rj
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Don't forget Lunhui and Lingyun. Both very good cubes.
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Sarge
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Thanks, I edited them in. Don't got incredible amounts of experience with them, but from the ones I've tried at comps, they're both good.
kcl
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I'd like to point out that a guhong is by no means a beginner cube. I've gotten a fair share of sub 10's on my friends guhong v1.
HaraldS
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Really? A new cube won't do sh*t. New cubers in generall these days tend to focus on incorrect things. Some believe that they HAVE to get a new cube to make it physically possible to get faster which is such nonsense. Use whatever cube you have and just solve it. Chances are rare that you will ever in your cubing career ever will need a better cube to improve. Stick to what you've got and focus on the cube itself instead. How it functions, how moves relate to each other etc...
rj
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Nonsense. I had to switch to a Guhong from my Rubiks brand to get sub 1.
TheOneOnTheLeft
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You can easily get sub-1 with a Rubik's brand, you just didn't practise enough.
XTowncuber
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You didn't HAVE to. I know because I was well under 35 before I switched from a Rubik's (and I switched to an A1, which isn't much better). You'll find that most fast cubers would tend to agree with Harald on this one.
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Yah I got to sub-50 before I broke my old crappy dollar store cube that took more force to turn than trying to tension a cube with your bare hands. Went to sub-25 with a Ghost Hand.
Ninja Storm
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I hit sub30 with a Rubik's brand, and average mid 15s with one now. I don't think that a Rubik's brand will affect an average by more than three/four seconds.
Sarge
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I didn't buy a big-kid speedcube (higher tier crap you know: Zhanchis and Fangshis and Weilongs, Oh my!) until I could sub-30 on a decent Rubik's. Practice is the easiest and cheapest way to get better times.
Noahaha
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The thing about 3x3s is that you'll have to try a LOT of them before you know what you like. It's not about what the best cube is, but what the best cube is for you. The V-cube 3 isn't that bad, but you'll probably like a dayan cube more. The best way to find out what you like is to go to a comp and try out as many cubes as possible. When you find your favorite, ask the person what cube it is and how they made it like that.
yockee
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I have gotten sub 12 times on my Rubik's brand. You don't ever NEED anything other than a Rubik's brand, technically. Of course, it makes solving much easier, but you never need to switch.
kcl
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Agreed. I average as low as 15 on a rubiks brand.
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I average 25 on Moyu, Dayan, Fanshi, FangCun.. On my Rubiks brand I do not get a single under 40 seconds. Finger tricks are impossible, you need to grip a layer with the whole hand.
rj
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Right. These people are talking about a lubed rubiks brand. I got as far as I could with the beginners method on a Rubik's brand, than switches.
kcl
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I can sub 30 possibly even sub 25 with an unlubed one..
rj
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With dan brown's method?
TheOneOnTheLeft
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You said you had to switch cubes to get sub-1, now you've contradicted yourself by all but admitting that you could have lubed it or learned the method you now use and got sub-1 that way.
rj
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I also restickered it with a stupid color scheme, and I didn't know of any good tutorials, and I didn't have you guys to ask.
XTowncuber
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So....you had a bad method, no advice, and bad stickers.....and it was the Rubik's brand's fault? Maybe you should rethink that.
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