Cubeologist
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Generally if a cube feels good to you with stickers on it, you're going to like the same one in stickerless. And most of the good speedcubes come in stickerless now days.
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Generally if a cube feels good to you with stickers on it, you're going to like the same one in stickerless. And most of the good speedcubes come in stickerless now days.
JunA266
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What's the best 4x4?
I really want a 4x4 cube and I thought about the pillowed v-cube 4 but the stickers will kill me and cubesmith is in $ not £ sooooooo.
I really want a 4x4 cube and I thought about the pillowed v-cube 4 but the stickers will kill me and cubesmith is in $ not £ sooooooo.
thatboyahcubah
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moyu aosu.
goodatthis
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I need a new OH cube, and I'm looking at the following options:
Mini Aolong
LiYing
55mm Zhanchi
50mm Zhanchi
Mini Fangshi Shuangren (54.6)
I already have the mini weilong, but I find it's just a tad to slow for OH due to my relatively weak finger strength, I have a hard time doing any sort of flick-based turning style, I have to to R' by pushing down on the top on the right layer with my index finger, and I have to do U with a push style. I need a cube that would allow me to do this easier. This being said, what OH cube would likely be the best for me?
Mini Aolong
LiYing
55mm Zhanchi
50mm Zhanchi
Mini Fangshi Shuangren (54.6)
I already have the mini weilong, but I find it's just a tad to slow for OH due to my relatively weak finger strength, I have a hard time doing any sort of flick-based turning style, I have to to R' by pushing down on the top on the right layer with my index finger, and I have to do U with a push style. I need a cube that would allow me to do this easier. This being said, what OH cube would likely be the best for me?
DoctorPepper
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Dayan makes lots of Non-WCA puzzles like the Wheel of wisdom, Gem Cubes, Dino-Skewb, etc. whice one is good for a collection thats fun to solve
Amress
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Personally, I like the LiYing for OH. It turns at a good speed or me. However, for push style turning, it may lock up a bit.
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Which one should I get? Shengshou mini 7x7 or Moyu Aofu?
PJKCuber
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Depends on how much you can spend. The Aofu is significantly more expensive than the Shengshou and is smaller in size. If you aren't a serious 7x7 solver, then get a Shengshou 7x7 and mod it or something.
goodatthis
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I need a cube that will allow me to do flick style turning, I had to use push style because of my weilong haha.
Amress
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the LiYing works great for me, and i use flick style
WinterCub3r
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wait can some one tell me the differnce between push and flick turning??
I think that they are saying that in order to turn, they have to push hard or use a wrist turn instead of using fingertricks. Since they seem to be talking about how the cube turns, my only guess is that.
To turn a cube face that is way too hard to turn, then they call it "push". If it easily turns, and can even continue spinning unassisted for a bit, then they call it "flick".
Just a guess.
TDM
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The mini ShuangRen has very small outer layers compared to other ~55mm cubes, so be aware of that.
Flick U: hold your cube with your left hand as if you were doing OH, and push the FUL sticker to LUB with your left index (back of finger (nail))
Push U: hold your cube with your left hand as if you were doing OH, and push the LUB sticker to BUR with your left index (front of finger)
Flick R': left pinky (nail) on FDR, push down to DRB
Push R': left index (front of finger) on BUR, push down to UFR
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Amress
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Replace U' with U
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under 10$ well if heard a lot of good things about the yulong if not a speed cube than the ss mastermorphix
FailCuber
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Traxxas 50k or 30?
TDM
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Thanks, fixed.
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I'm looking to get a 2x2, 3x3, and 4x4 for upcoming Dixon Summer 2014 comp (the only cube I have is stickerless Zhanchi, and I have been borrowing a friend's SS2x2 and 4x4 v3 (or 4?), so I need stickered 3x3 and everything else). I know that the general consensus is that WitTwo v1 is one of the best (if not the best), and that the Aosu is also one of the best (if not the best), so I'm getting those. However, I have no idea what people say are the best for 3x3. It used to be Zhanchi, Guhong v2, and Weilong were the best, but now that all these new cubes have been coming out (ShuangRen v1, v2, etc.) I don't know which are considered the best now. Any advice?
TDM
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2x2: apparently the newer WitTwo v1s aren't as good as the older ones, but the DaYan is good. That's what I've heard.
3x3: the ZhanChi, WeiLong, ShuangRen v2 and AoLong are all good. It all depends on what you prefer. The AoLong is more controllable than the WeiLong, but is still reasonably fast. Mine isn't as fast as my ShuangRen, but my ShuangRen is very broken in, so the AoLong would probably be a better choice. If your current main is a ZhanChi, then maybe you could get another one; it's still a very good cube, and you are used to it. If I were you, I'd get both an AoLong and a ZhanChi and choose whichever you prefer, but as I said, without knowing which types of cube you prefer it will be hard to choose just one cube.
4x4: idk about anything other than ShengShous, but I've heard the AoSu is best, so if you can afford it then get one. The ShengShou isn't as good, but is much cheaper.
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Actually, I have heard that the Dayan 2x2 is pretty good (after all, it is made from a Zhanchi) so I might go with that. As for the 3x3, I have been borrowing a friend's Guhong (that's what I planned to use at the comp) and I'm quite used to it and like it, but I just hate all the pops. I was going to put all of the torpedoes from my stickerless zhanchi into the edges, but it turns out that they don't fit. Really, I can go with any style, probably, as long as it's very fast; the Guhong doesn't have such of a nice feel as my Zhanchi, but the Guhong goes faster, for me. Guhong is scratchy, and Zhanchi is smoother (at least, the stickerless is). So speed is my priority, I guess; I don't really care about the feel.
