Preferred Rubik's cube?

[SpeedSolve]

Hi! I'm new to the forums and am jumping right in with a question.

Which rubik's cube should I get?

I've been cubing for about 6 months now and think that my cube is holding me back from the times I think I could get (avg. 1:11). My cube now is just one I bought at walgreens 5 months ago. It's a regular rubik's brand. anyway, I'm looking for a good speed cube for a beginner like me.

Also, anybody know about a good Fridrich's tutorial on youtube? I always look for a beginner tutorial but then they go way too fast and just place the pieces without explaining their method.

Thanks!

 

[emolover]

Get a Zhanchi.

Dont make a thread on this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=609nhVzg-5Q Use that. Its long but it is perfect.

 

[Hershey]

People really need to stop recommending cubes for experts to beginners.

 

[Lukester172]

you should get a dayan guhong
and a good fridrich method tut is monkeydude1313 (i learned from him)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EYPXTetHX4

 

[emolover]

People really need to stop recommending cubes for experts to beginners.

He/she could tighten it down a lot so it is controllable. It doesn't matter if you start with "expert" cubes, it is better that way. When I started, I had to use a cube4you.

God those things suck.

 

[blakedacuber]

People really need to stop recommending cubes for experts to beginners.

whats your definition of begginner?

 

[Muesli]

People really need to stop recommending cubes for experts to beginners.

This is so totally wrong and quite elitist.

Why shouldn't he/she get a fast cube?

 

[James Cavanauh]

i started with an a-V.

 

[iEnjoyCubing]

People really need to stop recommending cubes for experts to beginners.

Why not? I never understood this. The cube can just be tightened.

OP, I would recommend either a Dayan Zhanchi or a Dayan GuHong.

 

[Cubetastic]

you can never go worong with a well modded cube to fit your own needs in a cube, best thing about cheap cubes is that theyre easy to open up easy to change to your specific reccomendations, if you would like to get a more expensive cube and order online, then what all the others said

 

[TheCubeMaster5000]

whats your definition of begginner?

Hmm... Good question. I wonder if it has a different meaning than the word beginner.

 

[iSpinz]

LanceTheBlueKnight has very good guides. I learned my F2L from him. He explains each step clearly and shows a lot of examples.

F2L http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG4wsoEEndU
2-Look-OLL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zUcqCgz-qw&feature=relmfu
2-Look-PLL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4pkkB5yMHE&feature=relmfu

 

[insane569]

i would recommend you stay with your rubiks brand
its not the cube its the cuber(quote?)
ive gotten sub 15 solves with a rubiks brand
after you speed up your solves and learn good lookahead then you can worry about speed and corner cutting and U5000 with a single flick
for now your rubiks is just fine and i would still consider you a begginer
and Fridrich isnt always the best method of choice you should consider roux or petrus or some other method
look into methods now because when your times drop and you wanna switch it'll be too late cause learning a new method would take time to adjust to

 

[Rpotts]

I disagree, the quicker you get a good speedcube the quicker you can start to implement legitimate finger tricks, and stop the bad habit of wrist turning.

 

[slimjamin]

I'm not sure about your financial situation, but buy as many as you can! When I first started I bought a few cubes and made a decision. It's nice to find your way around the cubes by testing out different ones. I bought:
- Alpha V
- F(II)
- GuHong
- ShenShou

I'd probably replace ShenSHou with ZhanChi now, however

 

[slimjamin]

Also, badmephisto's F2L tutorials are amazing. Monkeydude1313 is really good too. I used Monkeydudes to begin with, and mephs are a bit more complicated but great once you understand them. Feliks has a good series on his channel also (fazrulz1) on cross, F2L etc.

 

[SpeedSolve]

I am pretty decent with finger tricks, I could use some practice with M, D, and B finger tricks, but otherwise I can spin it pretty fast. I do get very annoyed with my cube when it locks up and would do MUCH better with better corner cutting. Mine doesn't cut at all. I'm using beginner's method with all those unnecessary steps, so when I can combine them I'll be better. I get pretty tired of going to a "beginner's tutorial" and then the people fly through without much explanation.

anyway, thanks for all the replies! I'll check them out!

P.S. I'm a he.:tu

 

[ZamHalen]

I would actually just recommend a well broken in storebought for use until you average maybe 30 seconds. A new cube isn't going to help as much until you can learn some basic tricks and such (which I believe a storebought cube helps since you are basically forced to think rather than spam moves).But of course that's my opinion, and you could go ahead and get a dayan if you wanted to. Just remember (WARNING:CHEESE ALERT) it's the cuber not the cube that gets fast times.
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[tx789]

Just get a store brought first you won't have to wait for shipping or what ever your choice

 

[DaveyCow]

People really need to stop recommending cubes for experts to beginners.

"Expert cubes" are not necessarily not for beginners. I'm a beginner and I totally prefer Zhanchi (or F-II or GuHong or...) over rubik's storebought. (The thought of using a rubik's causes mass tremors in my soul!) Tho I realize not all beginners would prefer a speedcube to start out, but maybe when an "expert cube" is recommended to a beginner, it is just mentioned/warned that it is a speedcube (and what that means) and things like that....