Cubeast - a speedcubing timer for Bluetooth cubes with support for all Bluetooth cubes, all timers and all major solving methods

[ortwin]

A short update on what's coming.....


... Training mode will allow you to use the cube as a timer, set a scramble ...

Since for me this is the most important of the things to come, I just want to make sure you know how I feel it should work:

There should be differnt ways to set a scramble:
One is obviously to start with a solved cube, do a random scramble or a scramble you have in writing in front of you, the app records the moves.
That is what bluetooth.cubing.net can do.
The other way would be to enter a scramble via keyboard or copy and paste it to the respective area.
I really hope you are considering this second way to enter a scramble. Of course you would need to check if the text in the scramble field makes sense. In alg.cubing.net it is done.

 

[ortwin]

I will use this app together with my giiker supercube mainly for
linear fmc solves.
Maybe that gives an idea why I am expanding my wish list in these directions:

Show the movecount during the solve (in a chosen metric or different mitrices)

Show the moves already performed in an ongoing solve

Possibility to directly import the weekly scrambles from https://www.speedsolving.com/competitions/

 

[Greycube]

Love the app.

Would it be possible though to have an option to share the reconstruction to https://alg.cubing.net ?

 

[cubeast]

If you use the 'Copy to clipboard' button in the 'Solution' tab of the solve view it will copy to clipboard the solution in the alg.cubing.net format.

If you don't need to edit the solve, but only to share it then you can generate a public link to the solve using the 'Share' button and share it directly in Cubeast.

 

[Greycube]

Excellent. That is easy as then. Thanks for the reply

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[Wish Lin]

I'm definitely using this! So much effort has been put into the development in this website as seen from the clean interface and detailed description of each and every cube. I really hope this become the website everyone goes to after Bluetooth smart cubes become widely used!

 

[iBonhomme]

For IOS users, it works with bluefy app, gan356i only, not my gocube.

 

[Wish Lin]

My 356i suddenly experiences a lot of lag, like whenever I do a solve, the scramble can't catch up to my turning, and the solving process is the same, so I always got a DNF and had to reset everytime......need somehelp here.

 

[cubeast]

My 356i suddenly experiences a lot of lag, like whenever I do a solve, the scramble can't catch up to my turning, and the solving process is the same, so I always got a DNF and had to reset everytime......need somehelp here.

Hmm, sounds like some kind of a hardware issue probably.

Higher lag times can be problematic for Cubeast. Most notably with high Bluetooth lag it might be impossible to synchronize cube with the timer (keyboard, touchscreen or an external timer). Cubeast might indicate that turns were done after the timer was stopped and add a +2s penalty even though in reality turns were done before the timer was stopped. In those cases the only solution is to try to improve the quality of the Bluetooth connection to the cube.

Are you using a computer/laptop or a phone? What's the distance between the bluetooth receiver and the cube? Do you have any more bluetooth devices connected at the same time?

 

[Wish Lin]

Are you using a computer/laptop or a phone? What's the distance between the Bluetooth receiver and the cube? Do you have any more Bluetooth devices connected at the same time?

I am using a laptop, with the cube directly above the laptop's keyboard, and it is the only connected Bluetooth device.

 

[cubeast]

I am using a laptop, with the cube directly above the laptop's keyboard, and it is the only connected Bluetooth device.

Have you tried using your cube with other apps? Maybe csTimer? We need to establish if it's a problem with your hardware or a problem with Cubeast.

 

[Wish Lin]

Have you tried using your cube with other apps? Maybe csTimer? We need to establish if it's a problem with your hardware or a problem with Cubeast.

I’ve only tried using it with Cubestation and although it’s not a good experience, Bluetooth connection was never a problem.

Edit: I just tried csTimer and it also lags like Cubeast, so it's probably my cube's problem. I am using the earliest model of Gan356i(shown as "China" in Cuebast), so that might be the problem, since @kubesolver up there also uses 356i and doesn't seem to have a problem.

 

[cubeast]

I’ve only tried using it with Cubestation and although it’s not a good experience, Bluetooth connection was never a problem.

Edit: I just tried csTimer and it also lags like Cubeast, so it's probably my cube's problem. I am using the earliest model of Gan356i(shown as "China" in Cuebast), so that might be the problem, since @kubesolver up there also uses 356i and doesn't seem to have a problem.

I wouldn't necessarily blame the cube itself. I have all Gan 356i versions and they're all doing fine to this day connection-wise. There might be issues on the laptop side actually or somethings else that causes poor connectivity.

 

[Wish Lin]

I wouldn't necessarily blame the cube itself. I have all Gan 356i versions and they're all doing fine to this day connection-wise. There might be issues on the laptop side actually or somethings else that causes poor connectivity.

Ok. I will try other computers then.

 

[Wish Lin]

I just tried with my iPhone using Bluefy but it still desyncs just like before.

 

[u Cube]

This looks insane, love the recognition chart, don't have a Bluetooth cube though

 

[cubeast]

A new version of the site is up. This update was about improving the user experience on mobile. The site looks very different and hopefully a lot better on mobile. Next I'll be working on custom scrambles, timing the solve using the cube and a few others.

Important: due to invalid cache settings on the previous version you might have to press CTRL-F5 to forcefully clear the browser's cache for the update to take effect. Otherwise the site might be stuck on the loading screen. Sorry!

 

[daanyaalc1]

Yo I use cubeast and wanted to ask that when i go to statistics it only show day by day and not solve by solve! Ive been using it for 2 days so it only has 2 points on the graph not the 30 solves ive done. So can you make it where for example it would show 30 solves on the graph or at least show a curve based on the 30 points not the 2 days (only 2 points)?

 

[cubeast]

Yo I use cubeast and wanted to ask that when i go to statistics it only show day by day and not solve by solve! Ive been using it for 2 days so it only has 2 points on the graph not the 30 solves ive done. So can you make it where for example it would show 30 solves on the graph or at least show a curve based on the 30 points not the 2 days (only 2 points)?

Thanks for your interest in the app!

I know some other timers popularized solve by solve graphs. I grouped the solves by day, because IMO it provides a cleaner view. Let's be honest, the variation in solving time during the day is usually going to be so significant that it will only decrease rather than increase the visibility of trends on the graph.

Having said that I'm still planning to add the solve by solve graph. The statistics section in general needs a bit of an improvement. I'm not sure myself when I'll be working on that though. Probably somewhere in the next month or two.

 

[daanyaalc1]

Thanks for the reply but i really hope u could add that in faster because even if u use the app for one year its only 365 points! A solve by solve would be lots interesting and helpful especially for those who do 50+ solves a day! And one more thing on the right side where it shows PB it only shows for that session and i cant find my all time PB?