MoYu

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MoYu Company Founded: unknown Location: China Years Active: 2013-present Areas served: Worldwide Website: [1] Production Products: MoYu WeiPo 2x2, MoYu AoLong V2, MoYu WeiLong GTS, MoYu AoSu 4x4, MoYu WeiChuang 5x5 GTS, MoYu WeiShi 6x6 GTS, MoYu 13x13, and others

MoYu (Chinese: 魔域) is a Chinese cube brand. They are a sub-brand of the YongJun company. The MoYu brand was created around 2012 as a platform for external designers to provide designs for YJ for production, marketing etc.[2]

Products

3x3

MoYu HuanYing

The MoYu HuanYing is known for having a minimal plastic feel with nothing but the frame of the cube’s interior design. The minimal plastic makes the cube much lighter than it’s competitors, but also makes a lot of noise when speed solving. MoYu took the torpedo design and flattened out the piece, which is very different from the common torpedo structure. The stickers it came with are very bright, usually cubes come with very dull stickers but this one doesn't, they're very good quality. It literally never ever pops. But if you handle it harshly the corners can twist accidentally. Overall it's a great speedcube, a bit noisy.

The interior design is very interesting. Upon first look, the cube looks no different than any other cube, but the inside has very little plastic except of what is only necessary for the cube to function. This causes the cube to be very lightweight and have less friction when turning the cube.

The edge pieces have a bit of a simplistic look up until you get to the very end of the piece. The lip on the edge piece has a nice curve that compliments the corner pieces very well. MoYu seems to have also changed the torpedo on the HuanYing. This “flattened” out torpedo hugs the edge pieces to the corner pieces very well, and seems to reduce the popping significantly. An issue with this is that the cube locks up more since there is no breathing room in the torpedos.

The corner pieces do not show much differences than that of other cubes. It isn’t elongated like the Dayan series, but instead has a distance that seems to have the corner piece “hug” the rest of the cube. Like the edges, there is little breathing room which reduces popping but causes lock-ups.

MoYu WeiLong

The WeiLong was created after the HuanYing, and was a deliberate attempt to improve on the HuanYing. Understanding what could be better, MoYu took what cubers liked and made it better; while they took what others didn’t like and did their best to fix them. This would include keeping the squished torpedo, adding more plastic to the interior corner pieces, and making the corner cutting even better. The WeiLong resulted in a fuller cube with less clicks, and fewer lock ups while maintaining quick rotations, great corner cutting, and added stability to keep it all together.

The corner stalks are short and rounded and the base is wider to help prevent popping. Also the edge pieces are wider and have higher ridges and grooves. The corner pieces are blocky and smooth much like a Guhong. The edge pieces interlock with the centerpieces and have torpedos to further improve antipopping. The cube is made of a hard and thick matte plastic that glides smoothly on all surfaces. This cube is very fast and effortless but as a consequence has a reputation of being uncontrollable at high speeds and can overshoot or ruin lookahead/recognition. It cuts at 45 degrees and past on even the tightest tensions and reverse corner cuts about 2/3 of a cubie. It is very quiet when turning accurately but corner cuts loudly.

MoYu WeiLong V2

The MoYu WeiLong V2 is the second revision of the tremendously popular MoYu WeiLong. The most notable change is the way in which the pieces are put together. Other than this, the mechanism remains largely unchanged.

MoYu AoLong

The Aolong improves on the Weilong's weak points. It is known for taking the mechanism of the MoYu Aosu, which many consider to be the best 4x4 speedcube. It is much more controllable while maintaining a decent amount of speed from the Weilong, even during first turns.

Out of the box, it is very dry, and not unlike a WeiLong until you test out the corner cutting. The corner cutting is very good, with an easy 1 1/2 cubies, and 3/4 reverse. After breaking it in and lubing it, the corner cutting becomes much easier, and better, the dry feeling goes away a little (it’s still a little noisy), and it becomes very fast, though it is very easily gummed up by anything wrong, like excess lube, cube dust or water. The stickers are very durable.

MoYu AoLong V2

The MoYu AoLong V2 is an updated version of the original MoYu AoLong. It was intended to reduce corner twists after Feliks Zemdegs received a DNF on a would-be world record due to a corner twist.

However, "bad" Aolongs exist due to the V2 controversy during July 2014. MoYu decided to produce the first batch of Aolong V2s with a different plastic while discontinuing the V1. Once everyone noticed how poor the performance was on the new cubes, MoYu changed the plastic on all new V2s. All new V2s are made with the proper plastic. It was regarded as a brilliant cube which set the standard for speed cubes.

MoYu TangLong

The MoYu TangLong was released soon after the Gans 356 to compete with it. Its main differences from the Gans is that it is more stable, and is also slightly slower.

MoYu WeiLong GTS

The MoYu WeiLong GTS was released in 2016. It is fast, and very smooth. It corner cuts nearly two pieces forward and one piece reverse, so that it rarely catches. It is designed with caps on the pieces rather than the pieces being split into multiple sections, meaning that a stickerless version would not be possible.

4x4

Mini MoYu AoSu 4x4

The MoYu Mini AoSu is a smaller version of the MoYu Aosu.

5x5

MoYu BoChuang GT 5x5

The MoYu BoChuang GT 5x5 was released in 2016 to compete with the popular YuXin 5x5. Its performance is extremely similar to that of the YuXin, and the cubing community was kind of split about what they preferred. Some preferred the BoChuang because of its better stability, whereas others preferred the YuXin because of its faster turning.

7x7

MoYu Cubic AoFu GT 7x7

A cubic version of the AoFu.

Pyraminx

MoYu Magnetic Pyraminx

The first mass-produced puzzle to use a magnetic alignment system rather than the traditional ball bearing system.

Skewb

MoYu Magnetic Skewb

The first skewb to use a magnetic alignment system rather than the traditional ball bearing system.

Non-WCA

MoYu 13x13

The largest mass-produced NxNxN puzzle, the MoYu 13x13 features a slightly pillowed shape.

MoYu AoSu 4x4 Fisher Cube

A 4x4x4 version of the Fisher Cube Shape modification, built with the mechanism of the MoYu AoSu 4x4.

MoYu AoSu 4x4 Windmill Cube

A 4x4x4 version of the Windmill Cube Shape modification, built with the mechanism of the MoYu AoSu 4x4.

MoYu AoSu 4x4 Megamorphix

A 4x4x4 version of the Mastermorphix Shape modification, built with the mechanism of the MoYu AoSu 4x4.

Sub-Brands

MoYu also has several sub-brands.

Cong's Design

Cong's Design is a MoYu sub-brand that releases cubes designed by Fei Fucong (费付聪), also known as Cong.

• Cong's Design MeiYing

GuoGuan

GuoGuan is a MoYu sub-brand made for cubes exclusively designed by Zhang Guoquan (张国全).

• GuoGuan YueXiao

MoJue

• MoJue M3

MoFang JiaoShi

MoFang JiaoShi, also known as Cubing Classroom, is a sub-brand of MoYu that makes puzzles marketed towards newer solvers.

YanCheng

YanCheng is a sub-brand designed by Yancheng Liao.

• YanCheng YAN3

See Also

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