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Terms of Use
These are the terms you accept by using CubingHQ. They are short and written to be readable, because terms nobody can read protect nobody.
1. Who runs this
CubingHQ is operated by an individual, contactable at martimcubing@gmail.com. It is a personal project, not a company, and it is free to use.
2. What CubingHQ is not
CubingHQ is an unofficial fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or operated by the World Cube Association. Nothing here is an official WCA result, an official ranking, or an official interpretation of the WCA Regulations.
Simulated competition rounds are practice. They have no standing of any kind. If you want an official result, enter a real competition — the WCA website lists them.
"Rubik's Cube" is a trademark of Spin Master. We use it descriptively, to say what the site is for. We claim no rights in it.
3. Acceptable use
Battle rooms include a live chat, and chat visible to strangers needs rules. When using any part of CubingHQ that other people can see — room names, display names, chat messages, algorithm submissions — you agree not to post:
- Harassment, threats, or abuse directed at anyone
- Hate speech, or content attacking people over race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation
- Sexual content, or any content sexualising minors
- Content that is illegal, or that encourages illegal acts
- Spam, advertising, referral links, or automated flooding
- Personal information about yourself or anyone else — full names, addresses, schools, phone numbers, social handles
- Malware, phishing links, or attempts to compromise other users
- Impersonation of another cuber, of a WCA official, or of CubingHQ
Speedcubing has a young community. Please write in a Battle room as though a twelve-year-old is reading it, because one probably is.
4. Moderation
We may remove any content, clear any room, and block access, at our discretion and without notice. We do not pre-screen what people post and we do not monitor rooms continuously, so content may be visible for a period before we see it.
If you find something that breaks section 3, report it to martimcubing@gmail.com with the room name and roughly when you saw it. We will act on it as quickly as we practically can.
You remain responsible for what you post. Content you submit stays yours, but by posting it you grant us permission to display it on the site as part of the feature you used.
5. Your data lives on your device
Solve times, sessions and settings are stored in your browser, not on our servers. We cannot recover them for you. Clearing your browser data deletes them permanently, and so, sometimes, does a browser deciding on its own to reclaim storage.
If a session matters to you, export it. We mean this sincerely: it is the single most common way people lose data on sites built like this one, and it is entirely preventable.
The Privacy Policy covers the rest.
6. No warranty
CubingHQ is provided "as is". We do not guarantee that it will be available, that scrambles will always generate, that the timer will be accurate to any particular tolerance, that WCA data shown here is current, or that your data will survive.
Timing in a browser is subject to the browser, the device and the operating system. Do not treat a CubingHQ time as equivalent to a Stackmat time under competition conditions. It is close enough to train against and not close enough to argue about.
7. Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any loss arising from your use of CubingHQ, including lost solve data, lost time, or reliance on information shown here. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud.
8. Third-party data and attribution
CubingHQ shows and builds on work by others:
- Competition, ranking and profile data from the World Cube Association public API
- Scrambling and 3D puzzle rendering by cubing.js
- Algorithm sets referenced from SpeedCubeDB
- Interface conventions inspired by csTimer
If you own material you believe is used here without the right permission, email us and we will remove it promptly. We would rather hear from you than not.
9. Advertising
CubingHQ carries advertising to cover hosting. We do not control which specific ads are shown, and showing an ad is not an endorsement of the advertiser. Please do not click ads you are not genuinely interested in — it does not help us, and it puts the account at risk.
10. Changes
We may update these terms. The date at the top changes when we do. Continuing to use CubingHQ after a change means you accept the revised terms.
11. Governing law
These terms are governed by the law of Portugal, and the courts of Portugal have jurisdiction. If you are a consumer in the EU, this does not deprive you of the protection of the mandatory rules of your own country of residence.
12. Contact
martimcubing@gmail.com, or the contact page.