Ay yo! What did I miss?

[josiah popp]

I've been out of cubing for a while. Last comp was 2018. What has been happening in the world of cubing? Who are the best YouCubers now? What cubes are the best? What has changed? I just want to talk about cubing again

 

[acrystal]

I've been out of cubing for a while. Last comp was 2018. What has been happening in the world of cubing? Who are the best YouCubers now? What cubes are the best? What has changed? I just want to talk about cubing again

the 3x3 WR single and average are 2.76 and 3.51 respectively, which is very insane, anyway, welcome back!

 

[josiah popp]

the 3x3 WR single and average are 2.76 and 3.51 respectively, which is very insane, anyway, welcome back!

Woah! I gotta go watch those

 

[Sub 20 Cuber]

I've been out of cubing for a while. Last comp was 2018. What has been happening in the world of cubing? Who are the best YouCubers now? What cubes are the best? What has changed? I just want to talk about cubing again

FTO is gonna be a WCA event and clock is being removed.GAN’s newest flagship is the GAN 17 Macdrive

 

[Renslay]

Main topics I can think of:
- WCA is gonna remove Clock, but introduce FTO next year.
- WCA is gonna adopt / enforce 4-pad timers next year.
- Heated arguments and rivalry between top cubers (Yiheng Wang and Xuanyi Geng), but mostly because of their parents. Look up, it's a very lengthy topic.
- Yiheng was accused of cheating (timer sliding) across many competitions. WCA did much less than most people would wanted to. Again, it's a lengthy topic.
- Head-to-head format was introduced in some WCA competitions to make it more spectacular.

 

[Michael Wimberly]

I hate to break the news to you, but J Perm quit YouTube in 2024

 

[josiah popp]

FTO is gonna be a WCA event and clock is being removed.GAN’s newest flagship is the GAN 17 Macdr

FTO is gonna be a WCA event and clock is being removed.GAN’s newest flagship is the GAN 17 Macdrive

No more clock? When is it going away? I need to get some results before it goes. What FTO is worth buying?

 

[Sub 20 Cuber]

No more clock? When is it going away? I need to get some results before it goes. What FTO is worth buying?

The last comp whit clock is worlds 2027 and I only have the Dayan FTO which I think is the best

 

[That0newe1rdo]

No more clock? When is it going away?

The last competition with clock is going to be Worlds 2027.
I was originally optimistic that it could get removed, due to the huge backlash and lack of consideration the WCA had for the community itself, but recently a delegate confirmed via a vote (which only those directly involved with the WCA could vote in) that the decision is final.

What FTO is worth buying?

FTO, which will appear in competitions from January 2nd, 2027 has a few decent choices. Note that I have not tried these, I am just suggesting what people say is the best.

Dayan FTO - Roughly £25 - What most claim to be the best
Diansheng NEO FTO - Roughly £18 - Also another good choice

 

[Swagrid]

QiYi is dead. Except for budget bigcubes. Most events are MoYu vs GAN. World Class 3x3 is now like mid 5. Heard of this Swagrid bloke who might be a decent youcuber

 

[Michael Wimberly]

QiYi is dead. Except for budget bigcubes. Most events are MoYu vs GAN. World Class 3x3 is now like mid 5. Heard of this Swagrid bloke who might be a decent youcuber

@josiah popp Try the QiYi Warrior big cubes, they're actually amazing for less than $20 USD. Their M Pro series is also pretty good but slightly more expensive. The Warrior cubes tend to be light and fast and the M Pro cubes tend to be heavier and more controllable.

 

[josiah popp]

Main topics I can think of:
- WCA is gonna remove Clock, but introduce FTO next year.
- WCA is gonna adopt / enforce 4-pad timers next year.
- Heated arguments and rivalry between top cubers (Yiheng Wang and Xuanyi Geng), but mostly because of their parents. Look up, it's a very lengthy topic.
- Yiheng was accused of cheating (timer sliding) across many competitions. WCA did much less than most people would wanted to. Again, it's a lengthy topic.
- Head-to-head format was introduced in some WCA competitions to make it more spectacular.

4 pad timers? What does that mean?

 

[josiah popp]

QiYi is dead. Except for budget bigcubes. Most events are MoYu vs GAN. World Class 3x3 is now like mid 5. Heard of this Swagrid bloke who might be a decent youcuber

No more Qiyi is sad. Is there a good variety of cube brands or has it mostly consolidated?

 

[josiah popp]

@josiah popp Try the QiYi Warrior big cubes, they're actually amazing for less than $20 USD. Their M Pro series is also pretty good but slightly more expensive. The Warrior cubes tend to be light and fast and the M Pro cubes tend to be heavier and more controllable.

Ok, thanks!

 

[Swagrid]

No more Qiyi is sad. Is there a good variety of cube brands or has it mostly consolidated?

There is a lot of convergence in 3x3 specifically. MoYu and GAN are the two real options, and GAN's latest release just has a MoYu mechanism with a different magnet layout.

edit:
4pad timers have little pads for your thumbs on the front of the timer, as well as the two on top. Recently we've had issues with people starting the timer by basically pushing their hands forwards without lifting them, which allows them to pickup the cube without starting the timer. People are saving sometimes up to 0.3 on their solve by doing this. By requiring your thumbs to be in a certain spot, this is prevented, since the moment one thumb moves off the pad the timer begins

 

[someone.]

4 pad timers? What does that mean?

They made a g5 timer, with a 4 pad mode where you put hands on touchpads and thumbs on thumbpads like in speedstacking

 

[PetrusQuber]

I've been out of cubing for a while. Last comp was 2018. What has been happening in the world of cubing? Who are the best YouCubers now? What cubes are the best? What has changed? I just want to talk about cubing again

Cubing technology has introduced a lot of magnets. Flagship cubes come with magnets between the edge and corner pieces, magnets between the corner pieces and ball core, and sometimes repelling magnets in the centre pieces. The latter technology is called maglev, replacing spring tension with magnetic repulsion.

UV coating has also become fairly commonplace, making cubes extra glossy and supposedly easier to grip. The quality of UV coating can vary between cube brands.

 

[-Cube Kid-]

I've been out of cubing for a while. Last comp was 2018. What has been happening in the world of cubing? Who are the best YouCubers now? What cubes are the best? What has changed? I just want to talk about cubing again

I am the best YouCuber
Jokes aside, budget cubes are amazing. Magents are a trend. Lubes are amazing.
CLOCK HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WCA!! #freeclock (pls sign the petition to bring it back (link in my signature))

 

[Michael Wimberly]

No more Qiyi is sad. Is there a good variety of cube brands or has it mostly consolidated?

I think QiYi's sub-brand X-Man (idk if it was around in 2018) released a flagship cube, the Tornado V5, this year and I think it's amazing but there are a lot of mixed opinions on it. Just read some of the reviews on the cubicle and you'll see what I mean.

 

[Cubing_Grandson]

4 pad timers? What does that mean?

You have to put your thumbs on the sensors below the hand sensors to start and stop the timer