hakatashi/smart-cube-timer

Add training mode for OLL and PLL

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I am learning OLL and PLL, so I thought that it would be very useful if the timer had an option to show which algorithms should be used after completing F2L. The 2-Look method should suffice.

Well, I might misunderstand you. Do you mean that, let the timer tell you how to solve the oll and pll when using a Giiker cube?

Yes, the idea was for it to show the complete algorithm. But I didn't realize until now that it actually already shows the name of the algorithm to use after completing F2L.

Well, for each OLL or PLL, there will be multiple algorithms (http://algdb.net/puzzle/333/pll). It's hard for the timer to decide which to show.

Hmm, true. The timer needs a database of the most common algorithms for each OLL and PLL. The timer should have a default but also let the user pick other algorithms for each OLL and PLL in a settings menu. This is quickly becoming a bigger feature than I expected. ;)

And another question is, after F2L, the orientation of the cube is not determined. How does the timer knows the orientation of the physical cube?

Yes, this also occurred to me. The timer would need to indicate the color of the face that you're supposed to be looking at, so you can do a cube rotation.