28: The Elbies 2019

Episode 28 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show
(ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only
occasionally/often about other things.


Recorded Friday January 3, 2020
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Topics:


- The Elbies 2019! Spoilers for the winners below:


- Best New 3x3: Welong WR M


- Best New Non-3x3 Puzzle: Valk 5 M


- Best Episode of Layer By Layer: 16 - I Put It In A Vending
Machine


- Best World Record: Graham Siggins 59/60 MBLD


- Luckiest Official Solve: Andrew Huang - Skewb U-Perm


- LBL Subreddit Comment of the Year: Issun_x: "I'd like to see
Kit comment on how the WCA regulations views folding your FMC
scramble sheet into a paper aeroplane and throwing it to the
delegate to finish, in order for increased efficiency in
submission of solutions."

- LBL Subreddit User with a Gandalf-related Username:
YueXiaoNotPass

- Cuber of the Year: Sean Patrick Villanueva

- Andrew's Bad Prediction: Rowe Hessler will have one of
the next 4 solves above the current world record or solve above
the other solve that was above the world record/below the time of
the world record from previously in the same day, or by the end
of the year