[Help Thread] "What cube should I get?" The Puzzle Choice Thread

Michael Womack · Sep 22, 2013

RR said:
I want a cube that is good for OH. What cube i should get ? I'm thinking Fangshi Shuangren Mini is it good for OH ?

I hear the new Maru Cx3 is good for OH. But the other good Oh cubes are the 55mm Zhanchi, 54.6mm Fangshi, and the 50mm Zhanchi.

rj · Sep 23, 2013

TheNextFeliks said:
You did it again. Fangshi or Zhanchi? Oh definitely the Weilong (cause that was clearly a choice). I think of Fangshi as more smooth IMO.

I was recommending an alternative. Sheesh.

kcl · Sep 23, 2013

rj said:
I was recommending an alternative. Sheesh.

And did it answer his question? No. If you can't answer the question, don't reply.

ThePhenomenal · Sep 23, 2013

I´m averaging around 25s with a dayan zhanchi and i´d like to try out a new cube cuz i really dont like the feel. I havent been really active in the cube world so i just recently looked up some cube reviews on: moyu weilong, huanying, fangshi mf8. From what i´ve seen i think im going to get either the huanying or weilong but is there any other new cubes that have come out? I´d like the cube that is smooth, unpoppable and doesnt need much lubrication cuz im lazy.

rj · Sep 23, 2013

ThePhenomenal said:
I´m averaging around 25s with a dayan zhanchi and i´d like to try out a new cube cuz i really dont like the feel. I havent been really active in the cube world so i just recently looked up some cube reviews on: moyu weilong, huanying, fangshi mf8. From what i´ve seen i think im going to get either the huanying or weilong but is there any other new cubes that have come out? I´d like the cube that is smooth, unpoppable and doesnt need much lubrication cuz im lazy.

Weilong. Smooth. Unpoppable. No lube needed, but lubing the core is nice.

Get it Here.

windhero · Sep 23, 2013

ThePhenomenal said:
I´m averaging around 25s with a dayan zhanchi and i´d like to try out a new cube cuz i really dont like the feel. I havent been really active in the cube world so i just recently looked up some cube reviews on: moyu weilong, huanying, fangshi mf8. From what i´ve seen i think im going to get either the huanying or weilong but is there any other new cubes that have come out? I´d like the cube that is smooth, unpoppable and doesnt need much lubrication cuz im lazy.

Definitely WeiLong over the HuanYing. Other cubes you should consider are the following: Maru CX-3, FangShi Shuangren V2, Dayan Guhong V2, ShengShou Aurora. I suggest you watch the reviews. All the cubes I mentioned have a different feel to them and are different to the Zhanchi.

No cube needs to be lubed often, perhaps once every 500-1000 solves. All cubes need their hardware lubed, just not as often as the pieces.

YOUdudex · Sep 24, 2013

ThePhenomenal said:
I´m averaging around 25s with a dayan zhanchi and i´d like to try out a new cube cuz i really dont like the feel. I havent been really active in the cube world so i just recently looked up some cube reviews on: moyu weilong, huanying, fangshi mf8. From what i´ve seen i think im going to get either the huanying or weilong but is there any other new cubes that have come out? I´d like the cube that is smooth, unpoppable and doesnt need much lubrication cuz im lazy.

When I was averaging 25s with my good'ol zhanchi, I bought a weilong. Just after 50 solves it became my new main and improved my times by 1 sec in 2-3 days. I have also tried Huanying, GuHong v2 and Fangshi but I was getting better times with my Zhanchi. I'd say go for MoYu WeiLong, I've solved it 1.6k times, no pops so far.

kcl · Sep 25, 2013

YOUdudex said:
When I was averaging 25s with my good'ol zhanchi, I bought a weilong. Just after 50 solves it became my new main and improved my times by 1 sec in 2-3 days. I have also tried Huanying, GuHong v2 and Fangshi but I was getting better times with my Zhanchi. I'd say go for MoYu WeiLong, I've solved it 1.6k times, no pops so far.

Or it's because you solved a lot in those 2-3 days.. Practice makes you faster.

But yeah, weilong is probably the option you want to try. You really don't need a different cube at your speed though.

rj · Sep 25, 2013

kclejeune said:
Or it's because you solved a lot in those 2-3 days.. Practice makes you faster.

But yeah, weilong is probably the option you want to try. You really don't need a different cube at your speed though.

It does help. I got a weilong and dropped my times from ~30 to ~26. Just saying. If you feel like it would help, go ahead.

kcl · Sep 25, 2013

rj said:
It does help. I got a weilong and dropped my times from ~30 to ~26. Just saying. If you feel like it would help, go ahead.

Yes, I know. But I feel like your times shouldn't be dependent on the cube. I can get sub 15 on a guhong, zhanchi, weilong, fangshi, etc. IMO If your times are dependent on the cube (I'm talking about speedcubes) then you're most likely developing bad technique.

rj · Sep 25, 2013

kclejeune said:
Yes, I know. But I feel like your times shouldn't be dependent on the cube. I can get sub 15 on a guhong, zhanchi, weilong, fangshi, etc. IMO If your times are dependent on the cube (I'm talking about speedcubes) then you're most likely developing bad technique.

I can get sub-30 on any good cube, but the weilong helped me get to sub 30.

kcl · Sep 25, 2013

rj said:
I can get sub-30 on any good cube, but the weilong helped me get to sub 30.

My theory is that you THINK the weilong made you sub 30, but it's a psychological effect. You probably liked the feel more, and thus practiced more, and voilà, you were sub 30!

rj · Sep 25, 2013

kclejeune said:
My theory is that you THINK the weilong made you sub 30, but it's a psychological effect. You probably liked the feel more, and thus practiced more, and vuallah, you were sub 30!

It's Voila. It helped. In some way. You might be right.

YOUdudex · Sep 25, 2013

kclejeune said:
Or it's because you solved a lot in those 2-3 days.. Practice makes you faster.

But yeah, weilong is probably the option you want to try. You really don't need a different cube at your speed though.

That may be true, but atleast it gave me motivation to do so!

kcl · Sep 25, 2013

rj said:
It's Voila. It helped. In some way. You might be right.

Yeah sorry, that's a joke from my French class in school. Fixed.

YddEd · Sep 25, 2013

rj said:
It does help. I got a weilong and dropped my times from ~30 to ~26. Just saying. If you feel like it would help, go ahead.

So apparently you're sub 26.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-mqI5uLJ1g

Sup 30 solve with a PLL skip.

just saying. single's donut matter that much

rj · Sep 25, 2013

YddEd said:
So apparently you're sub 26.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-mqI5uLJ1g

Sup 30 solve with a PLL skip.

just saying. single's donut matter that much

That was a while ago. I'm around 26, not sub 26.

ThomasJE · Sep 27, 2013

So there are a few people in my school (around 11/12 yo) that are interested in learning to solve the Rubik's cube. What cube should I get? Preferably one that's smooth, not too fast, doesn't pop and is quite cheap.

kunparekh18 · Sep 27, 2013

ThomasJE said:
So there are a few people in my school (around 11/12 yo) that are interested in learning to solve the Rubik's cube. What cube should I get? Preferably one that's smooth, not too fast, doesn't pop and is quite cheap.

SS Wind/Aurora maybe

kcl · Sep 27, 2013

kunparekh18 said:
SS Wind/Aurora maybe

Definitely this. Probably the aurora unless the wind is cheaper. If the wind didn't lock up so much it would be my main.

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