QS · sunQuarter time Same direction
Both hands circle in the same direction, a quarter-cycle apart. Either hand can lead.
When one reaches the top, the other is at the side. At equal speed, that quarter-cycle gap stays fixed.
Try timing and directionIn practice
Quarter-time poi weaves appear in the 2005 discussion below. DrexFactor also uses this timing in a third-order chase in 2011.
Timing and placement
Quarter time describes when things arrive. Gamma describes hands on adjacent grid points. Timing and placement are separate.
In TKA
S is a Quarter-Same dual-shift. Sun identifies the S–V family in TKA.
Explore this in TKALearn from other spinners
- DrexFactor: Third-order quarter time chase Advanced poi notes on phasing between quarter time and Split-Same. Written explanation; the page reports its old Flash video as unavailable.
- Noel Yee: Vulcan Tech Gospel The four-mode VTG framework, flower patterns, and links to fan and hoop teaching. This overview covers together and split timing.
History & sources
Quarter-time wording appears in a 2002 poi discussion. In 2005, spinners discuss quarter-time weaves while distinguishing timing from direction. A 2009 thread describes the same-direction case in terms of phase.
These are dated examples of public use, not claims of invention.
- Concept moves and why make lists? 2002: quarter-time butterflies discussed by name.
- Can you do this move? 2005: timing and direction defined separately, with examples of all four combinations.
- In Depth Move Families 2009 phase-and-symmetry description of same-direction quarter timing.
- Third-order quarter time chase DrexFactor's 2011 same-direction quarter-time exploration.
- TKA public repository record 2025: TKA data with separate quarter-time and same-direction fields.