Speedcubing resources: links, shops, dictionary and questions

Learning to solve fast is, to a large extent, knowing where to look. Kruxmind keeps that library inside the app: links to sites that are alive, shops by country, a dictionary, and the questions everyone asks at the start.

57 external links, sorted by what they are for

It is not a long list for the sake of being long: it is split into ten categories by what you are actually after.

Algorithm trainers and reference databases.
Timers and practice, competitors included — if somebody else's tool does something better, the link is there.
Solvers and visualisation tools.
Spanish-language tutorials and recommended videos, because nearly all the good material in this field is in English.
Official, theory and community, and a credits section for those who helped.

A few concrete names from the list

So it does not stay abstract, here is what each category looks like inside:

Reference databases: AlgDB, J Perm and CubeSkills.
Competing timers: csTimer, CubeDesk and CubingTime.
Tools and visualisers: the Twizzle Editor and alg.garron.us.
Official and community: the World Cube Association site, SpeedSolving and the r/Cubers subreddit.

33 more references, from the WCA world

Beyond the general library there is a community links section in six blocks: the official WCA site, algorithms and tutorials, algorithm references per puzzle, tools and timers, community, and FTO.

46 shops in 22 countries

Buying a decent cube is the first real wall for a beginner, and the answer depends on where you live. The directory holds 46 shops across 22 countries and regions — from Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Peru to the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and the European Union, plus China and Hong Kong, where most of the hardware comes from.

These are links to independent shops, not an affiliate network of ours: Kruxmind does not sell cubes and charges nobody for being on that list.

662 terms, in four languages

The dictionary holds 662 entries in Spanish, English, Portuguese and German, with search and grouping by category. It covers everything from the basics — what an ao5 is, what a DNF is — to the jargon that shows up on a forum with nobody explaining it.

71 frequently asked questions

The questions section gathers 71 of them, also in the four languages: WCA rules, how averages are computed, which cube to buy, how to move from one method to another, what the app does and what it does not.

And the guides written here

Besides the outward links there is material written in-house: the solving methods guide per event, the FTO guide, the smart cubes one with each brand's protocol, and the scientific basis with its sources and their limits.

What it does not do

The links point to third-party sites Kruxmind does not control: they can change, move or shut down, and their content is the responsibility of whoever publishes it. It is also not a ranking: one tool appearing before another means only that it belongs to that category, not that it is better.

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