Term Timer

Practice your speed cubing skills on your terminal, for a full 80's vibe.

Main Features

• Valid WCA scrambles
• From 2x2x2 to 7x7x7 cubes
• Free-play and recorded solves
• Colorfull cube display
• Handle Bluetooth cubes
• Detailled statistics and reconstructions

Other Features

• Metronome
• Inspection time
• Easy white cross
• Cube orientation control
• Seed control
• Full offline application
• csTimer and Cubeast import

Short demo

Examples usage

Start timing 3x3x3 solves :

term-timer solve

Start timing in Bluetooth showing the scrambled cube :

term-timer solve -bp

Start timing 2 solves of 4x4x4 in free-play :

term-timer solve -c 4 -f 2

Start timing with an easy white cross, with 15 secs of inspection :

term-timer solve -ei 15

Show statistics on recorded solves :

term-timer stats

Show tendencies graph on recorded solves :

term-timer graph

Show last ten recorded solves of 7x7x7 :

term-timer list 10 -c 7

Installation

pip install -e .

Acknowledgments

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the developers of the following projects, without which Term Timer would not have been possible:

• Herbert Kociemba's RubiksCube-TwophaseSolver for the highly efficient Two-Phase algorithm implementation that enables optimal 3x3x3 cube scrambles.

• trincaog's magiccube for providing an excellent foundation for cube modeling and manipulation.

• afedotov's gan-web-bluetooth for his clean and well-structured implementation of the GAN Bluetooth cubes.

Their outstanding work and contributions to the Rubik's Cube programming community have been invaluable to this project.

Demos

Help

General

Usage: term-timer [-h]
                  {solve,sw,t,list,ls,l,stats,st,s,graph,gr,g,cfop,op,c,detail,dt,d,import,im,i,export,ex,e}
                  ...

Speed cubing timer on your terminal.

Positional Arguments:
  {solve,sw,t,list,ls,l,stats,st,s,graph,gr,g,cfop,op,c,detail,dt,d,import,im,i,export,ex,e}
                        Available commands.
    solve (sw, t)       Start the timer and record solves.
    list (ls, l)        Display recorded solves.
    stats (st, s)       Display statistics.
    graph (gr, g)       Display trend graph.
    cfop (op, c)        Display CFOP cases.
    detail (dt, d)      Display detailed information about solves.
    import (im, i)      Import external solves.
    export (ex, e)      Export solves in HTML.

Options:
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.

Have fun cubing !

Timer

Usage: term-timer solve [-h] [-b] [-p] [-c CUBE] [-u SESSION] [-f] [-i SECONDS] [-m TEMPO] [-e]
                        [-n ITERATIONS] [-r SEED]
                        [SOLVES]

Start the speed cubing timer to record and time your solves.

Positional Arguments:
  SOLVES                Specify the number of solves to be done.
                        Default: Infinite.

Options:
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.

Configuration:
  -b, --bluetooth       Use a Bluetooth-connected cube.
                        Default: False.
  -p, --show-cube       Display the cube in its scrambled state.
                        Default: False.

Session:
  -c CUBE, --cube CUBE  Set the size of the cube (from 2 to 7).
                        Default: 3.
  -u SESSION, --session SESSION
                        Name of the session for solves.
                        Default: None.
  -f, --free-play       Enable free play mode to disable recording of solves.
                        Default: False.

Timer:
  -i SECONDS, --countdown SECONDS
                        Set the countdown timer for inspection time in seconds.
                        Default: 0.0.
  -m TEMPO, --metronome TEMPO
                        Set a metronome beep at a specified tempo in seconds.
                        Default: 0.0.

Scramble:
  -e, --easy-cross      Set the scramble with an easy cross.
                        Default: False.
  -n ITERATIONS, --iterations ITERATIONS
                        Set the number of random moves.
                        Default: Auto.
  -r SEED, --seed SEED  Set a seed for random move generation to ensure repeatable scrambles.
                        Default: None.

Origin Story

While I was diligently working on my personal CFOP databases, which can be accessed at https://cubing.fache.fr/, I encountered the necessity for a high-quality scrambling tool for a 3x3 Rubik's Cube. This tool was essential for the development of an innovative type of computer solver for the 3x3 cube.

Once I successfully developed this scrambler, it occurred to me that it would be a regrettable oversight not to capitalize on this momentum by creating a timing application based on the scrambler's functionality.

Having produced a straightforward prototype and finding the program to be quite satisfactory, I further concluded that withholding such a useful tool from the community would constitute another regrettable oversight.