New Speed Stacks Timer (v4)

[Sajwo]

It will come out in March 2016. Looks weird

 

[henrysavich]

Super Weird, and I think the different shape is gonna make it difficult to ever add into regulations, having your hands angled like that would clearly give you an advantage in pick-up time over normal speedstacks.

 

[Chree]

I think the advantage is minimal and that the shape doesn't matter much. I see people angling their hands while using the current straight timer all the time. Surely people will wind up holding their hands straight against an angled timer, too.

I've had a glimpse of this thing already, and I'm sure others who have will chime in soon. There are a lot of really nice improvements going on here.

 

[Berd]

Crazy! Looks futuristic!

 

[tx789]

Are any new features announced. For this? What makes it better than the stack mat pro, if it is that is.

 

[Sajwo]

Are any new features announced. For this? What makes it better than the stack mat pro, if it is that is.

It will run on 2 AAA bateries and you will be able to save 3 times.

 

[Brold]

Looks legit. Probably gonna be super expensive though.

 

[Chree]

It will run on 2 AAA bateries and you will be able to save 3 times.

Also, the Power and Reset buttons are resessed, which prevents accidental resets.

 

[Sajwo]

Looks legit. Probably gonna be super expensive though.

Same price as v3.

 

[MoyuFTW]

I don't like it.

 

[obelisk477]

The positioning of the power button would help with not dropping the cube on it.

 

[Mollerz]

This has been designed with WCA in mind. O-Rings are effectively built in, also the 2.5mm jack at the front to connect to display/PC is a much better socket so it doesn't come loose as easily.

As for me, I'm going to get one as soon as I can for personal use since my stackmat is dying. This thing looks REALLY good, can't wait for them to be implemented in competition!

 

[AlexMaass]

This looks cool actually, I like the new mat design!

Where did you find out about this?

 

[Sajwo]

Just a random Speed Stacking fanpage on FB. Here are some more photos - https://www.facebook.com/speedstack...1635199&hash=3605022450867302066&pagefilter=3

It is said that the premiere will take place on competition in Germany, but I don't know if it's true

 

[Kit Clement]

Accidentally deleted my previous post -- oops.

The new timer is great, though, for many reasons:

- AAA batteries prevent timer resets, as they do not suffer from brief power disconnects like coin batteries do.
- The reset/power buttons are significantly lower than the plastic around it. Because of this, Bill Wang-style resets are not possible.
- The hand pads are curved, which isn't a really big deal, but it sure feels aesthetically pleasing to put your hands on the pads.

 

[DGCubes]

That's pretty awesome. I'd be interested in that.

 

[YouCubing]

Accidentally deleted my previous post -- oops.

The new timer is great, though, for many reasons:

- AAA batteries prevent timer resets, as they do not suffer from brief power disconnects like coin batteries do.
- The reset/power buttons are significantly lower than the plastic around it. Because of this, Bill Wang-style resets are not possible.
- The hand pads are curved, which isn't a really big deal, but it sure feels aesthetically pleasing to put your hands on the pads.

As for point one, this will prevent it breaking in the way mine did
Looks cool, the rounded display is awesome.

 

[cubizh]

Hopefully backwards compatible mats...

 

[Kit Clement]

Hopefully backwards compatible mats...

Yes, it is backwards compatible with all the mats we currently use.

 

[DanpHan]

Opinions:
Mat design looks cool! Timer design looks kinda bad, the curved time display looks dumb. Functionality over looks, though.