{"metadata":{"id":"timing-mode-comparison","title":"Manual versus smart-cube timing","question":"How do manual and smart-cube practice times compare?","source":"SupaKewber practice data","sample_unit":"valid recorded solves","definition":"Manual results are stopped by keyboard or touch. Smart-cube results start on the first reported move and stop when the connected cube reports the solved state.","methodology":"Valid solves are grouped by immutable timer mode. Population means and best-result means are descriptive and do not prove the timing method causes a difference.","inclusion_rules":["Only completed 3\u00d73 solves between 3.00 and 120.00 seconds are included.","DNFs, +2 penalties, deleted solves and structurally invalid stage timestamps are excluded.","No username, solve ID, scramble, move sequence or individual result is published."],"exclusion_rules":["Users with fewer than five valid solves in the displayed mode","Cells below 20 users or 100 solves"],"privacy_rule":"Public SupaKewber cells require at least 20 distinct users and 100 observations unless the dataset contains no account identifier, in which case at least 100 observations are required.","last_updated":"2026-10-09","stable_page_url":"https:\/\/supakewber.com\/research\/timing-mode-comparison\/","json_url":"https:\/\/supakewber.com\/speedcubing-data\/downloads\/timing-mode-comparison.json","csv_url":"https:\/\/supakewber.com\/speedcubing-data\/downloads\/timing-mode-comparison.csv","publication_status":"collecting","sample_size":null,"contributing_users":null,"date_range":null,"threshold_message":"This dataset is collecting observations and will publish automatically after its privacy and stability threshold is reached."},"data":[]}