Layer By Layer

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 [https://reddit.com/r/layerbylayer] Or on SpeedSolving: https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/the-layer-by-layer-podcast.76921/ [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+ [https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/guidelines.html#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 [https://reddit.com/r/layerbylayer] Or on SpeedSolving: https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/the-layer-by-layer-podcast.76921/ [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 [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=1qq7wUyZZNA] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h08w5bVAPyU [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h08w5bVAPyU] - Reg of the Day: 7f1a [https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#7f1a] - Andrew's first forum post: https://forum.worldcubeassociation.org/t/and-or-consistency-with-7f1a/12834?u=andrew_nathenson [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 [http://www.reddit.com/r/layerbylayer/] Or on SpeedSolving: https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/the-layer-by-layer-podcast.76921/ [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 [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 [https://www.instagram.com/cubes_art/?hl=en] https://www.instagram.com/cubes_art/?hl=en * Pic with all opposite colors: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ9V0tSpkQ6/ [ https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ9V0tSpkQ6/] - Is Worlds' 30 second registration cutoff too strict? - New SEE Events: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ9V0tSpkQ6/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 [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  [https://reddit.com/r/layerbylayer ] Or on SpeedSolving: https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/the-layer-by-layer-podcast.76921/  [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 [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdP7PkjtYwguE-b1cAU_Vn8ToU-Rn3dtE8loJgyeCnXhd7Utg/formResponse]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 [https://bit.ly/35cuO8r]], 3:26.83[https://bit.ly/3ke6eu4 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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