELBIES: https://forms.gle/S69CHxQaJMa5uaui7
Recorded Friday November 22
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Topics:
- Kaijun Lin 5BLD WR
- Andrew Doesn't Forget the Bell this time
- Red Bull World Cup 2019
- FMC Americas 2019
- Domino Reduction
- The Elbies 2019
- MEOTD: Food
- Bad Prediction of the Day: A GAN cube will not win the Elbies listener's choice
Episode 26 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Wednesday, November 13.
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Topics:
- THE NEW MOYU CLOCK IS HERE!!!
- A bunch of World Records: Yunhao Lou 4.38 Clock, Graham Siggins 59/60 MBLD, Stanley Chapel 1:06.23 4BLD, and of course, Feliks Zemdegs 5.53 3x3
- Sean Patrick Villanueva and Leo Borromeo
- When will we stop finding new Algorithms?
- Kit is good (but actually bad) at FMC, and bad insertions are demotivating
- Martin Egdal of the Day: Nordic Championship 2019 overview, 17.61 3bld
- Bad Prediction of the Day: Whoever wins FMC Americas 2019 will have a 26.67 mean of 3 or worse
Episode 25 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Wednesday, October 16.
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Topics:
- Congrats to Gundolf for actually guessing the last bell!
- Max Park OH single (finally)
- 49 point MBLD WR by Graham
- The Awards Show: Send us your ideas!
- Linus Frész's 24.00 FMC Mean
- Andrew is off Facebook; but where can he find cubing news?
- Andrew's only cubing goals
- Kit Clement of the Day: Best counting 2x2 single
- Bad prediction of the day: The second place 3x3 average at UK Championship 2019 will be sub-6.2
Episode 24 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Tuesday, October 1.
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Topics:
- Baba is Cube
- Last names that break statistics
- FMC North America West 2019: Bad scrambles, or just being tired?
- World Records: 4x4 by Sebastian Weyer again, 4x4 BLD by Stanley Chapel again
- Kit guesses for whom the bell tolls
- Groupifier
- WCA's growth slowdown
- Rob's Challenge Pen Capping WB: https://youtu.be/X3gQvCoD4W0
- Fresh Moyu Clock rumors
Episode 23 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Friday September 6.
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Topics:
- Follow-up: You know, the thing we talked about last episode
- Andrew forgot to bring his cubes to San Diego Summer 2019
- Scramble Signatures
- Our strategies for FMC NA West
- What should Kit's goal be in the prediction game?
- Bad Martin Egdal of the Prediction of the Day: UFC Fights
Episode 22 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Friday August 23.
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Topics:
- Follow-up: Oreos
- World Records: Max Park 7x7 single, Max Hilliard 3BLD single, Stanley Chapel 4BLD single/average, Juan Pablo multiple Megaminx averages, Daniel Rose-Levine Feet average, and a surprising 4x4 single from Sebastian Weyer
- US Nationals and Bronycon
- What to do with a duplicate scramble?
- The current State of the Smartcubes
- BLD buffer: Should you choose a different buffer from everyone else?
- Martin Egdal of the Day: Farming
- Prediction of the day: Collin Burns will be out of top 100 in a year
Episode 21 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Tuesday July 23.
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Topics:
- Andrew figured out why he doesn't like 4BLD and 5BLD
- A whole bunch of world records from the World Championship and beyond!
- Kit is 1/2 on bad predictions
- New 3BLD formats
- What is the ideal venue for a large competition?
- Martin Egdal of the Day: 3BLD ERs
- Bad Prediction of the Day: 69/69
Episode 20 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Wednesday June 19.
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Topics:
- Kit makes a prediction
- The weird and wonderful world of Fewest Moves world records, and FMC 2019
- A very strange incident
- 3x3 Tier List
- Kit's bad prediction of the day: No 4BLD or 5BLD mean WRs before the end of the year, and neither Max nor Feliks will win worlds.
Episode 19 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Monday June 3 .
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Ask us for advice! Email Layerbylayerpodcast@gmail.com
Topics:
- Email your advice questions
- WRs: Jake klassen 3BLD 19.79, Jackey Zheng Squan 4.95, Siggins MBLD 50/52, Max Hilliard 3BLD 18.28
- Podcast apps/Spotify/Luminary
- Discussion of several (possibly unfair?) practices in the WCA
- Weird interactions with friends and cubing
- Martin Egdal of the Day: Most solves in one comp
- Reg (Guideline) of the Day: a1a2+++
Episode 18 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Wednesday May 8, 2019.
Discuss the show on Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/layerbylayer
Topics:
- BIG WR CHECK IN:
-- Tymon pyra, as predicted
-- Feliks! 5.69!
