Rubik's Brand
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The brand.
Products
2x2x2 Cube
Rubik's brand 2x2's are smaller and more prone to locking up than Eastsheen. Although they are not often used, some of the faster 2x2x2 solvers prefer this brand.
3x3x3 Storebought
Store-bought Rubik's cubes are popular among beginning cubers due to their widespread availability. They are generally decent for speedcubing, but the centers are riveted rather than screwed into the core, so tension is not adjustable. According to User:BeastlyFry there is about a 50% chance of getting a good store-bought cube, :so you might have to buy a few of them before you find one that you like.
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3x3x3 DIY
These cubes are, as the name suggests, available at Rubiks.com. DIY means that the puzzle arrives disassembled and requires you to assemble it yourself. They have been criticized because the center caps do not stay in as well as some other designs, although this can be fixed with either glue or a small square of paper. Still, unlike store-bought cubes, the center tensions are adjustable, so these cubes are favored by some cubers.
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Rubik's Revenge
Rubik's brand 4x4s (before the retooling) are often used by older cubers, since they can be extremely good but require a long time to properly break in. These cubes can get surprisingly loose before they become unusably pop-prone, because unlike the Eastsheen cubes they do not have internal pops. Rubik's has now re-tooled this cube, and it now has a slightly modified mechanism. People have said that this cube locks up too much and pops too much. This brand is now being used less due to Eastsheen and Meffert's brands.
Professor's Cube
Rubik's Magic
Rubik's Master Magic
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