Create Your Own Cubing Record
Make a personal cubing record book to track Rubik's Cube solves, times, and progress; design pages and test improvement with timed solves.
Step-by-step guide to create your own cubing record
Step 1
Gather all your materials and put them on a clear workspace so you are ready to start.
Step 2
Write a short list of page types you want in your book like Cover Solve Log Averages Goals and Practice Plan at the top of a blank sheet.
Step 3
Design and decorate a cover page with a title and your name to make your book special.
Step 4
Draw one solve log template with neat columns labeled Date Scramble Time Penalty Notes using your ruler.
Step 5
Draw an averages and personal bests page with space for weekly averages and a small graph area.
Step 6
Make a goals and practice plan page with one short goal and one practice focus written clearly.
Step 7
Copy the solve log template onto several pages so you have room to record many solves.
Step 8
Stack your pages in order and bind them into a book using tape or a stapler.
Step 9
Number each solve log page at the top so you can find entries easily.
Step 10
Do five timed solves in a row using your stopwatch and write each scramble and time on the next lines of your solve log.
Step 11
Calculate the average of those five times and write the average on the averages page.
Step 12
Write one short note comparing your new average to your personal best or to your last average.
Step 13
Choose one specific technique to practice next and write a simple practice plan for your next session.
Step 14
Decorate pages with colours and stickers to personalize and make your record book look awesome.
Step 15
Share your finished cubing record book on DIY.org.
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
I don't have a ruler, stapler, or stopwatch—what can I substitute so I can still make and bind my book and time solves?
Use the straight edge of a hardcover book or cereal-box flap to draw neat columns (step 'Draw one solve log template'), use a binder clip or hole punch and string instead of tape or a stapler to bind the pages (step 'bind them into a book'), and time your solves with your phone's timer for the 'Do five timed solves' step.
My columns are crooked and my five-solve average looks wrong—how can I fix these problems?
Redraw the solve log template lightly in pencil using a straight edge (step 'Draw one solve log template'), re-copy the template onto fresh pages if needed (step 'Copy the solve log template'), and recalculate the 'average of those five times' with a phone calculator to avoid arithmetic errors.
How can I adapt this activity for different ages so it's fun and useful for both young kids and older kids?
For younger children, pre-draw and copy solve log pages and let them decorate and sticker the cover while an adult does the timing (steps 'Copy the solve log template', 'Design and decorate a cover page', 'Do five timed solves'), and for older kids have them add split times, detailed graphs on the 'averages and personal bests' page, and a written 'practice plan' with specific algorithms.
What are simple ways to extend or personalize the cubing record book after I finish the basic steps?
Add a monthly progress graph area to the 'averages and personal bests' page, color-code columns for penalties and notes on the solve log pages, paste a photo or printed scramble next to each entry, and then share the finished book on DIY.org (step 'Share your finished cubing record book on DIY.org').
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⏱️ Speedcubers track both single best times and averages (like "average of 5") to see real improvement over practice.
🏆 Feliks Zemdegs is one of the most famous speedcubers, with many world titles and records that inspired a generation.
🔢 Singmaster notation uses letters like R, L, U, D, F, B to write down cube moves and algorithms for practice.
🌍 The World Cube Association organizes official competitions in dozens of countries, so cubers compete globally.
🧩 There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible Rubik's Cube positions — that's over 43 quintillion!
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