New to the game, choosing my first speedcube!

[nck]

I'd say it's a bit too late for that. I'm already having fun with a new cube. My FII came in yesterday and I'm having a blast. It's a lot easier and more fun to play on.

I guess like any skill-toy, the speed-cubing world has its purists.

BTW. F2L is a trip, learning it isn't just fun, it's strange and weird and different every single solve. I should've gotten into this sooner.

Learning it is fun indead
However, it would become boring when you 'master' it.

 

[IV]

I'd say it's a bit too late for that. I'm already having fun with a new cube. My FII came in yesterday and I'm having a blast. It's a lot easier and more fun to play on.

I guess like any skill-toy, the speed-cubing world has its purists.

BTW. F2L is a trip, learning it isn't just fun, it's strange and weird and different every single solve. I should've gotten into this sooner.

Learning it is fun indead
However, it would become boring when you 'master' it.

True but I've noticed a lot of you guys have fun just going for your best times, that and doing other puzzles that sort of fall into the same genre like the 4x4x4 and up cubes.

 

[Mephisto]

Well, if you average at over 2 minutes, speedcubes are not your priority. Buy a storebought, heck, buy a few storeboughts. By the time you start getting better times, you will have broken it in (Make sure you lubricate the cube, it will speed up breaking the cube in). After 2 years, my storebought cuts corners and turns better than any DIY I could imagine, and I perform 0 maintainence, other than the occasional lubrication...

And start using finger tricks if you haven't already. Using fingers instead of full hands will decrease your times TREMENDOUSLY. It's the first step in cubing.

Heck, using the beginner's method, I've accomplished 26.72 seconds with my storebought cube!

This.
Get a speedcube when your f2l is like say 10-15s.

I don't see the point in waiting to purchase a decent cube. I'm new to speebcubing myself, but my rubik's storebought is just so tight it's annoying. For example, doing a double flip just takes more effort than it should do. How can you practice using finger tricks if your cube is way too tight and doesn't allow it properly?

I'm using it for quite a while now and I don't think it will ever become a beast, maybe it will improve a bit (after some more breaking in), but I don't expect anything shocking tbh.

You advise someone to break in a storebought for over 2 years, so that it then becomes better than a DIY, while there are DIY's which are great out of the box?

Moreover you advise one to buy several storeboughts? Well, then I'd advise one to spend your money on several different cubes, buying some DIY's (different types) and perhaps even a storebought (probably you already would have one as a beginner) and then see which cube suits you best. It might be the storebought, but it's all personal preference right? So why not try different types and see which type you like most? Why wait two years to do that?

Just my 2 cents (even though I'm a beginner)

 

[penguinasaur]

make your cube better

if you have a rubiks brand then go out and buy 2 or 3 grains of sandpaper and spend a few hours doing a little bit of sanding, you will learn a lot about the cube. If you dont want that then use your rubiks till you get down to about 1.30 and then switch to a type C or a c4U brand speedcube, they are both rather cheap and will get your times lower...they wont change it much though, they wil just give you the chance to improve

 

[teller]

Well, if you average at over 2 minutes, speedcubes are not your priority. Buy a storebought, heck, buy a few storeboughts. By the time you start getting better times, you will have broken it in (Make sure you lubricate the cube, it will speed up breaking the cube in). After 2 years, my storebought cuts corners and turns better than any DIY I could imagine, and I perform 0 maintainence, other than the occasional lubrication...

And start using finger tricks if you haven't already. Using fingers instead of full hands will decrease your times TREMENDOUSLY. It's the first step in cubing.

Heck, using the beginner's method, I've accomplished 26.72 seconds with my storebought cube!

This.
Get a speedcube when your f2l is like say 10-15s.

I don't see the point in waiting to purchase a decent cube. I'm new to speebcubing myself, but my rubik's storebought is just so tight it's annoying. For example, doing a double flip just takes more effort than it should do. How can you practice using finger tricks if your cube is way too tight and doesn't allow it properly?

I'm using it for quite a while now and I don't think it will ever become a beast, maybe it will improve a bit (after some more breaking in), but I don't expect anything shocking tbh.

You advise someone to break in a storebought for over 2 years, so that it then becomes better than a DIY, while there are DIY's which are great out of the box?

Moreover you advise one to buy several storeboughts? Well, then I'd advise one to spend your money on several different cubes, buying some DIY's (different types) and perhaps even a storebought (probably you already would have one as a beginner) and then see which cube suits you best. It might be the storebought, but it's all personal preference right? So why not try different types and see which type you like most? Why wait two years to do that?

Just my 2 cents (even though I'm a beginner)

You are correct. I have no idea why anyone should wait to buy an F-II no matter what their skill level. It is as if your fingers will allegedly melt or some evil monkey will jump out of the closet and kill you if you buy a DIY before you are sub-whatever. It's nonsense. Buy a DIY, and enjoy it NOW.