Its a tiny bit spooky that just a month or so before cracking it, the guy was giving a presentation about how they were looking into various patterns that had been discovered, like the one down two across kind of transposition which eventually became part of the solution. You almost kind of wonder if they knew at that stage if there was any significance in that but just didnt say anything, or if there was a massive light bulb moment shortly after...
I guess if you spend enough time looking at something you'll start to see these kinds of patterns and can start working on them to see if they have any meaning.
Learned a lot by watching these videos. Pretty basic cipher overall, but lots of good information about techniques and features of the english language that you might never have known about otherwise!