toastman
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Heyas,
Topic for discussion, If you had some cash and could afford to buy yourself a matching set of cubes for MultiBLD, what sort would you get?
I'm assuming a good BLD cube would have the same attributes as a good speed cube, but for Multi, where a pop will ruin your entire attempt, I imagine the attributes needed in a good MultiBLD cube are a bit different.
Here's my personal rundown on the cubes I've acquired and what I think:
Haiyan Memory - For some reason I chose this as my first speed cube. What I really like about is it's sort of "clicky", and always stops "alinged". However, at $25 they're expensive if you're buying many of them.
DIY Guhong - For some reason, no matter what I do this cube is as loose as anything. It's the fastest thing I have if I'm e.g. timing PLLs, but I overshoot a lot, terrible for doing BLD. On the plus side it never pops on me. If it were to pop - game over.
Assembled Guhong Way better. This is an awesome speed cube, although I'm still not the best at "controlling" it, and can overshoot. Again, never pops on me.
DaYan LingYun Absolutly love this as a speed cube, it's fun and it's fast, but it pops on me.
F2 When I first bought this it was my favourite. However I screwed with the tensions and now it pops on me.
A5 / Cube Haiyan I think these are the ticket. Basically all the attributes of a Haiyan Memory, but only $10. These almost never pop on me, but they're just a little "rougher" and "clunkier" than my Haiyan memory. Can definitely live with this.
My verdict - If I were to buy more cubes for MultiBLD, I'd buy $10 Haiyan cubes (Not the $25 Haiyan Memory, which is the same cube but with custom mods). My second choice would be pre-assembled Guhongs
(The other cubes I have are pieces of crap. There are some brands I've never tried though.)
Personal opinion. YMMV.
Topic for discussion, If you had some cash and could afford to buy yourself a matching set of cubes for MultiBLD, what sort would you get?
I'm assuming a good BLD cube would have the same attributes as a good speed cube, but for Multi, where a pop will ruin your entire attempt, I imagine the attributes needed in a good MultiBLD cube are a bit different.
Here's my personal rundown on the cubes I've acquired and what I think:
Haiyan Memory - For some reason I chose this as my first speed cube. What I really like about is it's sort of "clicky", and always stops "alinged". However, at $25 they're expensive if you're buying many of them.
DIY Guhong - For some reason, no matter what I do this cube is as loose as anything. It's the fastest thing I have if I'm e.g. timing PLLs, but I overshoot a lot, terrible for doing BLD. On the plus side it never pops on me. If it were to pop - game over.
Assembled Guhong Way better. This is an awesome speed cube, although I'm still not the best at "controlling" it, and can overshoot. Again, never pops on me.
DaYan LingYun Absolutly love this as a speed cube, it's fun and it's fast, but it pops on me.
F2 When I first bought this it was my favourite. However I screwed with the tensions and now it pops on me.
A5 / Cube Haiyan I think these are the ticket. Basically all the attributes of a Haiyan Memory, but only $10. These almost never pop on me, but they're just a little "rougher" and "clunkier" than my Haiyan memory. Can definitely live with this.
My verdict - If I were to buy more cubes for MultiBLD, I'd buy $10 Haiyan cubes (Not the $25 Haiyan Memory, which is the same cube but with custom mods). My second choice would be pre-assembled Guhongs
(The other cubes I have are pieces of crap. There are some brands I've never tried though.)
Personal opinion. YMMV.
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