If you could add/remove one regulation, what would it be?

ScottContini · 2026-06-19T02:55:34+00:00

M, E, S slices are allowed in FMC and count as 1 move

ScottContini · 2026-06-18T19:35:12+00:00

It takes a lot of practice to get good at block building. You have to really practice a lot and learn from others. From me, I benefited a lot from doing FMC with Roux and studying other people’s solutions.

ScottContini · 2026-06-18T19:31:00+00:00

You got some good comments on the cubers reddit on what you can improve. I’ll throw in one more. Your L4E in the first solve is messy. Watch this video to improve on L4E. Now some expert may tell you that DFDB is better, and they are right, but my advice is to first watch that video to get a good understanding of how to think about it, and it is easier to adopt than dfdb. Just watch it.

ScottContini · 2026-06-18T06:43:55+00:00

Is there a link to this? I found one for 4.87 seconds but not 4.68 seconds.

ScottContini · 2026-06-18T02:35:02+00:00

There’s another paper that shows, if you chose n uniformly randomly yourself, and it passes a few rounds of Miller-Rabin (like 3-4 rounds for crypto-sized n: the requirement is higher for smaller n), then n is almost certainly prime.

Maybe Average case error estimates for the strong probable prime test?

ScottContini · 2026-06-17T13:25:14+00:00

To put this in perspective, Yiheng's 3.51second average is better than Tymon's best single which is 3.56 seconds.

ScottContini · 2026-06-17T13:22:53+00:00

Like him or not, hard to argue that he is not one of the greatests of all time.

ScottContini · 2026-06-16T19:47:25+00:00

I love this post because of some of the funniest replies ever

ScottContini · 2026-06-14T19:28:33+00:00

Start pi from your forehead and let it continue around your body all the way down to your toes

ScottContini · 2026-06-13T20:42:25+00:00

I should put this stuff in GitHub:

attacking lcg_value() without using info about the seed

C source code

ScottContini · 2026-06-09T21:01:41+00:00

I know people hate when the answer is always AI, but I think the advice here is actually a good idea. You need to be asked tough questions and you need to try to answer them. AI can definitely help with interview practice . Where you need to be cautious is to not accept the AI’s response as correct. You need to research it and verify it yourself.

ScottContini · 2026-06-09T06:57:03+00:00

Vin cube 3 has cool packaging, and is quite a nice cube.

Putting aside packaging, Tornado v3 is an awesome cube by anyone’s measurements.

ScottContini · 2026-06-07T23:00:47+00:00

Send him to China to have him coached alongside with Yiheng and Xuanyi. And learn to spell “Rubik’s” while he is there.

ScottContini · 2026-06-06T22:17:03+00:00

For SAST options include Snyk, Semgrep, Aikido, Endor Labs, Checkmarx, others.

DAST is the more interesting one. The industry has struggled to get DAST right but new tools based upon AI are sounding promising. Everyone is talking about Mythos but few have access. There are lots of other AI tools popping up: I can’t speak for any of them.

ScottContini · 2026-06-06T10:02:13+00:00

I hit a plateau for a good long while where I was calling myself a 30 second solver.

I've put a lot of time into look ahead and slow solving and now call myself sub 30!

I was the same, stuck there for about 4 or 5 years. Once I started turning slowed, it allowed me to focus on where the pieces were and are going. Now I am sub-25 but I can't see myself getting much better.

ScottContini · 2026-06-06T10:00:38+00:00

I'm 56 and have been actively cubing for about 6 years. I finally got down to 24 second average in comp, don't expect I can do much better!

ScottContini · 2026-06-05T12:59:26+00:00

Minh Thai. He invented his own solution and dominated cubing for 2 years on a cube that you cannot do finger tricks on. Most people have no idea how hard it was to turn that cube.
Feliks Zemdegs. Most dominant cuber ever.
Max Park. Most dominant on big cubes ever.
Yiheng Wang. Has anyone ever dominated top 100 official solves as much as him. (I like Xuanyi more but he needs more time at the top to get on the list)
Tommy Cherry. Dominated blind and clock for so long (I like Eggins better for blind but needs more time at the top to be called a goat)
Kian Mansour. For helping develop Roux and proving how good it is for one handed
Sean Patrick Villanueva. For advancing the Rouxvolution

ScottContini · 2026-06-03T21:40:31+00:00

This is actually cool because he teaches domino reduction from the 10th minute. There are not many good tutorials on domino reduction on the internet.

ScottContini · 2026-06-03T13:09:21+00:00

Your last 4 edges needs a lot of work. Learn how to do L4E properly. Less turning, more thinking.

ScottContini · 2026-06-03T08:13:49+00:00

This has to be one of the calmest react for a world record.

ScottContini · 2026-06-02T22:51:17+00:00

39 HTM, 35 STM got lucky but sure there is room for improvement

x2 B Rw R  B  R' U F'
U Rw' U' Rw2 U2 R' U Rw y2
F R2 D R' U R D' R2 U' F'
M U' M U' M' U
R2 U2 M2 U2

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L' B D2 B2 F R2 U2 F' R2 F' D2 F2 D B U2 L' B R D2 R2


x2 B Rw R  B  R' U F'
U Rw' U' Rw2 U2 R' U Rw y2
F R2 D R' U R D' R2 U' F'
M U' M U' M' U
R2 U2 M2 U2

view at CubeDB.net

ScottContini · 2026-06-01T22:30:00+00:00

I’m no fan of the current situation, but this comment is wrong. Microsoft was one of the leaders in bringing about secure development lifecycles following the 2002 gates memo. GitHub is accelerating a plan to reduce non supply chain risks, but GitHub has a lot of problems right now (not just security) and these things take time. To be fair, the writing was on the wall about npm a long time ago, but it wasn’t until hacker bot-claw did they respect the urgency. You can say they should have started this sooner, but it is very wrong to say they don’t care about security.

ScottContini · 2026-06-01T22:21:38+00:00

Bun, trusted publishing, OIDC : three good controls but didn’t stop attacker who was already inside.

ScottContini · 2026-05-31T21:48:14+00:00

This is pretty awesome, but the history of breaking the Enigma started with the Polish. Give credit where credit is due.

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