33: "Nice," but Stupid

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