r/CubersButBetter

My kids got me a 9x9 and an 11x11 for Mother’s Day (the 11x11 hasn’t arrived yet). Anyhow, I thought I’d give it a whirl, thinking ‘how hard can it be?’! Turns out, harder than it looks, that’s for certain. And longer! Took me near 4 hours to get this far!!!! I applied principles I knew from the 4x4 and 5x5 (the two biggest cubes I know how to solve). Anyhow, that’s all I have left to do but my brain is mush… I’m sure (well, pretty sure) I’ll figure it out but it’ll have to be completed another day but I’m pretty proud of myself to have gotten this far without help.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been working on a browser-based smart cube app called Cubyqo:

https://cubyqo.app

It’s basically a free smart-cube-focused cubing site with no account needed. Your data is stored locally on your device.

Important note: Cubyqo is currently desktop-only and smart cube connection works only on Chrome / Chromium-based desktop browsers for now, because of the Bluetooth library/API used for the cube connection. I haven’t worked on mobile support yet.

I built it because I wanted one place where smart cube solves, stats, alg training, reconstruction, BLD tools, and some weird experimental stuff could all live together.

Right now it has:

• Smart cube connection and solve tracking
• Solve history
• Solve reconstruction
• Solve recording and sharing
• Deep stats and analysis
• Algorithm training
• Custom algorithms
• Customizable themes
• Algorithm libraries for advanced F2L, OLL, PLL, COLL, and ZBLL
• Some cube-controlled games, mostly experimental/gimmicky for now
• A very gimmicky music section where cube moves trigger sounds
• A full BLD solve analysis tool focused on Old Pochmann

The site is free and I intend to keep it free. No account is needed, and the data stays on your device.

The main reason I’m posting here is that I need feedback and compatibility testing.

At the moment I can personally verify it mainly with the X-Man Tornado V4 smart cube, so I would really appreciate feedback from people using other smart cubes, especially GAN, MoYu, Giiker, Monster Go, or any other Bluetooth cube.

I’d love to know things like:

• Does your cube connect?
• Are moves detected correctly?
• Does solve tracking feel reliable?
• Is the reconstruction useful?
• Are the stats clear?
• Does alg training feel good?
• Is the BLD tool useful or confusing?
• What features feel unnecessary?
• What would you want from a smart cube training site?

There is a feedback button inside the app, so you can send bugs or suggestions directly from there, but comments here are also super useful.

There is also an optional donation link, mainly so I can buy more smart cubes and test/support more models, but the app itself is free and I intend to keep it that way.

I’ve attached some screenshots so you can see what it looks like.

Thanks to anyone who tries it. I’m very open to criticism, bug reports, cube compatibility reports, and feature ideas.

Any patterns I should do?

As a cuber myself, I built the kind of tutorial app that caters to understanding the solve.

If you are an iPhone or iPad user, the app named Cube-O-Pedia has a library of 50 different cube tutorials that walk you through the entire solve process with helpful user-friendly, step-by-step detail. Designed for beginners! Newly updated!

Download the app here exclusively from the Apple App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cube-o-pedia/id6471312947

Best wishes on your cubing journey, and share this with your friends!

M2 U2 M2 U2 Z M2 U2 M2 U2 (x6) or you can do M2 U2 M2 U2 Z M2 U2 M2 U2 (x4) to do a checkerboard that looks like the checkerboard from an even numbered cube.

I made this vid to show a nice method for anyone at any level to practice their predictions, and it’s been helping. Give this a try!

Just got 2 new Rubik’s brand cubes to add to my collection. The Pokémon one just came out but the NHL Original Six has been out for a while. I cannot find any date on the box: does anyone know when it (NHL) was released?

This is way too real 😭
I’ll keep messing up easy algorithms when I’m alone, but the second someone starts watching, suddenly I’m turning smoothly like I actually know what I’m doing 💀🧩