Summary: <p>Episode 28 of Layer by Layer: a Cubing Podcast, the show (ostensibly) about Rubik's Cubes, speedcubing, and only occasionally/often about other things.</p> <p><strong>Recorded Friday January 3, 2020<br> Discuss the show on Reddit: </strong><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/layerbylayer/"><u><strong>https://reddit.com/r/layerbylayer<br> </strong></u></a>Topics:<br> </p> <p>- The Elbies 2019! Spoilers for the winners below:</p> <p>- Best New 3x3: Welong WR M</p> <p>- Best New Non-3x3 Puzzle: Valk 5 M</p> <p>- Best Episode of Layer By Layer: 16 - I Put It In A Vending Machine</p> <p>- Best World Record: Graham Siggins 59/60 MBLD</p> <p>- Luckiest Official Solve: Andrew Huang - Skewb U-Perm</p> <p>- 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."<br> <br> - LBL Subreddit User with a Gandalf-related Username: YueXiaoNotPass<br> <br> - Cuber of the Year: Sean Patrick Villanueva<br> <br> - Andrew's Bad Prediction: <strong>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</strong></p>
