your speed cube history.

[buelercuber]

Alright, in this thread i am hoping to get all of your main speed cube replacement stories, all the way from a storebought (intending it was your first) all the way to a AV, FII, of Guhong ( or any other cube). I want to hear them

in return i shall give you mine:
3x3:
1. Rubik's storebought
2. Type A I white
3. Cube 4 you transparent black
4. Edison cube white
5. Haiyan's cube white
6. Ghosthand II, then traded for a Dayan II GITD* green.
7. Dayan II GITD* green
8. Alpha V white,
9. Guhong white.
10. Type F II.

And to this day I use my Guhong the most.
i also seemed to have gone through some cubes along my trek of 2 and a half years.

your turn,

and ,

GOGOGO
:tu



*glow in the dark.

EDIT: since everyone is doing all of their main cubes, i will too.

2x2 :
1. mini eastsheen keychain black.
2. eastsheen white.
3. Lan Lan white.

4x4:
1. Rubiks 4x4 borrowed from a friend, pretty much broken.
2. Eastsheen white, (got it with the order of my 2x2 eastsheen)
3. YJ white.

5x5:
1. V-cube 5

6x6:
1. Every now and then i borrow my friends v-cube 6 that i modded

7x7:
1. V-cube 7

Sq1:
1. MF8 sqi green
2. Cubetwist sq1 white.

 

[bluedasher]

1.) Storebought
2.) A-Core DIY (White)
3.) Edison (Black)
4.) Ghosthand I (Black)
5.) Dayan Guhong (White)

I know, not that many 3x3's as some people.

 

[Hyprul 9-ty2]

will doodoo this for teh lulz

Rubiks storebought
Diansheng
Fake F
Faker F
Type A-3 whateveritscallednewold
-C4Y-
-YJ-
F2
F2
Guhong
-meansboughtbutdidntreallyuse-

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

• Black storebought
• White mystery cube that I didn't know was adjustable, at first, then I figured it out later. It was still pretty good
• White C4U DIY
• Black C-II
• Black F-II

 

[xdaragon]

1. Dollar Store
2. Rubik's Brand
3. A-V (That's what it was called when I bought it)
4. Type A
5. Ghosthand I
6. Ghosthand II
7. F-II x2
8. A-V again
9. Rubik's Diy
10. Dayan Lingyun II
11. Haiyan Haiyan
12. Haiyan 's Memory
13. Guhong

 

[SWelsh1000]

1. 50 cent cube
2.Cube4You DIY
3.Type AV
4.Type FII
5.Type AV again
6.DaYan GuHong

 

[waffle=ijm]

* - never used in a competition which is A LOT of them

3x3
Cubes 1-4: Storeboughts (all dead) *
5, 6: White Rubik's DIY (all dead) *
7: White AII
8: White AI (dead)
9: White AII again (from 7)
10: White AI again *
11: White AI modded (dead)
12: White AII again (from 7)
13: White Edison (sort of dead) *
14: White AII again again (from 7)
15: White CII *
16: White Guhong
17 (current): White Lingyun. *

2x2
Black ES
Black ES (dead) *
White ES(dead)
White Maru (dead)*
White DS

4x4
Pretooled Storebought (dead) *
Black ES (dead) *
White ES
White QJ
White Mini QJ (dead) *
White QJ
White Maru

5x5
Black ES (dead)
White ES (dead)
White V Cube

6x6
White V cube modded (dead)
White V Cube *

7x7
White V7
White V7 *

Sq-1
MF8
MF8 *
CubeTwist *

Pyraminx
DX Pyra (dead, but tim reynolds still loves it )
TOMY
QJ with tiles.

PVC megaminx

 

[Johngasm]

1. Storebought
2. Type D from cub4you (white
3. C4Y DIY (white)
4. Ghost Hand 2
5. Dayan Guhong (colored)
6. Haiyan Memory (black)
7. LingYun (black)
8. Guhong (pink)

and some cubes that never became my main...

 

[Karth]

1. Rubik's Brand
2. C4U Black diy
3. type-A black (for a week or so)
4. C4U Black diy, again
5. GHII
6. Now I cycle between a black F2 and a black DaYan Guhong

 

[userman]

1. Storebought 3x3x3 (Christmas gift)
2. Rubiks 2X2.
2.5 My Rubiks 2x2 broke
2.7 My Rubiks 3x3x3 was destroyed by a friend of mine.
2.8 New 3x3x3 Rubiks....
2.9 Leanring 2x2 Ortega
3 LANLAN 2x2x2

 

[Andrew Ricci]

My cube history:

1.) Rubik's Storebought (Exploded)
2.) Storebought
3.) F II
4.) Alpha 5

17 (current): White Lingyun. *

You got the Lingyun? How do you like it?

 

[waffle=ijm]

You got the Lingyun? How do you like it?

