The $1000 Speedcube Tierlist

[Zain_A24]

Hello everyone,

It has been a while since we have updated you all as well as share any content. Myself and Mo have been super busy over the last few weeks or so and now we are back and ready to upload as often as we can. I'm glad that our subscribers have been loyal and stayed with us despite our inactivity, so huge thanks for that.


Update #1 - Upcoming Content

Some content to expect
- GAN Skewb Unboxing (On the way from GAN as we speak)
- Giveaway winners (still need to do this one)
- Update Video - Video highlighting our plans for 2021
- Much more (I don't want to spoil the surprises)

Update #2 - GAN
I have heard some very interesting news from @Joann over at GANCUBE so thanks for sharing that. I will not announce it yet but maybe in an upcoming video. Might as well take this opportunity ot say a huge thanks to GANCube for the support and we will look forward to continuing to work with you in 2021.

Update #3 - Twitch
We will begin streaming over on Twitch within the next few weeks, just finishing up setting everything up. We will be doing live unboxings, solves and a lot more fun stuff over there, as well as recording and editing that to put on the YouTube channel a few days later. We have a GAN skewb on the way so will likely unbox this live.

Update #4 - Other "Small" Cubers

Humble Cuber (@Humble Cuber )
Huge congrats to the level of success you are having on your channel within the last few weeks. Also, really liked the idea of the live sub count and hopefully there is a stable way to keep it live and running in future.

Owen Morrison (@Owen Morrison )
Huge congratulations on once again overtaking us in subs. We really need to get uploading if we want to catch up. In all seriousness, you definitely deserve the growth you are getting so huge congrats. Your most recent review videos are definitely something you should keep going with.

Micah Morrison (@Micah Morrison
Another Morrison that has exceeded our subscriber count. I've seen the work you are putting in on Twitch and YouTube and I look forward to seeing your future content. I won't be surprised if you hit 300 before the year ends, along with the other Cubers and Tubers

Nathan Miles (@Nmile7300 )
Huge congrats to Nathan for getting a sponsorship at TheCubicle. They clearly saw great potential and we definitely do too, so we definitely look forward to your upcoming content. Although we'll probably be unable to use code "NATHAN5", we will do our best to support your content in the form of engagement on future content.

Thanks for the support on the channel, lots more content on the way, as well as a few secret surprises.

Subscribe to the following channels!
The Cubing Critics (Us) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxFjl3KuwFCRmfsr-cExhzw
Humble Cuber (Meme Lord) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpeWLQg888H2Iic7QefkypQ
Owen Morrison (Megaminx Legend) - https://www.youtube.com/c/OwenMorrisonyt/featured
Micah Morrison (All-Round Boss) - https://www.youtube.com/c/MicahMorrisoncubing/featured
Nathan Miles (TheCubicle's latest recruit) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaVjfduVRZcACeQIidHld5A

I've probably forgotten something so will leave it below.

 

[FishyIshy]

Hello everyone,

It has been a while since we have updated you all as well as share any content. Myself and Mo have been super busy over the last few weeks or so and now we are back and ready to upload as often as we can. I'm glad that our subscribers have been loyal and stayed with us despite our inactivity, so huge thanks for that.


Update #1 - Upcoming Content

Some content to expect
- GAN Skewb Unboxing (On the way from GAN as we speak)
- Giveaway winners (still need to do this one)
- Update Video - Video highlighting our plans for 2021
- Much more (I don't want to spoil the surprises)

Update #2 - GAN
I have heard some very interesting news from @Joann over at GANCUBE so thanks for sharing that. I will not announce it yet but maybe in an upcoming video. Might as well take this opportunity ot say a huge thanks to GANCube for the support and we will look forward to continuing to work with you in 2021.

Update #3 - Twitch
We will begin streaming over on Twitch within the next few weeks, just finishing up setting everything up. We will be doing live unboxings, solves and a lot more fun stuff over there, as well as recording and editing that to put on the YouTube channel a few days later. We have a GAN skewb on the way so will likely unbox this live.

Update #4 - Other "Small" Cubers

Humble Cuber (@Humble Cuber )
Huge congrats to the level of success you are having on your channel within the last few weeks. Also, really liked the idea of the live sub count and hopefully there is a stable way to keep it live and running in future.

