Which Cube Should I Get? Up To Date Recommendations

[Nmile7300]

The old list is out of date and so is my old one so here goes another one

3x3:
Budget: Meilong M
Great: Wuwei, Guhong v4, RS3M 2020
Expert: Too many to count, it's worth doing your own research here

2x2:
Budget: Yupo v2 M
Great: Original MGC
Expert: MGC Elite 2x2, Valk 2, Gan 251, Flare, Xinghen TSM

4x4:
Budget: Little Magic M
Great: Zhilong M, Meilong M,
Expert: Aosu GTS2 M,

5x5:
Budget: Yuxin Cloud, Little Magic M
Great: Yuchuang v2 M
Expert: MGC, Valk 5, Aochuang GTS M, Aochuang WRM

6x6:
Budget: Little Magic M
Great: Yushi v2 M, Shadow
Expert: MGC

7x7:
Budget: Yufu v2 M
Great: Hays 7 M, Aofu GTS M
Expert: MGC, Spark

Square 1:
Budget: Qifa
Great: Little Magic M
Expert: MGC, Volt v2

Mega:
Budget: Little Magic
Great: Galaxy v1
Expert: Yuhu v2, Galaxy v2, Gan, Dayan v2 (Not sure about this one, haven't tried it yet)

Pyra:
Budget: Yulong v2
Great: Yuxin Huanglong
Expert: Bell v2, Bell v1

Skewb:
Budget: Little Magic
Great: Moyu Magnetic
Expert: Aoyan, Wingy, Gan

Clock:
Budget: Lingao
Great: Shengshou
Expert: Qiyi

Before you go typing away about me putting cheaper cubes in the expert category than those in the great category yes I know that. The budget category is the only one that I used price to decide what goes in it. Expert and Great are both based completely on pure performance. Yes, I know that this isn't the system pjk used.

If you have any additional insight on these puzzles (or on some non-wca puzzles) please share it in the thread as the more information people have the more likely they are to pick a puzzle they enjoy.

Great list. The only thing I can suggest is to put the MS series in Budget for 2-5 and Pyraminx.

 

[ruffleduck]

The old list is out of date and so is my old one so here goes another one

3x3:
Budget: Meilong M
Great: Wuwei, Guhong v4, RS3M 2020
Expert: Too many to count, it's worth doing your own research here

2x2:
Budget: Yupo v2 M
Great: Original MGC
Expert: MGC Elite 2x2, Valk 2, Gan 251, Flare, Xinghen TSM

4x4:
Budget: Little Magic M
Great: Zhilong M, Meilong M,
Expert: Aosu GTS2 M,

5x5:
Budget: Yuxin Cloud, Little Magic M
Great: Yuchuang v2 M
Expert: MGC, Valk 5, Aochuang GTS M, Aochuang WRM

6x6:
Budget: Little Magic M
Great: Yushi v2 M, Shadow
Expert: MGC

7x7:
Budget: Yufu v2 M
Great: Hays 7 M, Aofu GTS M
Expert: MGC, Spark

Square 1:
Budget: Qifa
Great: Little Magic M
Expert: MGC, Volt v2

Mega:
Budget: Little Magic
Great: Galaxy v1
Expert: Yuhu v2, Galaxy v2, Gan, Dayan v2 (Not sure about this one, haven't tried it yet)

Pyra:
Budget: Yulong v2
Great: Yuxin Huanglong
Expert: Bell v2, Bell v1

Skewb:
Budget: Little Magic
Great: Moyu Magnetic
Expert: Aoyan, Wingy, Gan

Clock:
Budget: Lingao
Great: Shengshou
Expert: Qiyi

Before you go typing away about me putting cheaper cubes in the expert category than those in the great category yes I know that. The budget category is the only one that I used price to decide what goes in it. Expert and Great are both based completely on pure performance. Yes, I know that this isn't the system pjk used.

If you have any additional insight on these puzzles (or on some non-wca puzzles) please share it in the thread as the more information people have the more likely they are to pick a puzzle they enjoy.

Good list. I would suggest you add the Tengyun 2x2, MGC and Ambition 4x4, and the Gan and Mr. M pyras

 

[Sub1Hour]

is the yuxin cloud any good? same with yushi 6x6.

maybe there should be an ultra budget non magnetic category for people who just want a puzzle for casual solving.

The yuxin cloud is pretty good, especially for its age, but it's not super great compared to any magnetic counterpart.

