Solve settings
Speedcubing Timer
Practice solves with instant or hold-to-start timing, autosave, solve history, averages, keyboard shortcuts, and fullscreen.
How this speedcubing timer works
This page is for repeated solve practice. Choose instant start or hold-to-start, run a solve, stop the timer, then keep or remove the result from your local solve history. The active stopwatch remains the first thing you read, with history and averages below the tool.
If inspection is enabled, it gives you a short pre-solve rhythm before timing begins. Penalty controls and solve removal help keep your practice history useful when a solve is mistimed, started by mistake, or should not be included in your local summary.
Practice examples and settings
Use instant start for quick casual solves, hold-to-start when you want a more deliberate start, and inspection when you want a consistent setup before the solve. For a warmup session, keep every solve. For focused practice, remove obvious misfires so your recent averages reflect the attempts you meant to track.
- Practice session: solve several times, review best and average rows, then reset history when you want a fresh block.
- Warmups: keep the display simple and use history only as a rough personal trend.
- Mistimed attempts: apply penalties or remove solves based on how you want your local practice log to read.
Averages, history, and limitations
Averages and best-time rows are practice summaries from the solves stored in this browser. They are helpful for comparing your own recent attempts, but they are not a certified competition record. Device input latency, keyboard behavior, touch timing, browser focus, and display refresh rate can affect measured times.
If you are practicing for an event, use this page as a local training aid and follow the timing rules required by that event or organization.
Related solving and speed tools
For a general elapsed timer, use the stopwatch. For timing an activity upward from zero, try the count-up timer. For start-response practice, use the reaction time test. For split-based game runs, use the speedrun timer.
Speedcubing timer FAQ
Is this WCA-compliant?
Treat it as a browser-based practice timer. Use the equipment and rules required by your event if you need official competition timing.
What should I do with accidental solves?
Remove the solve or apply the available penalty controls so your local history matches how you want to review the session.
Why do times vary by device?
Browser focus, keyboard/touch latency, refresh rate, and device load can all affect input timing. For comparable practice, keep your setup consistent.