Episode 14 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.

Recorded Tuesday, January 29, 2019.

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Topics: 

- The bell

- RECORD CHECK-IN: 17 FMC single

- Predictions: will 17 be tied before all other WRs are broken?

- Re-thinking Worlds

- Why was Nats so late?

- What are comps like on the west coast? Are results predictable?

- Podcon!

- How to keep older cubers in the community? How to keep friendly atmosphere despite growth?

- Martin Egdal of the day: chess!

- Reg of the day: 9M https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#9m

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Episode 13 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.

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Recorded Wednesday January 9, 2019

Topics:

- Follow-up: Cameras aren’t as cheap as we thought

- Optimizing methods for good singles/one-off averages

- What current WR will stand the longest?

- YouTube premiers

- Ephemeral events

- Martin Egdal of the day: SOR!

- Reg(s) of the day

10f4: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#10f4 

Episode 12 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.

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Episode 11 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.

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Recorded Tuesday December 11, 2018. 

Topics: 

- Multi scoring 

- Dodgecubing 

- 3x3 world record: should the WCA record solves? Security cam footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB3ut65SFUU 

- Max Hilliard 16.55 3BLD WR 

- XC3E skeletons 

- Martin Egdal of the day: 7x7 

- Reg of the day: 9b https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#9b

Episode 10 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.

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Recorded Monday November 19, 2018. 

Topics: 

- Dodgecubing Update 

- Computer Vision for scramble verification https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaW1dmqRE0o 

- Andrew is a BLD accuracy god 

- The crazy FMC World Record weekend 

- Force Cube Hell (trying to make force galaxy megaminxes) https://www.reddit.com/r/Cubers/comments/9ufb7f/i_hesitated_about_it_but_heres_my_first_video_be/e95cvou/ 

- There are three Rouxers in the top 7 OH solvers (or 1 in the top 2, or 2 in the top 5) 

- Martin Egdal is an unstoppable nemesis 

- Reg of the Day: 9f12c https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#9f12c

Episode 9 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.

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Recorded October 24, 2018. 

Topics: - Biking Accident 

- Film (like, actual film) sucks 

- Starting a non-WCA league with the intention of merging with the WCA if it’s popular and the WCA wants to 

- We review WCAT applicants: Here's an imgur album with all of the applicants: https://imgur.com/a/7Wgrxv5 

- 5 people 5 FMC scrambles The best FMC analogy 

- When should competitions be announced? Subtopic: Is the new distance policy a bad thing? 

- FIRST! 

- Reg of the day: 4b3 https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#4b3 The incident: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/incidents/28?fbclid=IwAR2Sr1O07nznLjg9HDFwS5aRgg0iBbPfMI0QRXjVMhL6RJ0chh4FNs6USxA

Episode 8 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.

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Recorded September 28, 2018 

Topics: 

- Andrew pulled a Kit 

- Walker’s journey 

- Kit’s classes 

- Everything you need to know about ZZ and ZZ-CT 

- Should the WCA add another puzzle? Is there a better system? 

- The snack registration fee (FMC-A Atlanta) 

- Reddit pros and cons 

- Reg of the day https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#3d1b

Episode 7 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.

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Recorded September 18, 2018.  

Topics: 

- Weird Sleep Schedules and traveling 

- Kinch improvement: Linear Transformation of all Kinch scores 

- Tillamook - Andrew forgot about his competition, but did well at FMC 

- Kit remembered his competition, and did kinda bad at everything but still won 

- An improvement to multiBLD techniques 

- Podcasts we listen to: 

Dear Hank and John: https://www.patreon.com/dearhankandjohn 

The Pitch: https://www.gimletmedia.com/the-pitch 

Beautiful Anonymous: https://bit.ly/2vZbSsW

Hello Internet: www.hellointernet.fm 

Relay.fm: https://www.relay.fm/ 

The Glass Cannon Podcast: https://glasscannonpodcast.com/ 

99% Invisible: https://99percentinvisible.org/ 

Hardcore History: https://bit.ly/2DaN1UD 

- Team events: How to make them engaging and unique 

 Relays, TeamBLD, Rob's Challenge, Wild card: dodgecube 

- Reg of the day: 1c10 https://bit.ly/2ObYYlL

Episode 6 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.

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Topics: 

- Tillamook 

- Andrew’s new podcast, Brain to Board https://overcast.fm/itunes1430844944/brain-to-board 

- Pranking Walker 

- MBLD Basket Case 

- Follow-up on MBLD N/N situation 

- KINCH KINCH KINCH (and other ranking systems) 

https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/misc/sum_of_ranks/ 

http://wcadb.net/kinchranks.php 

- GTS3 Ridges: Gimmick or Useful (or other??) 

- GAN 354 discussion 

- Kit's color scheme 

- Reg(s?) of the Day!  12c4 and 10f4

https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#12c4 

https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#10f4

Episode 5 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things

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Topics: 

- Taking pictures of a cat 

- 3D printing for cubing 

- Andrew’s method, camp classes 

- RIDDLES WITH ANDREW!

 - Max Siauw vs. Kevin Hays: a correction 

- Is Kit’s GiiKER cube defective? (Follow-up) 

- We totally predicted Max Hilliard’s WR 

- DRL feedback (or should we say, feet-back) 

- FMC H1a-like reg 

- Max Park OH, official misscrambles 

- Reg of the Day: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#4g 

- WRs: Juan Pablo Huanqui mega, Shivam MBLD 

- Basket case for MBLD 

- Types of learners 

- Most efficient way to practice 3BLD