Which cube revolutionized speedcubing the most?

[LNZ]

I will say the original Rubik's 3x3x3 in 1980, even though it sucks now. Without this we would have no speedcubing ever.

 

[irontwig]

V-cubes, for making not only big(ger) cubes, but also very probably influencing Dayan who had produced pretty blocky cubes (was it called Taiyan?) before making the Guhong.

 

[CriticalCubing]

Probably the Zhanchi or Guhong
As of currently, the Moyu Market seems the best but Fangshi and other brands are also great!

 

[Please Dont Ask]

I would go with the Fangshi shungren

 

[Ingo]

I'd say Dayan GuHong

 

[Zero]

I would have to go with the Dayan GuHong for being the first cube with a non blocky mechinism. In addition I'd include the Fanshi Shuang Ren due to it being one of the first cubes to rival the Dayan Zhanchi.

 

[AlexTheEmperor]

For me, it has to be the Zhanchi. For a long time it was the best cube on the market and even today is still a major player. It democratised speedcubing since for the first time you could spend a relatively small amount of money for an amazing and consistent feeling and performance right out of the box when at the time of it's release, you would have to go to sizeable lengths to achieve that same feeling. As far as the pedigree of the cube is concerned, you don't get much better than holding the WR single and being used by both top 2 seeds globally at the worlds 2013. Technology has moved on since then of course and there are cubes on the market with much better performance, but when you see just how much of an impact the Zhanchi had on the world of cubing, it is hard to deny that it was not important.

Every speedcuber worth their while has currently or has had a Zhanchi at some point and even today, one will still sit comfortably in any cuber's collection, regardless of ablility. And that cuber will still find themselves being able to perform on a decent par with MoYu's new creations.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Most cubes from 1980 have adjustable tensions.

Really? I wonder if that applies to the 1981 cubes in the USA. To be honest, I never looked. I'm going to have to go home and see if my two 1981 cubes have screws. They are so loose that they rattle, a lot, when you shake them. Perhaps I can restore them to the way they were when I first got them? That would be nice.

 

[PeelingStickers]

As much as we like to hate them: v-cubes created a mechanism that sent us beyond the standard rubik's design. No longer did each cubie have to be cubic in shape. Sadly for v-cubes they created the idea, but it was nowhere near perfect. For that I would say Dayan and Shengshou revolutionized cubing by taking an existing mechanism and applying it to create speedcubes that turned flawlessly out of the box (compared to cubes that existed beforehand).

Most important cube? The first one V-cubes released with the mech (V-Cube 5)
Most revolutionary cube? Dayan Guhong

 

[SenorJuan]

I agree with Tony, LNZ, et al, the original early '80's Rubiks cube was good enough to be considered revolutionary. You could adjust the spring tension, lube it, round off the edges with a file to give reverse corner-cutting (the plastic was thicker then), people swapped springs, shortened them, added extra washers under them etc. Allowing for the fact that finger-tricks didn't really exist then (or for a long time afterwards), the standard cube was quite capable of being as fast as you would want.

 

[Stefan]

If there was a revolution, then why are the #100 curves so smooth? Wouldn't there be a significant drop or bend?
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/misc/evolution/
Does anyone know when the GuHong came out?

Really? I wonder if that applies to the 1981 cubes in the USA. To be honest, I never looked. I'm going to have to go home and see if my two 1981 cubes have screws. They are so loose that they rattle, a lot, when you shake them. Perhaps I can restore them to the way they were when I first got them? That would be nice.

I have some from USA but I'm not sure I looked into them. But I think all the old ones I did look into had screws.

You'll probably have to use a thin blade to get the center caps off, they're usually glued. Wide rectangular x-acto knifes are very good.

 

[Deathranger999]

I'd say the Guhong, since it was the first "good" cube to come out, and the first (I believe) to use the modern rounded shape of pieces.

 

[Zero]

Does anyone know when the GuHong came out?

If I remember correctly it was early to mid 2010. Though my memory has been known to fail me sometimes.

 

[EMI]

The V-cubes, including the 2x2 which was the first to cut corners well. And the Guhong, which is kind of based on the V-cube design. Other than that, the Shengshou Pyraminx. Everything else was rather consistent evolving.

If there was a revolution, then why are the #100 curves so smooth? Wouldn't there be a significant drop or bend?

It's the cuber not the cube But cubing is more fun with a good cube.

 

[~Adam~]

Has anyone mentioned the X cube 4 yet? Took Pi's alignment idea and made it work well.