Layer By Layer Andrew Nathenson / Kit Clement
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This 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!
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43: Ear Funnel
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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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 -
42: The Game Show! Featuring Feliks Zemdegs and Jayden McNeill!
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
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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 -
41: or/and
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 -
40: Memo, Then Sleep for a Year
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”
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' -
39: Oops, All U Moves
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 -
38: Have You Heard About the Rubik's?
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?