-- Yunhau Lou 4.43 clock average
-- Reto Bubendorf FMC mean
-- Mark’s 19
-- Stanley Chapel 4bld: 1:10
-- Tijmen Van Der Ree - 4.98 squan
- BigBLD means
- FMC with erasable pens
- Jay fingertricks
- "FMC" is a bad name for the event
- Martin Egdal of the Day: sub 20 3bld
- Reg (Guideline) of the day: 4b2++
Ask us for advice! Send emails to LayerByLayerPodcast@gmail.com
Episode 17 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Wednesday April 3, 2019.
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Topics:
- Revisiting the cubing Battle Royale, with GAN 356i or other virtualized cubes
- Clock Single WR: 3.29 by Suen Ming Chi
- The Shared Judging System
- WE WANT MORE STICKERLESS SHADES
- The Nod Don
- MEOTD: Sleep?
- Reg of the Day: 1e
Episode 16 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Tuesday, March 19, 2019.
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Topics:
- World Record Check-In: Stanley Chapel 5BLD WR!
- The Stackmat Conspiracy
- Online competitions and sketchy results
- Tetris 99 - Can we make a cubing battle royale?
- Worlds 2019 - the FMC Prisoner's Dilemma, and superrationality
Vsauce2 video: MrBeast's $1,000,000 Dilemma
- First North American FMC 21
- The WCA stole our idea
- Martin Egdal of the Day: Blindfolded success streak
- Reg of the day: tendies
Episode 15 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Saturday, February 16, 2019.
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Topics:
- Follow-up: there is no Follow-up
- Should the WCA create more incentives to record your solves?
- Similar to Layer by Layer...
- Andrew's magical GTS3 fix
- The FMC Database
- Skeletype, Andrew's FMC tool: https://youtu.be/bVY31jW16do
- Martin Egdal of the Day: Water
- Reg of the Day: A6e
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#A6e
Episode 14 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Recorded Tuesday, January 29, 2019.
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Topics:
- The bell
- RECORD CHECK-IN: 17 FMC single
- Predictions: will 17 be tied before all other WRs are broken?
- Re-thinking Worlds
- Why was Nats so late?
- What are comps like on the west coast? Are results predictable?
- Podcon!
- How to keep older cubers in the community? How to keep friendly atmosphere despite growth?
- Martin Egdal of the day: chess!
- Reg of the day: 9M https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#9m
Does anybody read these notes?
Episode 13 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
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Recorded Wednesday January 9, 2019
Topics:
- Follow-up: Cameras aren’t as cheap as we thought
- Optimizing methods for good singles/one-off averages
- What current WR will stand the longest?
- YouTube premiers
- Martin Egdal of the day: SOR!
- Reg(s) of the day
10f4: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#10f4
Episode 12 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
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Recorded Monday December 23, 2018
Topics:
- Dodgecubing happened! And we have the rules.
- Cameras might not be as expensive as we thought
- So you're an old dude and you want to go to a comp?
- The Fewest Moves Deal or No Deal!
- Martin Egdal of the Day: Worst NR
- Reg of the Day: 12g2
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#12g2
Episode 11 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
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Recorded Tuesday December 11, 2018.
Topics:
- Multi scoring
- Dodgecubing
- 3x3 world record: should the WCA record solves? Security cam footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB3ut65SFUU
- Max Hilliard 16.55 3BLD WR
- XC3E skeletons
- Martin Egdal of the day: 7x7
- Reg of the day: 9b https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#9b
Episode 10 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
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Recorded Monday November 19, 2018.
Topics:
- Dodgecubing Update
- Computer Vision for scramble verification https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaW1dmqRE0o
- Andrew is a BLD accuracy god
- The crazy FMC World Record weekend
- Force Cube Hell (trying to make force galaxy megaminxes) https://www.reddit.com/r/Cubers/comments/9ufb7f/i_hesitated_about_it_but_heres_my_first_video_be/e95cvou/
- There are three Rouxers in the top 7 OH solvers (or 1 in the top 2, or 2 in the top 5)
- Martin Egdal is an unstoppable nemesis
- Reg of the Day: 9f12c https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#9f12c
Episode 9 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
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Recorded October 24, 2018.
Topics: - Biking Accident
- Film (like, actual film) sucks
- Starting a non-WCA league with the intention of merging with the WCA if it’s popular and the WCA wants to
- We review WCAT applicants: Here's an imgur album with all of the applicants: https://imgur.com/a/7Wgrxv5
- 5 people 5 FMC scrambles The best FMC analogy
- When should competitions be announced? Subtopic: Is the new distance policy a bad thing?
- FIRST!
- Reg of the day: 4b3 https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#4b3 The incident: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/incidents/28?fbclid=IwAR2Sr1O07nznLjg9HDFwS5aRgg0iBbPfMI0QRXjVMhL6RJ0chh4FNs6USxA
Episode 8 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
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Recorded September 28, 2018
Topics:
- Andrew pulled a Kit
- Walker’s journey
- Kit’s classes
- Everything you need to know about ZZ and ZZ-CT
- Should the WCA add another puzzle? Is there a better system?
