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

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: 

- 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

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: 

- 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

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:

- 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”

• cubes_art: https://www.instagram.com/cubes_art/?hl=en
  
• Pic with all opposite colors: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ9V0tSpkQ6/

- 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

• 1. 0.91   R' R' R2 R R2 R' R2 R R' R2 R R R' R R' R2 R R2 R R R' R' R' R' R2 (solved)
  
• 2. (0.73)   R2 R' R R' R2 R R' R2 R R R R R2 R' R R2 R2 R2 R' R R2 R2 R R R (solved)
  
• 3. 1.24   R2 R2 R2 R R' R' R' R2 R R' R R R R R R2 R' R R' R2 R2 R R2 R R2 (U2)
  
• 4. (3.19)   R2 R' R R R' R' R2 R2 R2 R R2 R R' R R' R R' R R2 R' R R R' R' R2 (U2)
  
• 5. 0.98   R R' R R' R2 R2 R R' R2 R' R2 R' R' R2 R' R R2 R2 R' R2 R' R R R R (U')
• 
  

Andrew: Among Us Cubing: idk like 8?; Oops all U Moves:

Average of 5: 0.80

• 1. (1.22)   R' R2 R' R R' R R R' R R2 R' R2 R R2 R' R' R' R' R R2 R2 R2 R2 R R (solved)
  
• 2. 1.11   R2 R R' R2 R R2 R' R2 R2 R2 R' R' R' R R R2 R2 R' R' R' R R R2 R2 R'
  
• 3. 0.86   R' R2 R' R' R2 R R R' R R R R' R2 R R R2 R' R' R2 R2 R R2 R' R2 R2
  
• 4. (0.34)   R' R R' R' R2 R R R R R R R2 R R2 R2 R R R' R2 R2 R R R' R R'
  
• 5. 0.43   R' R' R R' R2 R2 R' R R R R' R2 R' R2 R2 R2 R R2 R' R2 R R' R2 R2 R'
  
  

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 

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:  

- 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.

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: 

- 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

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: 

- 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
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:
- 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

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: 

- 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.

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.

- layerbylayer.reddit.com

- 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