Overall, the puzzle loses some points for occasional bad lockups and the clear design flaw of flash on the + centers, which is why I'm giving 4 stars instead of 5, but this puzzle is really amazing and turns far better than any other gigaminx currently on the market. This was pretty easy to do and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone wanting to speedsolve this puzzle. I removed all of this flash using nail clippers and the performance improved noticeably. Each and every one had a bit of extra plastic where there shouldn't be any plastic, causing catching issues. The biggest issue with this puzzle in my eyes is the flash on the + centers. The puzzle does have some issues with pops and lockups where pieces come out of place and sometimes these lockups kill a solve, but generally they're pretty manageable. I loosened the puzzle by a quarter turn from the factory tensions. The turning is crisp, smooth, and fairly fast with lube. The magnets are great and help a lot with turning the layers you want to turn. It's much smaller than other gigaminxes, actually only 2 or 3 mm larger than the Yuhu megaminx, but it doesn't feel too small when solving. This puzzle is by far the best currently on the market for speedsolving gigaminx. I would absolutely recommend this thing for someone who wants to try something new.Īt the time of writing this review, I currently hold the world best for gigaminx with a 5:07 single. After a couple hundred solves, I got my normal times though they were ever-so-slightly inconsistent. This is such a fun and wild cube that people who don't have GAN money but want GAN auto-align would be all over this thing. But would other people main it? Absolutely. It's light and airy, with very little friction, and has a slightly crunchy feel reminiscent of the newer GAN cubes, once again, but it's also not very tactile, like a Tornado V3. The cube is a bit loud and has a low-pitched, hollow sound that sounds a bit cheap, but I personally enjoy it. The cube has a feel not unlike the GAN 12, where everything feels quite airy and the auto-align takes over a lot. It will either align or just not turn at all. A combination of the light springs, the feet magnets repelling at 45 degrees, the corner-core magnets being relatively strong, and the cube being decently fast means that it does not stabilize at all in between turns. It's one of the strangest feeling cubes you will ever turn, and I guarantee it. From the factory, it is a bit tight, so I recommend loosening the screws just a bit when coming out of the box. It's very flexible and the springs are a tad weak, so I keep the cube on the highest compression setting. It doesn't cut everywhere, but the core magnet system makes it so that you don't need to corner cut very much even on difficult algs (for example, the Gc perm I use needs some weird finger tricks but they all work for me). It only comes in stickerless, but the shades are nice and bright, comparable to QiYi shades, and it's so glossy that you could mistake it for UV coating. On the edges, there is a bit of a strange jagged lip where the 2 body pieces meet, but it's not too big of an issue unless you look really closely. The design is a simple split-piece with primary tracks/feet for the edges and corners, respectively, and the center pieces are primary. But that isn't why you buy the cube.ĭual-adjustment system similar to what MoYu uses, but no tool needed for compression. The accessories box comes with extra screws and springs, extra compression rings, and extra spring housing thingamabobs (they help with spring noise) and a very nice all-metal screwdriver. The box is nice, but there's a lot of foam in there (ever since MoYu boxes became super efficient, everything else seems wasteful) and it's a nice presentation. ShengShou making a cube with three separate magnet systems? Even weirder. Not in a good or bad way, but it's extremely weird.
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