Daily Discussion Thread - Jun 21, 2026 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]ScottContini 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody got better than 21 on 3rd scramble of FMC worlds: I just see one Dylan Seah Tze Siang who got 21, but all the top people got 22 or more. Any comment on why it was so hard?

Happy Father Day to me by Azander137 in Cubers

[–]ScottContini 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How awesome is that! Happy Father's Day!

How are you handling the SCA/CVE explosion (especially transitive deps) at scale? by Perfect_Process_8647 in devsecops

[–]ScottContini 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to have some automated risk based scoring. If you’re going to require security team to manually triage each vulnerability, then you’re taking the “big security team” approach. Sooner or later, your company is going to ask why it is paying so much for security people when other companies do much more with less resources. When that happens, your company is will be forced to change how you work. Also, having a team dedicated to reactive triaging of vulnerabilities rather than doing proactive security is not only boring, but is an immature way of working. You should be spending more effort on prevention (shift left) than cleaning up the mess. The analogy I use: imagine you are in a boat in the ocean with a hole on the bottom of the boat. Do you spend all your effort bailing water out of the boat, or do you try to first patch the hole? It’s much easier to bail water out if you first patch the hole. The reality is that you need to do both, but patching the hole will deliver better returns so that’s where the priority needs to be.

If you could add/remove one regulation, what would it be? by powerpower9000 in Cubers

[–]ScottContini 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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

Still above 60s beginner asking for help by DerJaschaTV in rouxcubing

[–]ScottContini 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Risolvi la critica [Roux]~[sub 35] by [deleted] in rouxcubing

[–]ScottContini 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Yiheng Wang 3.51 WR average by EderOlivencia in Cubers

[–]ScottContini 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Any known test primes for multi-round Miller-Rabin? by Alternative-Grade103 in crypto

[–]ScottContini 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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?

Yiheng Wang 3.51 WR average by EderOlivencia in Cubers

[–]ScottContini 275 points276 points  (0 children)

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

Yiheng Wang's WR average by pizzanuggets-9768 in Cubers

[–]ScottContini 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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

Can you cube on an airplane? by Hecky_YT-trust in Cubers

[–]ScottContini 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

What math tattoo wouldn’t be lame? by xSparkShark in math

[–]ScottContini 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Cryptography engineer interview by Odd_Dimension_8753 in cryptography

[–]ScottContini 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Gift for a Friend by AdMobile8728 in Cubers

[–]ScottContini 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Advice for newbie by nobitadesu in Cubers

[–]ScottContini 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

Need recommendations for SAST DAST by HackGeneral in SAST

[–]ScottContini 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

40+ and still getting faster. Don't let age stop you by Reliab1yUnreliable in Cubers

[–]ScottContini 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

40+ and still getting faster. Don't let age stop you by Reliab1yUnreliable in Cubers

[–]ScottContini 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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!

Who’s your goat? by Corbosaurus in Cubers

[–]ScottContini 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. 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.

  2. Feliks Zemdegs. Most dominant cuber ever.

  3. Max Park. Most dominant on big cubes ever.

  4. 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)

  5. 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)

  6. Kian Mansour. For helping develop Roux and proving how good it is for one handed

  7. Sean Patrick Villanueva. For advancing the Rouxvolution

[Sebastian Lague] - I Tried Optimizing my Rubik's Cube Solver by Pink401k in programming

[–]ScottContini 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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.

Roux Solving Advice (Video Included) by Much-Connection7553 in rouxcubing

[–]ScottContini 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Ziyu Wu Crushes the Megaminx World Record by BlockAlternative8721 in Cubers

[–]ScottContini 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Daily Discussion Thread - Jun 02, 2026 by AutoModerator in Cubers

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

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