MINDWhat's new: the latest in the Timer, analysis and Battle
What's new in Kruxmind, with the date each change arrived. Everything on this page is already live and you can use it today; the most recent is at the top.
Your next Ao5
At the top of Timer → Stats you see the range where 8 out of 10 of your next Ao5s will land, the most likely value and how likely a new Ao5 PB is. It is worked out from your last 50 solves and 5,000 Ao5s simulated with WCA rules: a range, not a promise. It shows up once you have 12 solves.
Your Kruxmind level
A single level that adds up your practice across the whole app: every valid solve earns 1 point (up to 200 a day), every PB 20, every day you practise 5, every Challenge 10, and every battle 15 if you win it or 3 if you play it. It counts your whole history and you can see it on the Home screen, in the Timer and in your Battle profile.
Cube rotations in the solve analysis
If you record the solve with a smart cube that has a gyroscope, the analysis counts your cube rotations: how many there were, in which phase and how many were 180°. Each one is marked on the solve timeline and tapping it takes you to that moment in the reconstruction.
Your first F2L pair against the optimal one
The analysis of every recorded solve compares your first F2L pair with the shortest possible one, in any of the four slots and without breaking the cross, and shows it to you step by step.
Scan your cube with the camera in the Solver
In the 3x3 Solver, “Scan with the camera” reads each face with your phone or computer camera, lets you check the colours and passes them to the Solver with “Use in the Solver”.
Every theme uses its colours better on the Home screen and in Battle
The Home screen and Battle rooms now use each theme's palette the same way the Timer does: the scramble is shown in the theme's text colour, Holo has softer borders and the Light theme no longer adds a glow to text.
What to improve, with the data behind each tip
In the Timer, each session's details and “View analysis” give you up to 3 tips. Each one says which data it comes from (for example, times that rise in the second half of the session, or inspection longer than 15 s) and what to do about it. No AI involved: these are rules you can check yourself.
Spaced repetition with three answers
In the algorithm trainers, when you review a case you answer Again, Good or Easy, and each button tells you when that case comes back (1, 3, 7, 16 or 35 days). The “Slowest” mode puts the cases you take longest to recognise first.
Learning paths in the guides
Guides now has a 6-step path: method, inspection, averages, cross, lookahead and practice. Each step links a guide to the Kruxmind tool you practise it with: the Timer, the cross trainer, the Predictor or the methods.
Free tools: averages, TPS and scrambles
Three free tools in the Timer: the Ao5 and Mo3 calculator, the TPS calculator and the batch scramble generator, in 18 categories; 4x4 and Square-1 scrambles are random-state.
Six new guides
Guides in four languages: CFOP vs Roux, what Ao5 and Ao12 are, the WCA inspection rules, how to plan the cross during inspection, lookahead in F2L and how to practise. They are also in the app, under Resources → Guides.
FTO: random-state scrambles and an expanded guide
FTO scrambles in the Timer and the batch generator are now random-state. The FTO guide adds notation, how to practise it in Kruxmind and frequently asked questions.
Analysis of every solve recorded with a smart cube
In the reconstruction of every 3x3 solve recorded with a smart cube you see the extra moves per phase, which OLL and PLL case you got, and your time on that case against your average on that same case. “Train this case” takes you straight to practising it.
Your cross against the optimal one
The “Cross” section of the analysis compares your cross with the shortest possible one and, with “Watch the optimal step by step”, shows it to you on the cube.
Pace: Lookahead and Smoothness
The “Pace” section of the analysis separates the time you spend stopped between phases (Lookahead) from the pauses within each phase (Smoothness), and compares both with your average.
The gyroscope in the reconstruction
If your smart cube has a gyroscope, the reconstruction also replays how you turned the cube in your hands, and you can switch it off. If a move gets lost over Bluetooth, it is recovered and you are told where.
“Long pause?”, suggested when you finish
With recorded moves (smart cube or on-screen cube), if there was a very long stop for your pace, “Long pause?” appears under the time with the seconds and the move where it happened. One tap tags it; it is never applied on its own and never changes the penalty.
Subsets to practise
In Case training → Subsets you get Last layer, PLL only, Last pair + LL, ZBLL, 2GLL, CMLL, LSE, EO solved, R and U only, and Edges only, all with random-state scrambles and in a separate session.
Your slowest cases
Above Subsets you see the OLL and PLL cases from your recorded solves where you take longer than your average, with a button to train just that case or the subset that practises it.
