Minor weirdnesses with rotations/gyroscope: no idea! I’m out of my depth on the math here at the moment.

Other smart cube support: Maybe later? I really like the MoYu cube for now.

Qt supports bluetooth, but apparently it doesn’t support the BTLE advertisement/scanning, which I think is needed for the MoYu cube (at least I couldn’t get it to work).

Cross platform support: PyQt can theoretically run on most platforms.

This other stuff was just the basics to get a decent timer that’s good enough for typical usage. That’s the whole reason I wanted a smart cube in the first place. making sane reconstructions incorporating the turn and gyroscope data, tracking algorithm performance, etc.), as well as creating training exercises. In the near future, the priority will be in analyzing solves (i.e.

CSTimer importing (no interface, just a Python script for now).

All solve data stored in a SQLite database for easy analytics (if you’re nerdy enough to know SQL).

I have yet to shuck out the money for a physical, hand sensing timer. make the virtual cube solved), c to calibrate gyroscope (takes the current gyroscope position and assumes its the standard white top, green front orientation) I started solving a Rubiks cube a few months ago, and I am still looking for a good timer to use on my phone.

Smart cube hotkeys: r to reset cube state (i.e.

Click-and-drag to rotate, scroll to zoom on 3D cube viewer.

The data is stored in a compact binary format, but can still accumulate rather quickly (about 1K of data for 2-3 seconds of solving) This can be viewed later like a video, with play/pause/scrubbing.

Full incremental turn and gyroscope data recorded and timestamped throughout solves on a smart cube.

Session management: renaming, drag-n-drop to reorder, and merge sessions.

Normal cubing timer features: basic scramble generation, single/aoX calculations, etc.

If you’re not a programmer that knows how to install Python packages, don’t bug me with issues yet, please. This is just a hobby project written for my own use, so don’t expect an easy installation experience or much technical support. It uses a SQLite database, managed with SQLAlchemy and Alembic.

It’s written in Python, and uses PyQt and PyOpenGL for all sorts of graphical goodness, and pyobjc for binding to macOS’ native CoreBluetooth APIs for communicating with smart cubes.

bluetooth cubes) for recording the exact moves of a solve in real time.ĬubingB is at a very early stage, and only supports macOS, and only the MoYu Weilong AI for smart cube functionality. It focuses on supporting “smart cubes” (i.e. CubingB is a timer/analyzer for speedsolving Rubik’s cubes (and related puzzles).

List of rubiks cube timer