Dash Lambda
Veteran
This cube was purchased from The Cubicle in November.
Out of the box, this cube was awful. It felt as if the screws had been wrenched down and turning felt exceptionally slow, grindy, and lurchy. To my surprise, this did not go away when loosening the tensions.
After taking it apart and cleaning it, evening out the tensions, applying Lubicle Standard to the center pivots and Lubicle Speedy, Silk, and Maru to the pieces, and breaking it in a bit, it no longer feels like it's grinding. It's gotten marginally faster and the static friction has improved, which I suspect will get a little better after a longer break-in period.
Currently, the cube's outer layers are fast and give a rolling feel, I personally like them even more than on my YuXin. The center slices are much slower than the outer layers, something that I personally don't like but your mileage may vary, and they have an airy, swishy texture to them.
Unfortunately, the second layers are where this cube falls short. They have a very high static friction that has only improved marginally through use, making them lurch and jump rather than turn smoothly, and they catch far more than any modern speedcube I've owned thus far.
I suspect the catching is due to the "Hidden Anti-Pop" ridges on some of the pieces, and I'd like to see how it changes if someone has enough free time to try filing them down.
The cube's size is not ideal, but it bothers me less than I thought it would. It doesn't feel unwieldy, just a little big.
The stock sticker shades are great, they have good contrast and make my own scheme look dull. If anyone knows the exact shades, I'd love to get them (the scheme listed by The Cubicle is not exactly the same).
In the end, I can't fault it for being bad out of the box because I haven't encountered a 6x6 that wasn't. It's a very good cube until you look at the second layers, and they are bad enough to bring the whole cube down.
Out of the box, this cube was awful. It felt as if the screws had been wrenched down and turning felt exceptionally slow, grindy, and lurchy. To my surprise, this did not go away when loosening the tensions.
After taking it apart and cleaning it, evening out the tensions, applying Lubicle Standard to the center pivots and Lubicle Speedy, Silk, and Maru to the pieces, and breaking it in a bit, it no longer feels like it's grinding. It's gotten marginally faster and the static friction has improved, which I suspect will get a little better after a longer break-in period.
Currently, the cube's outer layers are fast and give a rolling feel, I personally like them even more than on my YuXin. The center slices are much slower than the outer layers, something that I personally don't like but your mileage may vary, and they have an airy, swishy texture to them.
Unfortunately, the second layers are where this cube falls short. They have a very high static friction that has only improved marginally through use, making them lurch and jump rather than turn smoothly, and they catch far more than any modern speedcube I've owned thus far.
I suspect the catching is due to the "Hidden Anti-Pop" ridges on some of the pieces, and I'd like to see how it changes if someone has enough free time to try filing them down.
The cube's size is not ideal, but it bothers me less than I thought it would. It doesn't feel unwieldy, just a little big.
The stock sticker shades are great, they have good contrast and make my own scheme look dull. If anyone knows the exact shades, I'd love to get them (the scheme listed by The Cubicle is not exactly the same).
In the end, I can't fault it for being bad out of the box because I haven't encountered a 6x6 that wasn't. It's a very good cube until you look at the second layers, and they are bad enough to bring the whole cube down.
