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[swburk]

Probably, there are no non-magnetic mgc puzzles yet.

Maybe MGC stands for "Magnetic Good Cube"

 

[zslane]

Doesn't the Stackmat enjoy, like, 99% market share of cube timers? Is GAN really likely to snatch away much of that market share? Are there any glaring deficiencies in the Stackmat product that just scream out for a competitor to come along and address?

 

[swburk]

Doesn't the Stackmat enjoy, like, 99% market share of cube timers? Is GAN really likely to snatch away much of that market share? Are there any glaring deficiencies in the Stackmat product that just scream out for a competitor to come along and address?

From what I've heard (on the internet so take with a grain of salt) there will be some "smart" features that integrate with GAN's app and/or the GAN smart cubes, so I'm guessing that's how they'll differentiate it.

I'm hoping it will be able to connect to my computer via Bluetooth and work with csTimer. No matter what cable I try, my Stackmat still throws weird 0.5 second times into csTimer every once in awhile.

 

[Spacey10]

From what I've heard (on the internet so take with a grain of salt) there will be some "smart" features that integrate with GAN's app and/or the GAN smart cubes, so I'm guessing that's how they'll differentiate it.

I'm hoping it will be able to connect to my computer via Bluetooth and work with csTimer. No matter what cable I try, my Stackmat still throws weird 0.5 second times into csTimer every once in awhile.

If anything, I would prefer a stackmat timer.
From what we have already seen, GAN's hardware isn't bad, but the software is absolutely garbage.

 

[Zain_A24]

From what I've heard (on the internet so take with a grain of salt) there will be some "smart" features that integrate with GAN's app and/or the GAN smart cubes, so I'm guessing that's how they'll differentiate it.

I'm hoping it will be able to connect to my computer via Bluetooth and work with csTimer. No matter what cable I try, my Stackmat still throws weird 0.5 second times into csTimer every once in awhile.

That is correct. It will be designed to use on it's own or with the cubestation app. Not sure about cstimer though.

 

[Deleted member 54663]

I use stackmat and typing into cstimer, so it was never an issue. However, I think Gan will implement a new feature or something like they do with their cubes.

Edit: Nvm, the cubing critic covered it.

 

[qwr]

Doesn't the Stackmat enjoy, like, 99% market share of cube timers? Is GAN really likely to snatch away much of that market share? Are there any glaring deficiencies in the Stackmat product that just scream out for a competitor to come along and address?

yes: they're expensive. Like $30 for the stackmat and $100 for the display timer. there is no reason why a good timer can't be like $10. unfortunately no cubing company is apparently capable of making a reliable timer or lobbying the WCA to allow them. well the qiyi timer was promising.

Maybe MGC stands for "Magnetic Good Cube"

I saw a big brain youtube comment saying it might be the words "MAGIC" without vowels (rubik's cubes in chinese are called mofang, literally "magic cube")

 

[Tabe]

Doesn't the Stackmat enjoy, like, 99% market share of cube timers? Is GAN really likely to snatch away much of that market share? Are there any glaring deficiencies in the Stackmat product that just scream out for a competitor to come along and address?

Bluetooth.

Gan will have Bluetooth so no more hassling with cords and splitters to get the timer to work with your computer.

 

[TheSlykrCubr]

yes: they're expensive. Like $30 for the stackmat and $100 for the display timer. there is no reason why a good timer can't be like $10. unfortunately no cubing company is apparently capable of making a reliable timer or lobbying the WCA to allow them. well the qiyi timer was promising.

i use the qiyi timer daily, and i can say the only disadvantage is that it eats up batteries

 

[Deleted member 54663]

i use the qiyi timer daily, and i can say the only disadvantage is that it eats up batteries

Where did you get it?

 

[TheSlykrCubr]

Where did you get it?

kewbzuk

 

[cuber314159]

i use the qiyi timer daily, and i can say the only disadvantage is that it eats up batteries

And it can survive a lot of abuse...

 

[Sub1Hour]

Regarding Timers, the YJ full-size timer (Not the weird pocket one) is the clear winner in my eyes. The reset and power buttons are on the side, not the front, so it makes accidental resets nearly impossible.

 

[Deleted member 54663]

Regarding Timers, the YJ full-size timer (Not the weird pocket one) is the clear winner in my eyes. The reset and power buttons are on the side, not the front, so it makes accidental resets nearly impossible.

Accidental resets never happened on my solves, so it was never really a problem for me, idk about others.

 

[Sub1Hour]

Accidental resets never happened on my solves, so it was never really a problem for me, idk about others.

There is clearly a problem with timer resets, even among the top speedcubers.

 

[Owen Morrison]

Regarding Timers, the YJ full-size timer (Not the weird pocket one) is the clear winner in my eyes. The reset and power buttons are on the side, not the front, so it makes accidental resets nearly impossible.

Can it connect to CSTimer? If so, what cord does it use?

 

[abunickabhi]

Can it connect to CSTimer? If so, what cord does it use?

It uses a 3.5mm to 2.5 mm AUX cable. To connect cstimer or any other computer web app with the stackmat.

 

[Zain_A24]

New YuXin cube

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People are saying it is a new 13x13, which Yuxin didn't do a very good job of covering on the box
Here's the image if the Instagram post doesn't work:

 

[GAN CUBER]

Nice

 

[MJS Cubing]

I like how it’s says Yuxin “toys” make you clever. Non cubers are going to buy this to be clever.