[Help Thread] Is my cube / puzzle a dud?

[Thom S.]

Center caps will not stay in place

Do you mean that the whole piece pops out or just the cap of the piece comes apart from the mechanism?

For the later, you can fix this by gluing the cap and mechanism together as you don't need to seperate them anyway

 

[PapaSmurf]

Do you have any pictures?

 

[xyzzy]

Maybe some of the sides are missing springs?

Has the cube always been like that, or did it become terrible only after you did something to it?

 

[SubZero]

Just bough Wuque 4x4 and inner plastic is white, not orange and it has strong plastic smell. Turns bad and inner layers turn very bad. Do you guys think its not original? Did anyone have simlar problem?

 

[Diving Cuber]

Just bough Wuque 4x4 and inner plastic is white, not orange and it has strong plastic smell. Turns bad and inner layers turn very bad. Do you guys think its not original? Did anyone have simlar problem?

My wuque internals are blue. And out of the box the wuque is slooooowwwww.

 

[AbsoRuud]

Just bough Wuque 4x4 and inner plastic is white, not orange and it has strong plastic smell. Turns bad and inner layers turn very bad. Do you guys think its not original? Did anyone have simlar problem?

I would contact the seller and see what they think. Where'd you buy it from?

 

[WillyTheWizard]

So I was solving with my newest cube, the YJ MGC Magnetic 2x2 and then this piece pops out

if you need another angle please ask.

 

[asacuber]

just try and find out how the corner cap actually goes in(like at what position you should place it in) and try fixing it.
its tedious but does work in the end

 

[WillyTheWizard]

nevermind I fixed it but thanks for trying to help! @asacuber

 

[igoorpfx]

Problems with Qiyi 3x3 Warrior W..?

Hi guys, It's my first time here, and my cube slips a lot from my hand, sometimes I want to rotate a layer and I move all three at the same time, the middle seems to move a lot! I bought it a week ago, and I do not know if I'm finding it strange because I'm not accustomed, or if the cube is very smooth that I can't even control it... The cube almost escape from my hands all the time!! Please help!

I am newbie in this speed solving world, my record is 1:11, I am pretty slow.. But I am getting better

 

[GenTheSnail]

Try putting some thicker (30k-50k, weight 3-5) silicone lube to slow the cube down a little.

Also, try not to turn super fast. If you make sure that your finger tricks are accurate and calm, you shouldn't have any issues.
However, if you try to spam 6 TPS (turns per second) move sequences, you might have trouble holding onto your cube.

 

[igoorpfx]

Try putting some thicker (30k-50k, weight 3-5) silicone lube to slow the cube down a little.

Also, try not to turn super fast. If you make sure that your finger tricks are accurate and calm, you shouldn't have any issues.
However, if you try to spam 6 TPS (turns per second) move sequences, you might have trouble holding onto your cube.

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Thank You very Much!!

 

[StrideGd]

What's up with my Little Magic?
The Little Magic is the only speedcube I currently have, but for some reason, it doesn't seem anywhere near as good as people say it is in reviews and such. The corner cutting is not even close to what I hear it's supposed to be. I tried loosening it but it just makes it really unstable and pop more often, and barely affects the corner cutting. Because apart from the Little Magic I've only ever tried a Valk Power and GAN cube (not sure which one), and only for a little bit, I'm not sure if it's supposed to be this way since I don't know if this is what a speedcube of it's supposed tier should be like. I haven't tried lubing it, (I don't have any lube), so that could be a problem, but I doubt that because of not having lube it would make it this much worse.

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

What's up with my Little Magic?
The Little Magic is the only speedcube I currently have, but for some reason, it doesn't seem anywhere near as good as people say it is in reviews and such. The corner cutting is not even close to what I hear it's supposed to be. I tried loosening it but it just makes it really unstable and pop more often, and barely affects the corner cutting. Because apart from the Little Magic I've only ever tried a Valk Power and GAN cube (not sure which one), and only for a little bit, I'm not sure if it's supposed to be this way since I don't know if this is what a speedcube of it's supposed tier should be like. I haven't tried lubing it, (I don't have any lube), so that could be a problem, but I doubt that because of not having lube it would make it this much worse.

yuxin little magic m is my only 3x3 speed cube too. before lubricating the cube, it is bad at all, super fast and very uncontrollable. after lubing and tensioning it, it performs super good, with good controllability.I used moyu v3 lube, which is an heavy lube, then a tiny bit of water base lube. The normal cornercutting is 55°, which is better than some flagships. the reverse cornercutting is just before a cuby piece, which is fine for me.
I recommend you to magnetize and lube your yuxin little magic, as yuxin little magic m is the best cube showing the power of magnets. yuxin little magic is very unstable and uncontrollably fast without magnets. I used 4*2 n35 in my yuxin little magic.

