First time getting a speecube

[Tim Major]

Edison, because my other cube broke.
"zomg, so this is what corner cutting is like".
My old cube was just some shitty no-name brand.

 

[timeless]

bc^2 guhong

 

[Georgeanderre]

I, like many others started with a Rubiks, after a few weeks it broke so i invested in an A3 (still the best cube ive ever had)

since then ive had many other "speedcubes" but they're nowhere near as good as that A3
Except for one cube... a modded rubiks storebought, which is now a fl cube (collecting dust)

 

[BC1997]

3 days ago it got me loads of sub-20 averages lol. Haiyan Memory FTW.

 

[Godmil]

I went from a storebought to a Rubik's DIY, and I was like "OMG I can turn it with one finger!" Then the next day my F2 arrived and I never touched the Rubik's DIY again.

 

[ojzcroc]

After I went from a Rubik's store bought to the guhong, my times decreased by five to ten seconds ,although i am not that fast anyway, but i have not even adjusted the tension yet! I think getting a speed cube is good if you have a time under a minute. even a five second time decrease is good.

 

[yockee]

My first DIY was an F I. I didn't know any better. I was on Cube4you and figured F must be the best because it's the highest letter. I hated that cube.

WHAT?!!! F1's are INCREDIBLE! You must not have had it set right, and probably lubed it with silly spray. It's much better with Maru lube or lubix (yeah, I know lubix didn't exist).

My first speed cube was an Edison cube. I changed the core 5 times because the screws constantly unscrewed themselves. It's still great, although not nearly as great as it was 2 years ago. My storebought now, is one of the best cubes I own. It's better than a lot of DIYs.

I, like many others started with a Rubiks, after a few weeks it broke so i invested in an A3 (still the best cube ive ever had)

since then ive had many other "speedcubes" but they're nowhere near as good as that A3
Except for one cube... a modded rubiks storebought, which is now a fl cube (collecting dust)

You haven't tried too many cubes, have you?

I first started out with a rubik's brand for half a year then went to a cube4you for like 7 months. Next I went to an alpha V for 5 months. After that I went to a guhong for 2 months then a linyun up until today when I got my zhanchi.

My Zhan Chi came today too!

The exact same story as mine. It turned from speedcube to bug-smasher for me, and soon I threw it away because the bug guts were making my room smelly.

My F1's are two of the best cubes I've ever owned out of about 39 3x3's.

 

[Joël]

When I first 'upgraded', I went from a Rubik's Storebought to a Rubik's DIY (I don't think there were any other DIY cubes back then), and the difference was noticable but it still required a lot of work to really make a good speedcube (which it still does, if you do it properly).

 

[Olji]

I upgraded from some kind of knockoff brand (that was really good, just a little stiff to turn, it did corner cut a good amount) to a C4U, only difference was that it was easier to move, slice moves was not as stiff as on the first one, but corner cutting aws the same and popping was higher on the C4U

I was amazed by the ease of turning, nothing else than that actually

 

[aminayuko]

i first started with a rubik's brand, that was so stiff, by doing 6 R U R' U', my hands would hurt. that storebought broke so i got a new one, and it actually turned better. then i ended up for buying a ghosthandII with a tube of lubix. it was a hand saver if you ask me. then i got a guhong because of lockups, and wow, i have it right now and it is my main. but soon i will get a lunhui.

 

[mmitchev]

After I went from a Rubik's store bought to the guhong, my times decreased by five to ten seconds ,although i am not that fast anyway, but i have not even adjusted the tension yet! I think getting a speed cube is good if you have a time under a minute. even a five second time decrease is good.

My best time is a 43.44 and i have done one average of 5 under 1 minute. Most of my solves end up around a minute, so i hope i can get consistent sub-1's and maybe improve my best to under 40 when my cube comes in.

 

[TheCubeMaster5000]

My first was a competition standard from puzl.co.uk. So you can conclude that I didn't really know what I real speedcube was back then. It did, however, make me prefer cubes that had a more smooth controlled feel over clicky fast ones, and I'd say that it developed my cubing style quite a bit.

 

[Georgeanderre]

You haven't tried too many cubes, have you?

Learn to read...

ftr Ive had the following: A2, A3, A5, F2, C something and 7 or 8 Rubiks

EDIT Note: A2 is now my sisters cube, A5 and F2 are otherwise elsewhere engaged and the C is probably playing hide and seek
all the Rubiks brands are on my shelf (either modded or stickered differently)

I use the A3 for speed and Rubiks for training ... have no intention of getting a dayan, I dont have the need for one just yet

 

[cookieyo145]

For everyone that had an edison cube, dosen't it wear down with breaking in and turn to popping crap?