- The snack registration fee (FMC-A Atlanta)
- Reddit pros and cons
- Reg of the day https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#3d1b
Episode 7 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
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Recorded September 18, 2018.
Topics:
- Weird Sleep Schedules and traveling
- Kinch improvement: Linear Transformation of all Kinch scores
- Tillamook - Andrew forgot about his competition, but did well at FMC
- Kit remembered his competition, and did kinda bad at everything but still won
- An improvement to multiBLD techniques
- Podcasts we listen to:
Dear Hank and John: https://www.patreon.com/dearhankandjohn
The Pitch: https://www.gimletmedia.com/the-pitch
Beautiful Anonymous: https://bit.ly/2vZbSsW
Hello Internet: www.hellointernet.fm
Relay.fm: https://www.relay.fm/
The Glass Cannon Podcast: https://glasscannonpodcast.com/
99% Invisible: https://99percentinvisible.org/
Hardcore History: https://bit.ly/2DaN1UD
- Team events: How to make them engaging and unique
Relays, TeamBLD, Rob's Challenge, Wild card: dodgecube
- Reg of the day: 1c10 https://bit.ly/2ObYYlL
Episode 6 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
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Topics:
- Tillamook
- Andrew’s new podcast, Brain to Board https://overcast.fm/itunes1430844944/brain-to-board
- Pranking Walker
- MBLD Basket Case
- Follow-up on MBLD N/N situation
- KINCH KINCH KINCH (and other ranking systems)
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/misc/sum_of_ranks/
http://wcadb.net/kinchranks.php
- GTS3 Ridges: Gimmick or Useful (or other??)
- GAN 354 discussion
- Kit's color scheme
- Reg(s?) of the Day! 12c4 and 10f4
Episode 5 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things
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Topics:
- Taking pictures of a cat
- 3D printing for cubing
- Andrew’s method, camp classes
- RIDDLES WITH ANDREW!
- Max Siauw vs. Kevin Hays: a correction
- Is Kit’s GiiKER cube defective? (Follow-up)
- We totally predicted Max Hilliard’s WR
- DRL feedback (or should we say, feet-back)
- FMC H1a-like reg
- Max Park OH, official misscrambles
- Reg of the Day: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#4g
- WRs: Juan Pablo Huanqui mega, Shivam MBLD
- Basket case for MBLD
- Types of learners
- Most efficient way to practice 3BLD
Episode 4 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things. Recorded LIVE at CubingUSA Nationals 2018!
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Topics:
- World Records, Megaminx OcR in the lunch room
- Andrew's World Best with Mark: Rob's Challenge FMC
- Andrew's possessed stopwatch
- Why wasn't there a snack room at Nats??
- Who is the best cuber without a Wikipedia page?
- Reg of the day: Crazy regs from 2006 https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/history/files/regulations2006.html
- How would someone organize a competition if they've never seen or been to a competition?
- Multiple World Records in the Same Day
- You mean you're not on the football team?
Episode 3 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
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Topics:
-Vidcon
-Japan
-Western Champs
- GiiKER Cube
- Andrew racing Alex Davani to silver membership
- Shadow M
- Is Kit's GiiKER cube defective??!?!?
- Alberquerque - almost learned how to spell it (it’s Albuquerque)
- Double Jeopardy - discouraging videos isn’t the issue?
- PB vs PR - Rise of cubing on Twitch twitch.tv/kitstopher
-Reg of the day A1a2+++++ https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/guidelines.html#A1a2+++++
Episode 2 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
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Topics:
- Oregon State Favorites recap - Go Cube / Giiker Cube
Go Cube: https://goo.gl/1mw6ZE
Giiker Cube: https://goo.gl/XnWGD2
- World Records: Kevin Hays 7x7 Single: https://goo.gl/ovQZm8
Daniel Rose-Levine Feet Average: https://goo.gl/YS7iLo
Jeff Park 3x3 Blindfolded Single: https://goo.gl/WdXXB5
- Regulation of the Day: A5b https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#A5b
- Video Evidence used to retroactively apply penalties Max Park's 6x6 WR mean (DNFed): https://goo.gl/Fp7KZZ
- Andrew's beginner's method: Hexagonal Francisco B https://goo.gl/WBS3CG
Episode 1 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.
Discuss the episode on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/layerbylayer/
Topics:
- Using a different method for OH vs 2H https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCfLsh5vDt0
- Andrew gets a lot of LL skips with ZZ
- Low attendance at CubingUSA Regional Championships
- Regulation of the Day: H1a https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#H1a
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