liukaipeng
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I originally post this in this thread. After I finished it, I realize it should be a new thread. So here it is.
This is a comparison of all Chinese DIYs, from a Chinese cuber's point of view. Chinese DIYs are cheap in China and their cost performance is much better than the Rubik's (Rubik's is much more expensive in China), thus most cubers in China prefer Chinese DIYs.
Types and their Chinese names:
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Type A: GuoJia
Type A mode 3: GuoJia QuanFengBi
Type A II: GuoJia 2
Type B: GuoYi (made by ShengEn)
Type C: GuoBing (Rubik's DIY replica)
Type D: GuoYou (made by YongJun, a.k.a. YUGA)
Type E: DianSheng (made by DianSheng)
Type F: GuoYi BanFengBi (made by ShengEn)
(Originally posted by Cubismo.eu)
Explanation:
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Guo: country, native
Jia, Yi, Bing: order, same as A, B, C
You: good (not so good; they name it themselves)
QuanFengBi: fully closed
BanFengBi: partially closed
Comparison:
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Type A/C is the mainstream cube in China.
Even in China, most cubers have no idea about where Type A/C come from. Only those cube sellers know where the producers is and they keep it as a secret for the reason of ... Aha, you know it, don't you
Type A have got a very good quality. However, due to its heavy weight and bad cutting-conner, it is considered to be a beginner's cube. I personally use Type A in practice, but I won't use it in competition.
Type A mode 3 is very good at cutting-conner. But its plastic is not very good and the centre piece is a little bigger, thus makes it don't turn very well.
Type A-II is the first Chinese DIY with a logo. It is a preliminary product just like Type A mode 1/2. I personally appreciate the design. However, as I say, it's a preliminary product, and it has so many flaws to be fixed.
Type C is in fact not a imitation but a duplica of the Rubik's DIY. They use the same model (in fact, Type C use one of the Rubik's models, you know, Rubik have several models), only differ in springs/screws. However, Type C has made some improvement according to Rubik. And it develop more colors also. At first, Rubik's DIY only have a black color, and black plastic is always worse than white one. So, IMO,Type C is better than Rubik's DIY to some extent.
Type D is much cheaper than A/C in China, in fact, less than half the price of A/C, because it's not made of ABS but some kind of bad-quality plastic and its core is terribly bad. However, due to its high cost performance, it is a suitable cube for beginners.
Type E is never considered to be a speed cube.
Type F is the new product of ShengEn. Type B sucks, Type F succeeds.
This is a comparison of all Chinese DIYs, from a Chinese cuber's point of view. Chinese DIYs are cheap in China and their cost performance is much better than the Rubik's (Rubik's is much more expensive in China), thus most cubers in China prefer Chinese DIYs.
Types and their Chinese names:
=======================
Type A: GuoJia
Type A mode 3: GuoJia QuanFengBi
Type A II: GuoJia 2
Type B: GuoYi (made by ShengEn)
Type C: GuoBing (Rubik's DIY replica)
Type D: GuoYou (made by YongJun, a.k.a. YUGA)
Type E: DianSheng (made by DianSheng)
Type F: GuoYi BanFengBi (made by ShengEn)
(Originally posted by Cubismo.eu)
Explanation:
=======================
Guo: country, native
Jia, Yi, Bing: order, same as A, B, C
You: good (not so good; they name it themselves)
QuanFengBi: fully closed
BanFengBi: partially closed
Comparison:
=======================
Type A/C is the mainstream cube in China.
Even in China, most cubers have no idea about where Type A/C come from. Only those cube sellers know where the producers is and they keep it as a secret for the reason of ... Aha, you know it, don't you
Type A have got a very good quality. However, due to its heavy weight and bad cutting-conner, it is considered to be a beginner's cube. I personally use Type A in practice, but I won't use it in competition.
Type A mode 3 is very good at cutting-conner. But its plastic is not very good and the centre piece is a little bigger, thus makes it don't turn very well.
Type A-II is the first Chinese DIY with a logo. It is a preliminary product just like Type A mode 1/2. I personally appreciate the design. However, as I say, it's a preliminary product, and it has so many flaws to be fixed.
Type C is in fact not a imitation but a duplica of the Rubik's DIY. They use the same model (in fact, Type C use one of the Rubik's models, you know, Rubik have several models), only differ in springs/screws. However, Type C has made some improvement according to Rubik. And it develop more colors also. At first, Rubik's DIY only have a black color, and black plastic is always worse than white one. So, IMO,Type C is better than Rubik's DIY to some extent.
Type D is much cheaper than A/C in China, in fact, less than half the price of A/C, because it's not made of ABS but some kind of bad-quality plastic and its core is terribly bad. However, due to its high cost performance, it is a suitable cube for beginners.
Type E is never considered to be a speed cube.
Type F is the new product of ShengEn. Type B sucks, Type F succeeds.
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