How can I practice for competition (simulating comps) without a stackmat timer?

[Exotic Butters]

Any help is greatly appreciated

 

[EvanTheCuber]

Use the CsTimer website

 

[Owen Morrison]

and turn on WCA inspection

 

[Exotic Butters]

I don't think I made myself clear, that's on me. solving in comp is very different than solving at home because at home you use a space bar, but at comp you need to get used to an entirely new input. is there a way to practice the stackmat starts without a stackmat?

 

[brododragon]

I don't think I made myself clear, that's on me. solving in comp is very different than solving at home because at home you use a space bar, but at comp you need to get used to an entirely new input. is there a way to practice the stackmat starts without a stackmat?

What I do to simulate stackmat is instead of having one hand on the cube before inspection, pick it up during inspection and put both hands on the spacebar, then, for the timer stop, entirely drop the cube and put both hands back on the spacebar.

 

[MJS Cubing]

Or you could just get a stackmat.

Before I got one, I would just use my keyboard with both hands on the spacebar, and I just would not look at the cube until inspection. If you're serious about a comp though, I would recommend a stackmat.

 

[Deleted member 51471]

I know! With a Yuxin V2 timer!