Gans III 56mm
The Gans 356 is a 3x3x3 speed cube that stated being mass-produced in 2015. The 356 in its name means ‘V3 56mm’. The cube itself comes unstickered in a nice clear plastic box with two sets of its stickers, a tensioning tool, and a pamphlet showing how to solve it with full OLL and PLL on one side. The Gans 356 has a silky-smooth feeling and is fast out of the box. After lubricating, it is even faster with an even smoother feeling. The corner cutting on this cube is effortlessly 45o. Normal corner cutting goes almost to one piece. Reverse corner cutting is easily one piece and a little farther with a small amount of effort. The cube looks very nice, with rounded centers and squared off corners. The cube is a bit pricy at $23 from TheCubicle.us, although many people don’t mind this once turning the cube. This is easily better then the MoYu AoLong V1 or V2, the MoYu HuaLong, the Gans 357, any FangShi cube, or any DaYan cube. Or really any other 3x3x3, at least in my opinion. The puzzle does come pre-lubricated, although an easy was to make the cube better turning wise is to clean out every piece, and the core, using a few paper towels. If this cube is too fast for you, lubricate both the pieces and the core with either Weight 4 or Weight 5 silicon lubrication from The Cubicle, but if you want it too be faster and smoother, then try using Weight 3 or below. If you want this cube to be at super-speed for six or seven solves, then put one or two drops or Maru Lubrication in one of the holes between a corner and center piece. This cube is also fairly new, so if you want it but you think that spending $23 on this is just a little too much, then you could wait a few months to see if the price drops, or too see if another 3x3 comes out that may be as good as this, but at a cheaper price. If you do decide to purchase this amazing speed cube, then once you open it, never bring it outside. If you or anybody else accidentally (or purposely) drops this cube into dirt (not mulch), then the dust will get inside of this cube and ruin it. Re-lubricating it after this will just make it worse. Cleaning it out again won’t help either. The only solution to this, unfortunately, is to buy a new one. If you have this 3x3x3 as your main and you want to do some 3x3 solves outside, then use a different cube other than this. It is very high quality, but easy to ruin. Because of the fact that this cube is 56mm, one millimeter smaller than the normal 3x3 on every side, it may feel slightly small in your hands. If your hands are relatively large, then this might not be the cube for you. Most mini cubes like this have normal sized types that have the exact same design and mechanism, but not for this cube. Its slightly larger cousin, the Gans 357, has a completely different design and feeling. The 356 also have added tracks in the edges to reduce friction and lead too much smoother turning. The Gans 356 speed cube puzzle brings something new to 3x3s: springs inside the pieces. Most cubes only have them in the core, but this has them in the pieces, which makes the cube flexible without popping. There is almost no popping on this cube, by the way. The only way to make it pop is to force it to turn when the top side is twisted a little less than 2/3 of the cube, at a very precise angle. Lock ups on this puzzle are extremely scarce. Gans also made it so you can adjust the weight of the cube with washers and springs in the edges and corners, which is also very new to 3x3x3 puzzles. Due to the fact that the corners on this cube are almost completely square, corner twisting is non-existent. The cube comes in a nice plastic display case, which is fun, but the case in the packaging may be a reason why the Gans 356 is so expensive. If it was in a tiny cardboard box, like cubes made by MoYu are, then this cube might be around 16 dollars. I’ll compare it to another very popular cube, the MoYu AoLong V2. For turning, the Gans 356 is smoother and faster, while the AoLong is a little slower but more controllable. The Gans 356 has much better reverse corner cutting, and for both cubes normal corner cutting is about the same. Now I’ll compare it to the QiYi BullFight 3x3x3. The Gans 356 has better corner cutting and reverse corner cutting. The Gans is a little quieter. The BullFight and the Gans both have about the same turning speed. That is about all I can say about the Gans 367 3x3x3 speed cube.
it's an amazing cube! I broke my averages a ton just by using it compared to my Aolong v2, and thats unusual at my times.
