The Puzzle Debate Thread!

[MJS Cubing]

This thread is simple. Debate why a puzzle is good or bad and why. You can also say why a puzzle was good for it's time, or how it is only good for certain things.

 

[WarriorCatCuber]

The valk M is the best. It's stable, controlable, fast and crunchy.

 

[MJS Cubing]

The valk M is the best. It's stable, controlable, fast and crunchy.

I like the Valk Elite better. While I only have a Valk Elite, my neighbor has a Valk M.
If you can control a cube better, the Valk Elite is better.

 

[Hazel]

I like the TengYun because it's quiet.

 

[DerpBoiMoon]

The valk M is the best. It's stable, controlable, fast and crunchy.

Factory or self magnetised

 

[WarriorCatCuber]

Factory or self magnetised

factory

 

[ProStar]

I like the TengYun because it's quiet.

I want to try the tengyun, I need a quiet cube

 

[MJS Cubing]

I want to try the tengyun, I need a quiet cube

My Valk Elite is really quiet, in my opinion, quieter than the Tengyun.

 

[brododragon]

The huanglong is awesome (Correctly set-up):
1. smooth
2. fast yet controllable
3. perfect magnet strength that just does the job and nothing else
4. The best stickerless shades probably of all time
5. Quiet
6. Amazing M Slices

 

[GAN 356 X]

Tengyun because its quiet, fast, satisfying to turn, and makes me actually practice 3x3. Its kind of my main as me and iwannaganx are sort of renting each others cubes, the tengyun that I have one me is set up with silk and weight and sounds just like Jay's cubes, which is something I've been trying to achieve

 

[MJS Cubing]

I feel like any cube can be quiet if it is set up right, but it might be a little gummy.

 

[Parity Nightmare]

The huanglong is awesome (Correctly set-up):
1. smooth
2. fast yet controllable
3. perfect magnet strength that just does the job and nothing else
4. The best stickerless shades probably of all time
5. Quiet
6. Amazing M Slices

I totally agree. I feel the huanglong and the Yuexiao EDM are the MOST underrated cubes. I main a Yuexiao EDM

 

[Parity Nightmare]

Also for 2x2, I feel the MGC is the BEST because of the AMAZING reverse cornercutting. It does regular cut 50, reverse cut 40

 

[crazycuber36]

Also for 2x2, I feel the MGC is the BEST because of the AMAZING reverse cornercutting. It does regular cut 50, reverse cut 40

what is your pb for 2 by 2 anyway?

 

[Parity Nightmare]

0.91 on stackmat, my best average of 25 at home is 3.75

 

[xyzzy]

My two preferred cubes are the Tengyun and my modded Valk M (4×1.5 N38, foam-modded corners, Valk Elite's green springs), which incidentally are also the least noisy cubes I have. For that matter, among the ten speedcubes I have, this is my subjective noisiness ranking when turning slowly (least to most):
Tengyun M, Valk M, 50 mm Zhanchi, Guhong v3 M, Valk Elite M, Cubing Classroom 45 mm, Weilong GTS2M, Huanglong M, Aolong v2, Yulong v1

And when testing corner cutting:
Valk M, Tengyun, CC 45 mm, Valk Elite, Huanglong M, 50 mm Zhanchi, GTS2M, Guhong v3, Yulong, Aolong v2

Just about every cube I have other than the Valk M, the Tengyun and the CC 45 mm gets much louder when doing corner cutting; it's clear that turning style plays a big part in how loud the cube will sound. I'm slightly curious about how the Gan cubes would rank, since they're often said to be quiet (people said this of every release in the Gan 356 line, from the original 356 to the XS), but also not curious enough to stop boycotting them.

(I don't take noisiness as the key factor to choosing a main; that's obviously silly. That my two mains are relatively quiet is coincidence. Noisiness would, however, be a key factor in choosing what cube to take for EDC.)

I like the Valk Elite better. While I only have a Valk Elite, my neighbor has a Valk M.
If you can control a cube better, the Valk Elite is better.

I dislike the Huanglong M, but at least the design isn't outright broken and it makes sense that other people might like it. Not so with the Valk Elite; at least the stickerless version is just fundamentally flawed. (I haven't tried the stickered version but I'm also not about to drop another 50 quid on yet another 3×3×3 that I will inevitably have to replace the stickers for in a few days.)

The huanglong is awesome (Correctly set-up):
1. smooth
2. fast yet controllable
3. perfect magnet strength that just does the job and nothing else
4. The best stickerless shades probably of all time
5. Quiet
6. Amazing M Slices

Mostly agree on #4; the fluoro red looks great on the cube, but many other stickerless cubes have darker/deeper reds (especially big cubes), so I need to "recalibrate" my vision when switching between cubes. Hard disagree on #5; a broken-in Huanglong really isn't what I'd consider quiet. (No opinion on the rest.)

 

[MJS Cubing]

I haven't tried the stickered version but I'm also not about to drop another 50 quid on yet another 3×3×3 that I will inevitably have to replace the stickers for in a few days.

I have the stickered version, and it is Amazing, the cube comes with a spare set of stickers too. I've had the cube since Christmas, and haven't had to replace the stickers yet.