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YddEd said:
Sorry for going so off topic Marcel :/
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MarcelP said:
There is no off topic here. Feel free to post anything you like ;)
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I consider this thread something akin to sitting in Marcel's living room with a bunch of friends chatting about anything we like and mostly about cubes. :)

MarcelP said:
You will love it. I have my second Weilong very tight and then it's no so uncontrollable. But like Sneaklyfox said, it becomes more bumpy. But still that is less bumpy than a smooth Zhanchi. ;)
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Well, maybe I will try tightening the WL some more. As for SR, since I have only gotten one corner twist in over 500 solves, maybe I will loosen it a bit and see if it's even more amazing.
 
I just got a bunch of new cubes yesterday, so thought I would weigh in.

I'm not really a fan of the 57mm shuangren. (I also think its incredible you aren't getting corner twists sneakly, I had one in my very first solve and then maybe a bit less than ten percent of the solves after). I just wasn't a huge fan of how the cube felt. But, I thought the mini would have strong potential for OH. The shuangren turns very well, it feels very "light" and it doesn't lock up, all great things for OH. I just received the mini shuangren, and I already know I'm going to have a very tough time choosing between that and my 55mm zhanchi when I compete at Worlds. The .4mm difference is also noticeable, and I like it. I do have some rough sharp spots on the corner pieces, which is a bit annoying. They could still work on their quality control. Plus, the stickers, ugh, I dislike these more than any other stock stickers, it doesn't help that half of them have huge bubbles underneath them.

The weilong, so far, is the only new cube that's lived up to the hype for me. It is fast, but I still have no problem being accurate on it. I never have lock ups with it. It just turns so effortlessly. While it doesn't corner cut any more than my zhanchi, it has an ability to transition between face turns at higher speeds than I can achieve on the zhanchi. I feel like I can do repeated sexy moves much faster without locking up on the weilong. My algs just flow on this cube. It's still early days, but I really love this cube. It's depressing me to say it, because I spent so much time modding and solving my main zhanchi, but the weilong might be my new main.

As far as the legality issue goes, I would be dumbfounded if this cube was illegal. The line from the corner cap is less noticeable than the ones on the SS 4x4, and nobody is saying that cube (or the F-II) is illegal. It would be impossible to use it to anyone's advantage in a speedsolve.
 
sneaklyfox said:
I consider this thread something akin to sitting in Marcel's living room with a bunch of friends chatting about anything we like and mostly about cubes. :)


Well, maybe I will try tightening the WL some more. As for SR, since I have only gotten one corner twist in over 500 solves, maybe I will loosen it a bit and see if it's even more amazing.
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You are most welcome anyway ;) Yeah, I think you should give the Weilong a good shot. Also, it get better with many solves. It needs some breaking in (in opposite to shuangRen which is awesome from the beginning).

jayefbe said:
. Plus, the stickers, ugh, I dislike these more than any other stock stickers, it doesn't help that half of them have huge bubbles underneath them.
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Yeah, I ordered the mini 3 X 3 stickers from Cubesmith. Can't wait to get those, since the 54.6 mm ShuangRen is magic.
 
MarcelP said:
You are most welcome anyway ;) Yeah, I think you should give the Weilong a good shot. Also, it get better with many solves. It needs some breaking in (in opposite to shuangRen which is awesome from the beginning).

Yeah, I ordered the mini 3 X 3 stickers from Cubesmith. Can't wait to get those, since the 54.6 mm ShuangRen is magic.
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Well the WL does give me some good times some of the times but I still don't think I like the feel of it. I thought the SR needed breaking in and that the texture would get smoother over time. I didn't think the WL needed breaking in but maybe I will try several hundred more solves on it. Did you resticker your WL, btw? I'm not sure what size of sticker best fits it. 57mm fitted?

Now I'm rather tempted to get the 54.6mm SR because I like OH and right now would probably still use my previous main 55mm ZC for that. I really still love my 57mm SR and actually broke my PB Ao100 with it today.
 
sneaklyfox said:
I thought the SR needed breaking in and that the texture would get smoother over time.
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No, the texture does not slow the cube down, But with the wrong lube it will slow the cube down. All my ShuangRens (two blacks, two whites and a 54.6) where very fast from the start. The Weilong is also very fast from the start, but you can feel that some plastic needs to be shaved off (by cubing). After 500 solves or so the Weilong is much smoother.


sneaklyfox said:
I didn't think the WL needed breaking in but maybe I will try several hundred more solves on it. Did you resticker your WL, btw? I'm not sure what size of sticker best fits it. 57mm fitted?
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I restickered the orange on my Black Weilong with normal (half bright orange) 57 mm 3 x 3 x3 stickers from Cubesmith.

sneaklyfox said:
Now I'm rather tempted to get the 54.6mm SR because I like OH and right now would probably still use my previous main 55mm ZC for that. I really still love my 57mm SR and actually broke my PB Ao100 with it today.
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Yeah, the 54.6 is just as good as the 57 mm. You should definatly get one ;) What was your average of 100?
 
So I got my Weilong and it does indeed have the potential to be a great cube. It was tight and had appalling spring noise, out of the box, so I disassembled and lubed the core as I do with all my cubes.

Problem is, I found it impossible to get the screws back in straight. I don't know if they were straight originally, but no matter what I did they wouldn't go back in straight. As a result, even with precise adjustment of each screw depth, the faces are not evenly tensioned, and I can't get the cube to balance properly. I will replace the core with one from another cube, before spending any solving time on the Weilong. Has anyone else has issues with the core?
 
In case some one is wondering what happened at the Battle of the Titans:

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That was real fun.
 
MarcelP said:
I restickered the orange on my Black Weilong with normal (half bright orange) 57 mm 3 x 3 x3 stickers from Cubesmith.
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That's funny, because that's exactly what I did too. The other stock stickers are fine but I just didn't like the orange.

MarcelP said:
Yeah, the 54.6 is just as good as the 57 mm. You should definatly get one ;) What was your average of 100?
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After my last *big* purchase, I think I won't be spending more money on cubes for now. Maybe later. It was my first sub-16 Ao100 (15.96).

Edit: Actually 15.94 now.
 
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moralsh said:
Next sunday?
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That would be nice. I hope you are not as fast as Schmidt.. LOL I try to make it again next Sunday but I can't promise it yet.

YddEd said:
Wow... I HAVE GOT TO STOP 4x4 :P
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This Ao50 is a PB for me. Never had a sub 25 before.. The fact that people where watching made me focus a bit more than I usually do in big averages.. I even had one sub 20 in there.
 
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