CubeDesk
Games
speed cubing timer
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
6 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive design and execution
From 3 comments
Did you design the landing page yourself? It looks cool :D. I'm also curious if you used a tool like Webflow for it.
ZephyrBlu on HNgreat design!
minhoryang on HNThis is awesome. Just watched some Youtube videos of people using the app, looks great.
rschachte on HN
Timer is very impressive
From 1 comment
There is nothing missing from this timer, it's very impressive! You might be calculating larger averages slightly incorrectly? Convention is discarding best and worst `ceil(0.05…
twright on HN
Objections
Cheating is hard to prevent for ranked play
From 3 comments
The leaderboard / ranked function will be literally useless. I don't see at all how you're supposed to prevent cheating here.
breakfastduck on HNSo this has no interaction with the cube itself? It's just a stopwatch app that you press the spacebar to stop, and everyone trusts that you didn't cheat? It doesn't have a…
whycombinetor on HNreally nice. I'm trying to be speed cuber. currently around 40-50 secs for solving. Did you defined ranking program? what is the default rank? is it going to be similar to chess…
eligro91 on HN
Sign-up required before using the app
From 1 comment
Why do I have to sign up to do anything? I'd love to re-learn some algorithms, but forcing me to sign up to access anything at all just makes me want to not sign up. chess.com…
kayson on HN
Lacks beginner documentation and tutorials
From 2 comments
Maybe I'm the wrong target audience. I spent some time last summer figuring out 2x2 and 3x3 from scratch, without referring to any existing literature, methods, etc. That worked…
z5h on HNMy first reaction glancing at the site was "Bluetooth Rubik's Cube". I could confirm in seconds that such cubes exist, but minutes spent spelunking the site gave no evidence that…
Syzygies on HN
Requests
Bluetooth cube support documentation
From 1 comment
My first reaction glancing at the site was "Bluetooth Rubik's Cube". I could confirm in seconds that such cubes exist, but minutes spent spelunking the site gave no evidence that…
Syzygies on HN
Let users try the app without logging in
From 1 comment
Why do I have to sign up to do anything? I'd love to re-learn some algorithms, but forcing me to sign up to access anything at all just makes me want to not sign up. chess.com…
kayson on HN
Questions
How does the ranking system work
From 1 comment
really nice. I'm trying to be speed cuber. currently around 40-50 secs for solving. Did you defined ranking program? what is the default rank? is it going to be similar to chess…
eligro91 on HN
Does it support cubes other than 3x3
From 2 comments
Is it only for the 3x3x3 cube?
mcphage on HNTo add to that, is there a good tutorial for 4x4 and 5x5?
visarga on HN
Alternatives named
chess.com and lichess comparisons
From 1 comment
It would have been nicer if you were building the "lichess.org" of speed cubing
username923409 on HN
cubingtime
From 1 comment
What makes this different from similar sites that already exist like cubingtime?
charcircuit on HN
World Cube Association site
From 1 comment
Checkout https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/
robofanatic on HN