How do I use the cube timer and what do ao5 and ao12 mean?
Scramble your cube with the moves shown, hold the space bar (or the timer on a phone) until it turns green, let go to start, and press any key to stop. ao5 averages your last five solves without the best and worst.
Step by step
- Open the cube timer.
- Hold your cube with white on top and green in front, and do the scramble.
- Hold the space bar (or press and hold the timer) until it turns green.
- Let go to start, solve, then press any key or tap to stop.
- Tick 15-second inspection to practise like a competition. Your times and averages are saved on this device.
Questions and fixes
What are +2 and DNF?
With inspection on, starting between 15 and 17 seconds adds 2 seconds; later is DNF (did not finish). You can also mark any time as +2 or DNF yourself.
My work has gone, or isn’t there on another computer
Your times is saved in this browser on this device only – nothing is stored with us, so we can’t get it back for you. It won’t appear in a different browser, on another device, or in a private (incognito) window, and clearing your browser’s history or “site data” deletes it. Some school computers clear everything when you log off.
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