Layer By Layer

About Layer By Layer

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!

Publisher

Andrew Nathenson / Kit Clement

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Jul 2018

Latest episode

5 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 44 episodes have a transcript.

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   5 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   44: 3x3x3(x3)

   Host [Host Name] and guest [Guest Name] discuss the latest in speedcubing, including dual rounds and the Face-Turning Octahedron.

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   31 May 2023

   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 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

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   26 Apr 2021

   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 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

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44: 3x3x3(x3)

Published 5 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Oh, yeah. i feel like often what i wanted to do with competitions i organized was have them be more like welcoming and like silly and kind of just like open but we often felt constrained by the the regulations and in that sense yeah for sure that's a cool change Yeah. Yeah. I think it definitely helps with, you know, just giving people more chances to compete. A lot of people come to competitions, you know, for the first time and only sign up for three by three. So it's like, you know, if that many people are doing the event, why not just let people do more of that event, regardless of how good they are? […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

78 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

52 ratings

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