Owen Morrison (@Owen Morrison )
Huge congratulations on once again overtaking us in subs. We really need to get uploading if we want to catch up. In all seriousness, you definitely deserve the growth you are getting so huge congrats. Your most recent review videos are definitely something you should keep going with.

Micah Morrison (@Micah Morrison
Another Morrison that has exceeded our subscriber count. I've seen the work you are putting in on Twitch and YouTube and I look forward to seeing your future content. I won't be surprised if you hit 300 before the year ends, along with the other Cubers and Tubers

Nathan Miles (@Nmile7300 )
Huge congrats to Nathan for getting a sponsorship at TheCubicle. They clearly saw great potential and we definitely do too, so we definitely look forward to your upcoming content. Although we'll probably be unable to use code "NATHAN5", we will do our best to support your content in the form of engagement on future content.

Thanks for the support on the channel, lots more content on the way, as well as a few secret surprises.

Subscribe to the following channels!
The Cubing Critics (Us) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxFjl3KuwFCRmfsr-cExhzw
Humble Cuber (Meme Lord) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpeWLQg888H2Iic7QefkypQ
Owen Morrison (Megaminx Legend) - https://www.youtube.com/c/OwenMorrisonyt/featured
Micah Morrison (All-Round Boss) - https://www.youtube.com/c/MicahMorrisoncubing/featured
Nathan Miles (TheCubicle's latest recruit) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaVjfduVRZcACeQIidHld5A

I've probably forgotten something so will leave it below.

Mad respect for the amount of effort you put in when it comes to supporting other cubing YouTubers

 

[Zain_A24]

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Launching a video tomorrow (finally). Sorry for the short break, we are back and will be uploading regularly.
Also a quick shoutout to JFCubing and Nathan for the sponsorship!
Keep an eye out on the channel to see when this video drops.

EDIT: This thread has 15K views.

 

[Zain_A24]

Video is now rendering on YouTube. We had a few issues when trying to export in 4K so I hope you guys can settle for 2K this time (upsetting times indeed).

We also decided to put in some EXCLUSIVE GAN SKEWB NEWS in there as well which I think noone else knows about. I was having a chat with Phil from TheCubicle and this was new information to them as well so looking forward to sharing the full details.

Video will be premiering very soon, I'll leave a link below once it is ready.

 

[Zain_A24]

Premiering in a few hours:
IMPORTANT UPDATES + GAN Skewb News - YouTube

 

[FishyIshy]

Video is now rendering on YouTube. We had a few issues when trying to export in 4K so I hope you guys can settle for 2K this time (upsetting times indeed).

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We also decided to put in some EXCLUSIVE GAN SKEWB NEWS in there as well which I think noone else knows about. I was having a chat with Phil from TheCubicle and this was new information to them as well so looking forward to sharing the full details.

Video will be premiering very soon, I'll leave a link below once it is ready.

Looking forward to it!!

 

[Zain_A24]

Our regular followers of the thread will know that we typically show off all the updates in one big post. This post is no different. Here are our big updates that we would like to share with you.

But before that, I have some good news and some not so good news:

Spoiler: Not So Good News

The bad news is we have still got a bit of work to do before we can stream on Twitch, in terms of setup and work with OBS. We want our streams to be high quality so we want to do thorough testing before we go live. Thanks for the support on Twitch.
Feel free to follow us here: thecubingcritics - Twitch

Spoiler: Good News

Despite not being able to stream our GAN Skewb unboxing live on Twitch, we will be providing you with a nice 4K 60 video for YouTube, as well as a tonne more which I'll talk about in this post.

GAN Skewb
We just finished recording the GAN Skewb unboxing. This will be out on YouTube tomorrow (hopefully) so keep an eye out for that.
If you guys have any questions on the skewb, feel free to leave them below, although bear in mind we are not Skewb Gods and our Wingy and AoYan is on the way soon.

Discord
I can see people are enjoying our server
Invite Link - Team Cubing Critics (discord.com)

We have HUGE plans for the server including WEEKLY EVENTS which hopefully you don't see elsewhere, so feel free to join if you like

New Videos
We just finished mass-recording a TONNE of new videos which we will release over the next few weeks. Super excited.

Here is our next video! It will be a MYSTERY DISCORD EVENT, which will be revealed in the video, feel free to hit the notification bell:

The event will last for 1 week.