My cubes
A new My cubes tab in the Timer: name your cubes by category, mark the one you are using and every solve remembers which cube you used. You can link your smart cube so it is picked automatically when it connects, see a chart of your average with each cube and keep its look with “Save look”.
Inspection per category
Inspection follows the WCA rule for each category, and each category remembers whatever you change in it. Also, after a reload, OH, 3BLD, 4BLD, 5BLD, FMC and MBLD no longer jump back to 3x3.
7 timer fonts and better-balanced colours
In Timer → Settings → Display you can choose from 7 fonts for the timer. Each of the Timer's 4 themes also uses its palette better: the scramble and the stats appear in the theme's text colour, and the bright colour is kept for your best time.
Your public name, everywhere
If you connected your WCA account and agreed to show it, your WCA name and photo now also appear on the Home screen, in the Timer, in the daily challenge and in your account, not just in Battle. Without WCA you keep your nickname and your warrior.
Friendly competitions now advance on their own
In Battle friendlies, once the attempts are done the round closes at the same time in every group; with 8 or fewer players the final is set up, and the final crowns the champion.
Percentiles you can read
In Timer → Stats, your percentiles come in plain language (what your typical bad solve looks like), and every solve tells you where it ranks among your last 100.
Your goal and your PB history
A threshold with a personal goal that adjusts to your level and shows your weekly trend towards it, plus the history of your PBs.
When you solve best
A day × hour map that shows at which times of the week you get your best times, not just when you practise.
Stat boxes your way and the “Where” filter
The Timer's stat boxes can be set up by hand or with templates for each goal (competing, consistency, speed), and the “Where” filter splits your times by place, setup or cube.
Search and sort your solves
In the Timer and on the Home screen you can search and sort your solves and open each one with its date, inspection, a copyable scramble and the 2D net. Each solve's note syncs with your account.
Bulk actions in Sessions
In Sessions, both in the Timer and on the Home screen, you can select several solves at once to tag them or move them to another session.
Shortcuts and inspection alerts
New shortcuts in the Timer and a vibration at 8 and 12 s of inspection, the same moments at which WCA judges call out.
Set up your Timer in 4 questions
A quick wizard in Settings that gets the Timer ready for the way you practise. It never opens by itself when you start the app.
Your week, ready to share
Above Activity, “Your week” sums up your week of practice and creates a 1080x1440 card to share.
More charts in the Timer
Your progress, the step chart of your records, the Your range histogram, Under your mark and your week against the previous one are now shown as charts.
All your categories on the Home screen
A panel at the top of the Home screen with the time you spend solving, your minutes per month and category, the progress of each category and your records from the last 30 days.
Export your times
In Sessions you can export your times to take them to another timer. And when you import, each category (2x2, OH, BLD, FMC, Pyraminx, Skewb, FTO…) lands in the right place instead of ending up in 3x3.
QR code and average race in Battle
While you wait in a room, a QR code lets your friends join, and after each round “Average race” compares every player's Mo3, Ao5 and Ao12 in that room.
Your warrior is your avatar
The warrior you choose in Battle is your account avatar: it follows you from one device to another and appears in the ranking.
Connect your WCA account in Battle
With “Connect my WCA”, and only if you agree, your WCA name and photo are shown in the ranking and in results. You can withdraw that permission at any time; without WCA you keep your nickname and your warrior.
Official vs practice
In Timer → Stats, with your WCA ID you see your official results next to your practice, plus a sentence telling you how much slower or faster you are in competition.
Round simulator
In Stats you enter the cutoff, the time limit and the average to beat, and the Timer simulates 5,000 rounds with your recent solves and WCA rules to give you your chance of making it.
Your next competition
If you have a WCA ID and a competition on your calendar, Stats shows your groups (competing, judging, scrambling, running), the schedule in local time and in yours, a countdown and each round's cutoff and time limit, with “Simulate this round”.
Your warm-up
Stats tells you at which solve you reach your usual pace and, on competition day, what time to start warming up and how many solves to do, based on your own data.
Your WCA ID, saved to your account
You enter it once and it works on all your devices. It is only used to read public WCA data and is never shown to anyone else.
Friendly competitions in Battle
Admins and appointed organisers can create friendly competitions: you take part with an account, via a link or QR code, with 5 attempts per round, a WCA average and public results with a podium. They give no League points and no ELO.
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