[Unofficial] Dayan GuHong: 11.66 avg12 (8.89 single, 10.88 avg5) + short review

[amostay2004]

8.89, 11.22, 9.23, (15.65), 12.19, 10.20, 10.77, 10.89, 15.18+, 12.81, 10.77, 13.36

Could've been 11.46 avg12 without the +2 Got nervous...

The best avg12 I've done with this cube (avg5 = 10.46, single NL = 9.08). Only started playing with it today and this is a good average for me =) Saw the +2 only after viewing the video.

Short review on the cube:
- Great corner cutting (though I think A-V cuts better), but it cuts better if you loosen it
- Awesome reverse corner cutting (1/2 a piece!) but I've yet to find it extremely helpful
- Very smooth, though it did slow down a bit after 100-200 solves, probably the lube is wearing off (it came prelubed)
- Can be unstable due to the smoothness and light weight (eg turn 2 layers instead of 1, layers get misaligned) and cause lockups. As you can see I got nervous during this average and had some lockups.
- I do faster PLLs in general on this than on my previous main cube (A-V)
- Feels more like an A-III. Not as clicky as an A-V
- Quieter than an A-V, noisier than an F-II
- Doesn't POP. Feels really pop-proof. It popped once on me but I doubt it'll ever happen again in the next few hundred solves.
- Lighter than A-V, slightly heavier (or same weight as) than F-II.

Overall a pretty good cube I'd say. Can be comparable to A-V and F-II, but I wouldn't say it's noticably better. I might switch to this as my main cube cos my A-V is dying.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Nice review!

 

[joey]

Awesome

I wanna try one

 

[rachmaninovian]

whoa naise 2 sub 10s. i just ordered one =P though my A-V is feeling godly now thanks to shock oil...

 

[amostay2004]

Yea..I just broke my PB averages today

11.19 avg12 and 10.30 avg5

Also a NL 8.7x single

So yea it's a great cube..though I can't seem to get a good avg100 with it..tend to screw up after 20 or so solves =/

 

[amostay2004]

For those wondering if it's a good OH cube..it's pretty good