Spoiler: Clue 1

It isn't a speed competition

Spoiler: Clue 2

It hasn't been done before in the cubing community.

Looking forward to joining you guys there. We are putting a lot of work into the server. If you are interested in becoming a moderator, feel free to let me know.

Further updates I will leave here:


Thanks for reading and looking forward to sharing more content with you guys!
The Cubing Critics

 

[Zain_A24]

Now that the video has gone up, I thought it is best to let you in on the secret.
We are doing A CUBING TIME CAPSULE

A channel on our server is now open and you can post (once) in the channel before it closes in 2021.
The channel will reopen in December 2021!

 

[Zain_A24]

Quick update:
We're currently waiting for our "GAN SKEWB UNBOXING" to render in 4K on YouTube and will set the premiere for this evening GMT.
So far some interesting entries in the Time Capsule. you have until 1st January to post in the time capsule and it will be reopened in December 2021.
Glad to see our community is gradually growing and let's see if we can hit 100 members by the end of the year.

 

[Mo_A2244]

The GAN Skewb Unboxing is premiering in 30 minutes:

The reason this took a while was because the video for whatever reason was not rendering in 4K but now that is fixed.
Hope you enjoy.

Also, as it's Christmas, we have given everyone XP Boost on our Discord server so that you can level up quicker.

Merry Christmas everyone.
The Cubing Critics

 

[Jam88]

The GAN Skewb Unboxing is premiering in 30 minutes:

The reason this took a while was because the video for whatever reason was not rendering in 4K but now that is fixed.
Hope you enjoy.

Also, as it's Christmas, we have given everyone XP Boost on our Discord server so that you can level up quicker.

Merry Christmas everyone.
The Cubing Critics

noice

 

[Zain_A24]

Hello Everyone,

I hope you are all well and are having a good 2021 so far (likely indoors in some areas like ours).

We have a tonne of updates to share this week. According to the poll above, a lot of people here are subbed so thanks for that, but for those that aren't, you are more than welcome to provide feedback on the channel and why you may not be subbed. Whether we don't provide your kind of content or our videos aren't very good, feel free to let us know down below, your feedback is very valuable.

Most of these updates will come at the end of the week once everything is confirmed but I'll give a teaser here.

We have been in regular contact with MSCUBE. They say they will be cooperating with us over the long term so that is very exciting. Further details to follow! Very excited with what new cubes they will be producing.

We have just changed editor to Resolve (from Videopad). Videopad was very basic and slow to edit on so we were quite restricted with what we could do so hopefully this will be a good change and I'll be able to edit videos nice and quickly.

Twitch has taken a step back for now as we work on getting ahead of schedule on uploads, but we have invested in some more gear to hopefully make streams easier for us so that is exciting. Our OBS skills still need a bit of work though.

We are launching a few brand new series over on YouTube, some of which will bring a unique perspective to cubing, I don't want to give too much away! We have a large list of cool and wacky ideas that we are ready to unleash to you guys on YouTube starting next week. Get ready for regular uploads (as close to daily as we can get).

I see a tonne of daily uploaders on YT and they seem to get a lot of hate for what is their hard work and grind. Let's see what we can do and hopefully contribute to the community in a unique way!

The Discord server is growing at a good rate and our next event is next week. I will be giving out XP Boosts to random people today/tomorrow.
The 2020 Time Capsule was great and I look forward to opening it again in almost a year's time (should be quite entertaining).

Feel free to join if you haven't already - Team Cubing Critics (discord.com)
Our Channel - The Cubing Critics - YouTube

Full updates with information from MSCUBE as well as what these "new series" are at the end of the week.
Until then, feel free to join Team Cubing Critics!
Happy Cubing and hope you have a great 2021!

 

[Zain_A24]

I have some updates, which I promised to share at the end of the week but completely forgot about.

Face Reveal
First of all, you've all seen Mo, but you haven't seen me before. That is about to change. We will be both regularly featuring on the channel from this point onwards. Our next video (hopefully Tuesday) will be with the both of us.

Daily Uploads
Our videos will begin to become closer to daily uploads as we can get, with the hopes of uploading a minimum of 1 video per day (more on some days). This is because of a new series which we will be launching tomorrow (hopefully). It isn't going to be a commitment, because we don't want to put the pressure on ourselves to upload a video every day, but you can expect at least 5-8 videos a week.

