Well, if you are a beginner and average more than a minute, I'd recommend getting an actual Rubik's cube. I know it's crap and locks up and can be very slow if you're unlucky, and trust me I'd been using them for 6 months, at least you don't have to worry about tension and pops... when you're that slow you'd want to concentrate on cubing not avoiding pops and crap like that... at least if there are better cubes that don't pop go get one of these. I can't make recommendations because I haven't found one.