Practicube.com cube practice website

[Lazy Einstein]

Thanks for letting me know. I somehow forgot about that section when adding the notation popovers. The algorithms should show up now.

I didn't find a problem with the images, although some of the cases don't have images yet. If none of them are showing, could you tell me what browser/OS you are using? Thanks.

Works again. Thanks! I use Google Chrome.

 

[Lazy Einstein]

Bump for superior OLL practice. I'd pm'd regarding more alternate OLL algs to add.

Also have you considered adding F2L algs and advanced LL algs?

Another idea I think would help make the site more intriguing to use would be to make the timer much more dynamic like http://www.qqtimer.net/ or the ever improving http://www.cstimer.net/timer.php.

 

[Cubiquitous]

Also have you considered adding F2L algs and advanced LL algs?

Yes, I want to eventually add F2L and beginner's method. I am considering an OLS primer that presents a small subset of VLS and HLS that are fast and easy.

Another idea I think would help make the site more intriguing to use would be to make the timer much more dynamic...

I know the timer needs work. The big thing I want is to be able to access my times from any browser, which would require a login. I am thinking a "Login with Facebook" would be best, since this would also allow you to post achievements to Facebook. However, the timer definitely needs other improvements, and I will check out these other sites.

 

[Cubiquitous]

At long last I have added an F2L section to practicube.com!

It features animated solves and a 3D cube representation that you can rotate. No Flash required, but it does require a modern browser.

I am aware that there is not a practice-friendly way to visually find a specific case. I plan on adding something like that in the near future.

As always, it is mobile friendly but I don't have iOS touches working for the cube rotation yet. I will add it eventually.

Here is a link to the F2L section.

Enjoy!

 

[Cubiquitous]

I have now added a Cross section. Here is what it does.

- Generate a scramble.

- Calculate shortest cross for white, then yellow, then green, blue, red and orange. For each color, it only calculates the same number of moves as the previous or less; any solves with a higher number of moves are ignored.

- It will show you a 3D representation of the scrambled cube, and it can animate the solves on the cube. You can rotate the 3D cube.

Here is the link.

Have fun!

 

[marinerabhi]

Excellent work, neat presentation.
Would definitely help many.
The idea of popping a pic upon MOUSEOVER of every single move is very attractive.
And it seems like a wonderful place for beginners.
Expecting to see more improvements in the layout and strengthening in the content.
All the best.
Kudos

 

[Cubiquitous]

Thanks, it is always encouraging to get positive feedback.

I will also welcome constructive criticism for the new cross solve generator. I believe that if I added an "inspection" rotation at the beginning that would transpose the entire algorithm and cause the cross to be on the bottom at the end, it might help. Although, if one is not concerned with the notation but rather the visual component of the solve, then it doesn't really matter because the cube can be rotated manually.

 

[rebucato314]

Cool website. 1 inportant thing to change:

Please

Use

WCA

Notation.

And

Only

Using

Outer

Layers

For

Scrambling.

 

[Cubiquitous]

Thanks for the feedback. Did you read the discussion about the scramble in this thread? Is there a reason you would prefer a non-abbreviated scramble?

How would you feel about a having a preference setting that turned the scramble abbreviation off? I could do the same for the longer WCA notation, but I think that will be a lot of hassle because the notation I used barely fits in the mobile friendly layout as it is.

As a quick update, touch events to rotate the cube on mobile Safari are now working. Touch events on Windows 8 in IE 11, should be working as well but this does not mean older versions of IE are supported.

 

[comedyfish]

What happened to the practicube website?

is it gone for good anyone know?