New Series
I've mentioned that we have a couple of new series coming to the channel. All will be revealed in the next couple of days. We have a tonne of ideas and these will release over the next couple of weeks.

New Visuals
So we will be trialling something new and different at the start of every video, hopefully it does it's job (that's all I can say). It is something new and interesting that I haven't seen any other YouCuber or YouTuber do before (let's hope that's a good thing) so we will be giving it a go. Good ol' Powerpoint is a legend (little hint maybe?).

Discord
We have plans on developing the Discord server further, and if any of you have experience with Discord you're more than welcome to join and become a moderator of the server. I'm thinking of a good way to reward mods but have no ideas what they may want.

Team Cubing Critics (discord.com)

Leaks
We have quite a few juicy leaks (all legal of course) of very early news from various companies, including a few surprise releases (very exciting). We'll share these over the next few days. You can try asking us but we'll be very cryptic.

MSCUBE
We are officially working with MSCUBE. We should be getting a hold of the MS3V1's soon and we'll make a video on those. MSCUBE has been extremely cool and cooperative and we look forward to working with them and trying out their new products (as well as receiving some early looks at their upcoming products)


Summary
If you want early news, our channel is the place to go. We will also have plenty of entertainment and educational content coming soon so feel free to leave a sub. We'll be having a look at the MS3V1 (soon hopefully) and will share our thoughts. We have a few big pieces of news coming up on the channel so be sure to keep an eye out for those. Face reveal in the next video as well as plans to upload very very regularly (with hopefully some quality content, I'll leave you guys to judge that for us). Some exclusive collabs also coming soon!

Very exciting time for The Cubing Critics.

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If I missed anything I'll leave it down below

 

[chiefoggy]

Are y'all currently in need of some help?
I am able to help and I have experience in video editing, and I am also able to write scripts for videos and some other skills.
If you need any help, just let me know on Instagram. I am @aa_perm there.

 

[Zain_A24]

Are y'all currently in need of some help?
I am able to help and I have experience in video editing, and I am also able to write scripts for videos and some other skills.
If you need any help, just let me know on Instagram. I am @aa_perm there.

Thanks for reaching out but I think we're all good.
We've never actually used scripts before funnily enough.

 

[Jam88]

Thanks for reaching out but I think we're all good.
We've never actually used scripts before funnily enough.

Wait, some people use scripts?!

 

[Zain_A24]

Wait, some people use scripts?!

Yes.
It is a way of producing structure, especially for the informative videos that need to be to-the-point.
A lot of people don't use them though and prefer naturally talking.
Things like unboxings in cubing make no sense to have a script whereas areas like reviews, it makes sense to have a script of pre-written thoughts.

 

[Nmile7300]

Wait, some people use scripts?!

Yes.
It is a way of producing structure, especially for the informative videos that need to be to-the-point.
A lot of people don't use them though and prefer naturally talking.
Things like unboxings in cubing make no sense to have a script whereas areas like reviews, it makes sense to have a script of pre-written thoughts.

I personally write down a "rough script" that goes over the things I want to say and the points I'm making, various jokes that I thought of randomly that would work well (you would not believe how fast I forget jokes), as well as any other random notes that I think are important. But I don't write out every word I'm going to say. this way, I get the perfect balance of structure and being natural. Not having a script for videos that are "real time"(challenge videos, unboxings, etc) is fine but if you don't have a script or at least rough notes for videos that need to be more structured such as reviews, the video is going to be disorganized and people will notice.

 

[Zain_A24]

I personally write down a "rough script" that goes over the things I want to say and the points I'm making, various jokes that I thought of randomly that would work well (you would not believe how fast I forget jokes), as well as any other random notes that I think are important. But I don't write out every word I'm going to say. this way, I get the perfect balance of structure and being natural. Not having a script for videos that are "real time"(challenge videos, unboxings, etc) is fine but if you don't have a script or at least rough notes for videos that need to be more structured such as reviews, the video is going to be disorganized and people will notice.

Definitely, although there is no harm in a full script. You can still be "natural" with a full script, and that is what most big channels do.

 

[Nmile7300]

Definitely, although there is no harm in a full script. You can still be "natural" with a full script, and that is what most big channels do.

Yep but it takes a lot more practice.