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 44 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 30, 2026
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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)
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