cool look forward to meeting you too
I also was a casual solver and started in 2013, and i started speedcubing in 2020
so far its been 7 months and ive gone from 58sec to 15 sec
A solid magnetic 4x4 can be the YJ MGC 4x4.
my first ever was a Yuxin 3x3
after that a Gan air SM but that turned out to be horrible bec. of a defect
then the Rs3m 2020 which also was defective
then i tried my friends Valk 3m which i loved so I'll go with QIYI