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 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.
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:
- 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
Discuss the show on Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/layerbylayer
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
Discuss the show on Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/layerbylayer
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.
Discuss the show on Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/layerbylayer
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.
Discuss the show on Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/layerbylayer
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
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