It's a little bit too fast, so I have no control. but I recently got a 10.84 avg of 12 with it. I can go full speed at the cost of accurate turning but that doesn't matter much since the corner cutting is good in comparison to the Guhong. (My Lingyun is set to a tighter tension since i found that it pops easily. The Guhong is set looser since it feels too sluggish at tight tensions)

My turning style overall is choppy and very rigid, it doesn't flow very well. For the Guhong, this wasn't much of an issue since it feels incredibly gummy and slightly slower for me, and if I were to use a more "flowing" turning style, the gummy-ness of it would have made the solve both icky and slow. Fast turning made the solves less icky in my hands making the Guhong more bearable. However, I got used to it.

And Before you say anything about how awesome you think the Guhong is, I really hate it, and I only use it because I hate all my other cubes more.

The Lingyun isn't gummy at as I was predicting it would it be. In fact, I like the overall feel of it. Somewhat clicky like my favorite all time cube, the Aii. Since, I got used to faster turning from the Guhong to prevent the icky solve feeling, I tend to apply it to the lingyun as well. I overturned for a while, but I'm getting used to it.

 

[cincyaviation]

1- Storebought (Borrowed from friend)
2- Random Ebay DIY
3- White type F
4- Black type C
5- Black type C/C4Y hybrid
6- Dayan II
7- Black Alpha 5
Everything on here is black unless otherwise mentioned.

 

[XXGeneration]

D: Am I the only one who didn't start with a storebought?

OT: Chinese Knockoff
Edison
F2
A-5

Now I can't decide between F2 and A-5 as my main.

 

[TheMachanga]

1- Storebought
2- ""
3- ""
4- ""
5- C4Y Diy tiled
6- C4Y Diy stickered
7- A-V / F-II (used both)
8- F-II (decided F-II was better)
9- White GHII
10- F-II (Realizes F-II is better for me)

 

[cubedude7]

1. Storebought
2. DIY which type I don't know, because I got it as a present
3. Type A
4. Type F
5. Type CII (it turned out they sent me the wrong cube, I ordered a FII, but I didn't know how a type FII turns, so I thought the CII was a FII)
6. Type AV (modded)

 

[Jukuren]

3x3--->Storebought... FII... GuHong
2x2---> Lan Lan
5x5--->Rubiks brand
megaminx---> MF8

 

[Fire Cuber]

3x3
Around june 2009 Unknown Chinese DIY. I got this at store, Then core breakdown
From october 2009 to january 2010 Rubik's storebought, I bought 1 then I noticed it wasn't very good, I bought storebought again. It was better than the other one but I decided to try an other kind of package which is better than the 2 other ones
29 july 2010 YongJun Type-D1, bought this in a book fair? not very fast but people says "stop using storebought, use DIYs." Anyway this is better than my Storebought.
5 August 2010 Ghosthand 2003A, I bought other cube which is easy to get. This cube was available in the supermarket and people says "this cube is good for speedsolving." And, I know this cube is better than Type-D.
11 september 2010 Ghosthand II, I didn't notice this cube was available on the supermarket near me, so, I bought this cube and the cube was better than 2003A.
10 october 2010 Haiyan Memory, got this online from bigbee, lot of people says this is the best cube on the market.

4x4
Around june 2009 Rubiks brand, hasn't change the 4x4 because i don't go 4x4
Around december 2009 Mefferts because the other ones lost some pieces and It is very loose. Pops in about in every 5 turns.
End-middle of august, till around end of september.Mini QJ i got this at a supermarket and a piece was lost when it pops. I bought an other one again after about one month i dropped it and pieces broke. I didn't use the pieces of the old Mini QJ because I forget where i kept it.
Around end of september Back to bulky mefferts

5x5
WHITE V-CUBE 5 FROM THE START!

 

[cubemaster13]

Storebought
Type a I
Type a V
Not that exciting...

 

[Andrew Ricci]

It's a little bit too fast, so I have no control. but I recently got a 10.84 avg of 12 with it. I can go full speed at the cost of accurate turning but that doesn't matter much since the corner cutting is good in comparison to the Guhong. (My Lingyun is set to a tighter tension since i found that it pops easily. The Guhong is set looser since it feels too sluggish at tight tensions)

My turning style overall is choppy and very rigid, it doesn't flow very well. For the Guhong, this wasn't much of an issue since it feels incredibly gummy and slightly slower for me, and if I were to use a more "flowing" turning style, the gummy-ness of it would have made the solve both icky and slow. Fast turning made the solves less icky in my hands making the Guhong more bearable. However, I got used to it.

And Before you say anything about how awesome you think the Guhong is, I really hate it, and I only use it because I hate all my other cubes more.

The Lingyun isn't gummy at as I was predicting it would it be. In fact, I like the overall feel of it. Somewhat clicky like my favorite all time cube, the Aii. Since, I got used to faster turning from the Guhong to prevent the icky solve feeling, I tend to apply it to the lingyun as well. I overturned for a while, but I'm getting used to it.

Cool! I do like clicky cubes, so this'll probably be a better fit for me than the Guhong. I like my cubes super-loose, and I don't pop too much, so it sounds I'll like it. And I'm sorry you hate all your cubes D: