Old but still viable

[DecimatingSky]

Judging by the thread title, you should know what this is about.

I, for example, still main my Fangshi Shuangren v1 (possibly because I haven't gotten an order in forever) but I actually prefer it over my friend's (albeit horribly set-up) yuexiao. In fact, it corner cuts about 50 and reverses 1 cubie. This is after having it for a while, but even after getting some of the newer cubes, I may find that this amazingly set-up cube may be preferred over the horribly set-up new cubes. It's turning is as fast as a yuexiao, controllable, never pops, and corner cuts almost as good as it gets.

The only problem is that it corner twists quite a bit.

Anyone else have an old but great cube?

 

[Drad]

Judging by the thread title, you should know what this is about.

I, for example, still main my Fangshi Shuangren v1 (possibly because I haven't gotten an order in forever) but I actually prefer it over my friend's (albeit horribly set-up) yuexiao. In fact, it corner cuts about 50 and reverses 1 cubie. This is after having it for a while, but even after getting some of the newer cubes, I may find that this amazingly set-up cube may be preferred over the horribly set-up new cubes. It's turning is as fast as a yuexiao, controllable, never pops, and corner cuts almost as good as it gets.

The only problem is that it corner twists quite a bit.

Anyone else have an old but great cube?

I think you should go with the weilong because the shanty has center issues and the caps fall off often.

 

[Jbacboy]

All of them lol ( except maybe not the guhong)

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

The weilong is still my main even though I have tried almost every modern cube. I have yet to try a weilong gts, but I'm quite confident the weilong is still one of the best cubes.

 

[Ordway Persyn]

I'd say all of them, (I don't have a Guhong but i've heard its still decent) there not the best but there still Viable today.

 

[DGCubes]

I kinda think every speedcube that's decent at all is still viable. I've felt some amazing GuHong V2s that could pretty much beat out any other cube.

 

[tx789]

My old GuHong v1 still turns nice. I use my Zhanchi for OH, and the F2 for feet.

 

[YouCubing]

Shuangren is definitely one of the best for Feet imo

 

[AlphaSheep]

Out of those cubes, I have a Zhanchi, a Guhong and a Weilong. The guhong pops way too often to be usable (stripped core), but it's got the best feeling out of all my cubes, even the new ones. The Weilong has always had a slight catching which I don't like, but the Zhanchi sits on my desk at work and I solve it all the time. That said, I wouldn't choose to use it in a competition because I'd pick almost any if my more modern cubes over it.

 

[RhysC]

Recently switched my main to a weilong, no regrets

 

[Eduard Khil]

Dem new cubes just spoils everyones turning accuracy, rubiks brand ftw!

 

[newtonbase]

Judging by the thread title, you should know what this is about.

I thought it was an intro from an older cuber.

 

[DecimatingSky]

Dem new cubes just spoils everyones turning accuracy, rubiks brand ftw!

truu i still practice with my rubik's brand occasionally, it's fast and has zero corner cutting... op turning acc

 

[Hssandwich]

In support of older cubes, Alex Lau uses a Guhong.

 

[turtwig]

I still have my Zhanchi as my backup main. I use it sometimes when I'm to lazy to find my Yuexiao. It has horrible corning cutting, but its turning speed is on par with modern cubes imo.

 

[NotCubes]

I used a shuangren in comp because i lost my 3x3 and i got a really bad average.

 

[DecimatingSky]

I used a shuangren in comp because i lost my 3x3 and i got a really bad average.

keep in mind my shuangren has been tensioned multiple times, has been lubed and cleaned multiple times, has been dropped multiple times, and has been broken in, and then some. It's probably just mine, but I have zero problem with caps falling off. looking at the pieces in some places the plastic is very deteriorated, which promotes corner cutting almost on par with the yuexiao and other modern cubes

 

[Connor Balog]

My Zhanchi is pretty good for how old it is, it just eats through lube and is a pain to set up properly.

 

[Ghost Cuber]

All of them lol ( except maybe not the guhong)

5BLD on youtube is sub-7.5 and he uses a guhong v2

 

[genericcuber666]

i use a yulong for oh my main event its much better than anything else ive tried for oh