As for the yushi, I would actually say it's the second-best on the market. I mained it for a while before the MGC came out and its still solid to this day. I can certainly tell you that it's a fantastic puzzle, and so will @Tabe who also mained it for a while.

As for the ultra budget stuff It's not a huge deal which one you get, so picking the cheapest thing on the website will suffice (except for that one tiny 6x6, that one sucks)

Great list. The only thing I can suggest is to put the MS series in Budget for 2-5 and Pyraminx.

I actually kind of forgot about those cubes, but they are on the list now.

Good list. I would suggest you add the Tengyun 2x2, MGC and Ambition 4x4, and the Gan and Mr. M pyras

Which MGC? There's literally one for every "good" event. I'll add the rest though. The tengyun has been a pretty good niche pick since its come out, and I hope to try one someday.

 

[SH03L4C3]

is the yuxin cloud any good? same with yushi 6x6.

I have heard good things about the yushi. Best budget 6x6

 

[Scollier]

Out of all of the 9x9s, the YLM is probably the best, right? It seems to have the best customer ratings on TC.

 

[CFOP INC]

My brother has been wanting to get a new skewb for a while but he's not sure which is the best one

 

[BenChristman1]

Out of all of the 9x9s, the YLM is probably the best, right? It seems to have the best customer ratings on TC.

I have the MF9 (basically the same as a Meilong), and it’s much smaller, and it still has very good performance.

 

[Sub1Hour]

My brother has been wanting to get a new skewb for a while but he's not sure which is the best one

Just get the aoyan. The gan is pretty expensive and I still use the aoyan to this day, I think it's slightly better than the wingy but I haven't tried the gan skewb. However, I would keep in mind gan never made a skewb, and moyu has made plenty that was/is top of the line for their times.

 

[ruffleduck]

Which MGC? There's literally one for every "good" event.

Sorry for not being more specific. I was referring to the MGC 4x4.

 

[Scollier]

I have the MF9 (basically the same as a Meilong), and it’s much smaller, and it still has very good performance.

I saw that, but...

 

[BenChristman1]

I saw that, but...

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Like I said, the Meilong is basically the same thing, so you could get that.

MFJS MeiLong 9x9

The MFJS MeiLong 9x9 is a new, speed solvable 9x9 from Mofang Jiaoshi. At 74mm it is easily the smallest 9x9 currently being produced and fits comfortable in your hands. This puzzle comes in vibrant stickerless bright shades.

www.thecubicle.com

 

[SH03L4C3]

Like I said, the Meilong is basically the same thing, so you could get that.

MFJS MeiLong 9x9

The MFJS MeiLong 9x9 is a new, speed solvable 9x9 from Mofang Jiaoshi. At 74mm it is easily the smallest 9x9 currently being produced and fits comfortable in your hands. This puzzle comes in vibrant stickerless bright shades.

www.thecubicle.com

much cheaper too
EDIT: compared to the YLM @BenChristman1

 

[Scollier]

much cheaper too
EDIT: compared to the YLM @BenChristman1

No, they're the same price...

 

[SH03L4C3]

No, they're the same price...

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oh I thought the little magic big cubes were more expensive

 

[Fast Tim]

Any 4x4 recommendations? Price doesn’t matter much but if there’re two with similar performances, I’ll go for the cheaper one. Btw I have started 4x4 long time ago, but with a non-magnetic trash cube which has bad corner

 

[Fast Tim]

Any 4x4 recommendations? Price doesn’t matter much but if there’re two with similar performances, I’ll go for the cheaper one. Btw I have started 4x4 long time ago, but with a non-magnetic trash cube which has bad corner

corner cutting*
sorry for the typo

 

[povlhp]

MGC is recommended for 4x4 and up. To me the 4x4 was the worst of the bigger mgc out of the box. Now broken in it is fine.
it is way better than the bad RS4M.

 

[Fast Tim]

MGC is recommended for 4x4 and up. To me the 4x4 was the worst of the bigger mgc out of the box. Now broken in it is fine.
it is way better than the bad RS4M.

Oh nice thx

 

[Fast Tim]

Just for reference, there’s a cube shop in Hong Kong where I always buy cubes from, here’s the website: https://www.cubersshophk.store/

 

[SH03L4C3]

Any 4x4 recommendations? Price doesn’t matter much but if there’re two with similar performances, I’ll go for the cheaper one. Btw I have started 4x4 long time ago, but with a non-magnetic trash cube which has bad corner

you should try the new ambition 4x4 from XMan Designs, its on preorder