UMichSpeedCubist
Regular
I just scrambled and solved centers on this newly released Teraminx. It turns about as well as expected if you have the YuXin Gigaminx. Of course it doesn't turn as well as their Gigaminx, but it's not bad. It's fairly heavy tho and will tire you out if you keep it off the table, so you probably won't solve it in one sitting. It is almost certainly the best Teraminx on the market. Most stores do not yet stock this item, but soon will (I talked to Cubicle Phil directly about it). I had to order from a Chinese store.
Out of the box, the tensions are perfectly balenced and I haven't had to adjust it yet. Loosening it might be risky since I don't want to have to reassemble such a massive puzzle. I lubed it generiously with SCS Lunar, a very high viscocity lube. It corner-cuts about one full center piece, the reverse corner-cutting is nonexistant as you'd imagine. The indents on the corner and edge pieces do help with grip. It is of course not magnetic. There are too many pieces and pieces too small to make it feasible to magnetize yourself -- although I wouldn't be surpised if someone tries. The color scheme is standard and matches their Gigaminx, but the green (or dark green), has noticably non-uniform shade on the center pieces, which is unfortunate for aesthetics but not a functional issue of course. The center caps are easy to remove to access the screws (same as their gigaminx),
Not sure why I timed my very first attempt on it, but centers took me about 56 minutes. I didn't have a strategy going in and wasn't trying to go fast.
Packaging: It doesn't come with any accessories whatsoever, no solving instructions (good). The box it came in would look nice, but mine got badly crushed in shipping (from China). Inside the box, the puzzle was simply wrapped in saran wrap, something I've never seen. It was not over lubed (like ShengShou does). It was ready to use out of the box, I just lubed it further anyway.
Out of the box, the tensions are perfectly balenced and I haven't had to adjust it yet. Loosening it might be risky since I don't want to have to reassemble such a massive puzzle. I lubed it generiously with SCS Lunar, a very high viscocity lube. It corner-cuts about one full center piece, the reverse corner-cutting is nonexistant as you'd imagine. The indents on the corner and edge pieces do help with grip. It is of course not magnetic. There are too many pieces and pieces too small to make it feasible to magnetize yourself -- although I wouldn't be surpised if someone tries. The color scheme is standard and matches their Gigaminx, but the green (or dark green), has noticably non-uniform shade on the center pieces, which is unfortunate for aesthetics but not a functional issue of course. The center caps are easy to remove to access the screws (same as their gigaminx),
Not sure why I timed my very first attempt on it, but centers took me about 56 minutes. I didn't have a strategy going in and wasn't trying to go fast.
Packaging: It doesn't come with any accessories whatsoever, no solving instructions (good). The box it came in would look nice, but mine got badly crushed in shipping (from China). Inside the box, the puzzle was simply wrapped in saran wrap, something I've never seen. It was not over lubed (like ShengShou does). It was ready to use out of the box, I just lubed it further anyway.