 

[leven Williams]

What's up with my Little Magic?
The Little Magic is the only speedcube I currently have, but for some reason, it doesn't seem anywhere near as good as people say it is in reviews and such. The corner cutting is not even close to what I hear it's supposed to be. I tried loosening it but it just makes it really unstable and pop more often, and barely affects the corner cutting. Because apart from the Little Magic I've only ever tried a Valk Power and GAN cube (not sure which one), and only for a little bit, I'm not sure if it's supposed to be this way since I don't know if this is what a speedcube of it's supposed tier should be like. I haven't tried lubing it, (I don't have any lube), so that could be a problem, but I doubt that because of not having lube it would make it this much worse.

Okay Buddy, the little magic is a presently nice puzzle. It's got Yuxin's trademark speed, excellent corner cutting, and overall potential, AFTER SET UP... Unless you take the time and money to lubricate, correctly tension, and experiment with, almost any puzzle will seem bad ootb. I'm just a noob, but I've had over 25 puzzles and none of them were perfect ootb. Firstly, heavy lube makes a huge difference... Second, you're tensioning it wrong. I would never loosen the little magic. It would catch, and eventually pop. Only tighten it... Third, The little magic needs magnets to be really good. I originally used lite magnets from the cubicle, but I've found that strong magnets are really needed to tame the puzzle's stability and speed issues. Lastly, in my opinion, the little magic is the best budget puzzle on the market if you take time to set it up. Chances are its not a dud, just needs work.

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

Okay Buddy, the little magic is a presently nice puzzle. It's got Yuxin's trademark speed, excellent corner cutting, and overall potential, AFTER SET UP... Unless you take the time and money to lubricate, correctly tension, and experiment with, almost any puzzle will seem bad ootb. I'm just a noob, but I've had over 25 puzzles and none of them were perfect ootb. Firstly, heavy lube makes a huge difference... Second, you're tensioning it wrong. I would never loosen the little magic. It would catch, and eventually pop. Only tighten it... Third, The little magic needs magnets to be really good. I originally used lite magnets from the cubicle, but I've found that strong magnets are really needed to tame the puzzle's stability and speed issues. Lastly, in my opinion, the little magic is the best budget puzzle on the market if you take time to set it up. Chances are its not a dud, just needs work.

Do you think yuxin little magic m is better than the rs3m and the YJ yulong v2m?

 

[StrideGd]

Okay Buddy, the little magic is a presently nice puzzle. It's got Yuxin's trademark speed, excellent corner cutting, and overall potential, AFTER SET UP... Unless you take the time and money to lubricate, correctly tension, and experiment with, almost any puzzle will seem bad ootb. I'm just a noob, but I've had over 25 puzzles and none of them were perfect ootb. Firstly, heavy lube makes a huge difference... Second, you're tensioning it wrong. I would never loosen the little magic. It would catch, and eventually pop. Only tighten it... Third, The little magic needs magnets to be really good. I originally used lite magnets from the cubicle, but I've found that strong magnets are really needed to tame the puzzle's stability and speed issues. Lastly, in my opinion, the little magic is the best budget puzzle on the market if you take time to set it up. Chances are its not a dud, just needs work.

Mine came pretty tight out of the box, and it was really slow. I basically had no other choice but to loosen it. I don't have any magnets I could use right now, but I am gonna order some lube next time I purchase cubes so I can use it to make it better. I was just confused since so many people say it's really good out of the box.

 

[leven Williams]

Mine came pretty tight out of the box, and it was really slow. I basically had no other choice but to loosen it. I don't have any magnets I could use right now, but I am gonna order some lube next time I purchase cubes so I can use it to make it better. I was just confused since so many people say it's really good out of the box.

Hmmm... that's strange... I've never heard of a slow little magic, most of the time they're wayyy fast... next time you purchase cubes, be sure to get some little magic stickers. You'll need em....

 

[leven Williams]

Do you think yuxin little magic m is better than the rs3m and the YJ yulong v2m?

Yes. Though I've Only borrowed the rs3m from my friend. The yulong is okay, but it catches and corner twists... overall yeah the little magic m is my back up main...

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

Mine came pretty tight out of the box, and it was really slow. I basically had no other choice but to loosen it. I don't have any magnets I could use right now, but I am gonna order some lube next time I purchase cubes so I can use it to make it better. I was just confused since so many people say it's really good out of the box.

Mine was very tight ootb too, but it was still crazy fast. Only thick lube will help.