[Help Thread] Puzzle Choice Thread

[Rocketcuber@sibi]

What is the best 2x2

 

[CodingCuber]

Please add QiYi MS 2x2. It's pretty cheap and still manages to feel as good, if not better than a valk with the right setup.

 

[Rocketcuber@sibi]

Please add QiYi MS 2x2. It's pretty cheap and still manages to feel as good, if not better than a valk with the right setup.

Thanks for reminding me

 

[GAN CUBER]

The x man flare is also pretty good

 

[Rocketcuber@sibi]

The x man flare is also pretty good

Now you can poll your vote

 

[RoundUpCubing]

Meilong M is amazing, and you can get it for like 3$ lol. heard great things about the qiyi ms2, but dont have it so im going with the meilong m

 

[Cubing Forever]

Non mag meilong FTW

 

[Rocketcuber@sibi]

What do you mean

 

[Cubing Forever]

What do you mean

Put a drop of weight 1 lube in it and it goes zoom.

FTW-For the win

 

[aholeinthewor1d]

I wouldn't call myself a speedcuber or anything.. I learned 3x3 two years ago and just enjoy solving different puzzles. Currently I have a few 3x3s, 4x4, and 7x7. I pretty much only solve the 7x7 anymore because I like the fact that it takes a bit longer.


On the hunt for a new type of puzzle and came across the gigaminx which looks like it could be fun. I am pretty much only seeing the ShengShou. Is this is most popular one.. or the only decent one? I'd prefer to just get whichever is the best and this seems to be the only one I am finding.


Also if anyone has other suggestions for non standard puzzles I'm open to suggestions. Only requirements are that it's not super easy and takes some time to solve. Thanks!

 

[qwr]

It's pretty much the only decent one. mf8 had one years ago that was terrible.

Also if anyone has other suggestions for non standard puzzles I'm open to suggestions. Only requirements are that it's not super easy and takes some time to solve. Thanks!

I enjoyed learning figuring out cuboids and curvy coptrr. Also FTO is all the rage these days.

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

Shengshou is definitely the best one out there. Be warned it’s far from a speed cube though. Maybe you could lube and set it up but mine would be very hard to turn fast. Don’t get me wrong it’s a great puzzle and very entertaining but the state of Gigaminx hardware lends itself to causal not necessarily speed solving.

Cuboids are great fun in the non-wca world. The 3x3x4 and 3x3x5 are fun puzzles and present a new challenge. The 3x3x5 shape shifts which is fun and IMO is much harder than the former.

 

[Valcubing PB: 17sec]

i think u should buy the rs3m or the gan 11 m pro

 

[SH03L4C3]

i think u should buy the rs3m or the gan 11 m pro

RS3M 2020 ofc.
It is less of a commitment, and many people think hte 11 is too fast

 

[MJS Cubing]

Ya problem is for going REALLY fast, gan is the only cube out thats good unfortunately. Not even MSCube according to the cubicle.
Whenever I spam too hard (Tryhard) on my RS3M sometimes an edge piece pops out. Its wierd. The Antipop mechanism stops it from fully popping but it is not properly in the cube. You have to stop and lightly push it back in which can be anooying in the middle of an algorithm. (RS3M is still my main.)

WRM (Lucas Etter), Valk elite (Sean Villanueva, Mats Valk, Patrick Ponce), Yuxin Huanglong (Kevin Hays)

Heck, the 3x3 wr was set on a GTS2M!

 

[DNF_Cuber]

WRM (Lucas Etter), Valk elite (Sean Villanueva, Mats Valk, Patrick Ponce), Yuxin Huanglong (Kevin Hays)

Heck, the 3x3 wr was set on a GTS2M!

huanglong is a lot worse than cubes such as Valk m and guhong v4

 

[Valcubing PB: 17sec]

which cube I should buy
Gan 11 M pro or Gan 356 xs

 

[MJS Cubing]

I would buy the Guhong v4 over both of those. It's less expensive, so you have money left over for other cubes. I know of people main the Guhong v4 over those like @Owen Morrison, but if you really want to go with a Gan puzzle (They are certainly not the best options at this point in time) I would go with the 11 M pro. Also, based on what you said your 3x3 pb is in your member intro, you will not improve with a better cube (Unless you main a bad cube).

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

Hello and welcome to the forums. Based on the PB of 23s you mentioned in your intro thread what you most likely need to improve is knowledge and not a new cube unless your are solving on a really bad cube as @MJS Cubing said. Now, we have no idea what you currently solve on but please be aware that GAN cubes are not objectively better just because they're expensive.

I personally recommend the GuHong v4 over the XS (I own both) and would shy away from ththe very expensive 11 M Pro because you could easily get 3 other cubes that are main worthy for he price of th 11. IMO having multiple cubes of different styles is very beneficial so you can more easily find a cube that fits your turning style...and your really won't know what your "style" is until you've solving for a while.

FYI. as I was typing this your post was moved to our mega thread, "What cube should I get." It helps keeps the forums clean and organized...but your probably weren't aware this mega thread existed since you're new here. Cheers!

 

[Fried Ice]

Second hand or brand new?
So we have a local retailer cubing shop and its online and everyone can sell and buy there . So a seller has a second hand Gan 356 XS and the other one has a new unopened Gan 356 M and the second hand Gan XS costs 22$ and the new Gan 356 M is 30$ and i was wondering what i should get?