Forcefulness
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The bottom layer on my Qiyi squan is uncontrollably fast, but the top layer is really slow. Does anyone else have this issue? Any fixes?
Qiyi SQ-1 uneven layers
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Dadd
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i have this issue, too. The top layer is sluggish and the bottom is fast. It is very noticable during the solve.
hamfaceman
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Try wiping out all the lube. It may just be an uneven lube combination on the 2 layers.
Forcefulness
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It's not, I've done that many times.
biscuit
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Where are the screws on a sq-1?
Ranzha
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Gravity could be playing a role there
Forcefulness
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top kek
guysensei1
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Every solve, flip the cube around, so that on average the layers are equally fast
Forcefulness
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Upon inspection of my slower layer, I noticed some imperfections on the big corners of those pieces. I shaved them down to make the pieces more flush and that has helped a bit. I only did a rudimentary job but I think I found the issue and solution
UPDATE** Wow, after breaking it in proceeding the modification the cube has gotten wayyyy better
UPDATE** Wow, after breaking it in proceeding the modification the cube has gotten wayyyy better
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Which mod did you do? Was it just shaving down the pieces you mentioned, or was there something more?
Mine still has the issue even after breaking in - one side completely uncontrollable, and the other side still too stiff. Hopefully it will go away with more time, but it seems like maybe there was a batch of defective puzzles released
Forcefulness
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I did the low mod, but that doen't really help. I might make a video of how to do it if I can get my hands on another one.
BenBergen
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Bumping this thread because I have the same issue with my (stickerless) QiYi Square-1: the bottom layer is much faster than the top layer. I tried putting different weight lubes on the layers but that only makes a small difference. And when I swap the layers (i.e. do /(6,6)/) the bottom is still faster, so it can't be an issue with imperfections on the corner or edge pieces. Any ideas what might be causing this and how to fix it?
