It was a very exciting weekend for UK competitors as we saw the first ever sub-4 second 3x3 solves achieved by british speedcubers. The previous UK national record had stood...
The Pyraminx is another puzzle that is enjoyed by many speedcubers, for some strange reason, my solution guide is the most viewed page on this site, there hasn't been much...
7x7 is my favourite WCA event and the one I am best at, I have an official 2:32 average and I have podiummed at UK Championships multiple times. 7x7s do...
DianSheng have recently announced that they will be releasing a 9CM skewb and a large megaminx, I don't think the exact size of the megaminx is confirmed yet. DianSheng have...
The UK Cube Association is the organisation authorised by the World Cube Association to host cubing competitions in the UK, there are quite a few delegates currently in the UK...
The 6x6 is a fun puzzle, modern 6x6s are essentially 7x7s with invisible edge pieces, this means that there are quite a lot of little internal pieces which can pop...
The X-Man Spark was the 2nd magnetic 7x7 to be released, all the way back at the beginning of 2018, it remained the choice for most top speedcubers for at...
The 5x5 is another exciting big cube for those fed up with the very easy 3x3 which can be solved in mere seconds, modern 5x5s do perform impressively well due...
The WCA World Championships 2025 will be held from July 3-6th in Seattle, USA and looks set to be the largest speedcubing competition ever held. The first registration phase opened...
The 4x4 is the next step up for speedcubers who have learnt to solve the 3x3, it was originally marketed as a revenge on people who could already solve a...
The YuXin HuangLong 3x3 V2M is another mid-range 3x3 from YuXin, it feels very strange but does have a lot of magnets, it has magnets in between the corners and...
The 2x2 is an easier version of the 3x3 and the top speedcubers can solve it very quickly indeed, there is now even talk about finding objectively optimal solutions to...
In a surprise announcement, YiHeng Wang has not renewed his sponsorship contract with Gan and is now using MoYu cubes. Antoine Cantin has said that YiHeng Wang has been preferring...
The UK championships took place last weekend and it is always exciting to see who will come out on top when so many cubers face off against each other in...
As The Asian Championships is currently ongoing in Malaysia, many cubers from around the world are competing at a very high level and during the competition, Tymon Kolasinski broke his...
The UK Championships begins tomorrow and will continue for 3 days with different events and various rounds of the events. I probably no longer have any realistic chance of podiumming...
I received the AoSu V7 a few weeks ago initially but didn't receive the triple magnetic version right away as MoYu were having some production delays, unfortunately I don't think...
DianSheng recently reposted two Instagram stories from cubers that they had sent testers too. They show a giant skewb, presumeably one that is 9CM like their 2x2 and Ivy cube....
It sounds crazy but it seems that there are people who are seriously invested into finding an optimal solution to every single 2x2 state, while the 2x2 has 3674160 possible...
Speedygonecuber has finally uploaded his video about his visit to my warehouse, it was quite a while ago when he actually visited but it reminded me of all the fun...
At the UK Championships Fewest Moves Championships today, we had a shock world record from Jacob Sherwen Brown of 16 moves, this ties the previous world record single which was...
QiYi have also released an FTO, their version is unusual because it is stickered, the QiYi FTO is available in both a magnetic and non-magnetic version and is cheaper than...
2 years ago, Ed Marter released a video demonstrating a knowledge of full 1 Look Last Layer, he is believed to be the first to genuinely know all of the...
These unbranded cubes are incredibly cheap, they don't turn well at all but they are very very cheap so may work well for mosaics and other things that require loads...
Scottish speedcuber Ryan Eckersley seems to have been very much motivated by Stanley Chapel's offer of $600 for the next person to achieve an official sub-1 4x4 blindfolded success as...
The YuXin Earth Cube has been quite popular for a while now and is a very nice puzzle, it is an actual sphere and is an interesting challenge to solve...
A Chinese cube coach uploaded a video on Youtube essentially saying that you shouldn't even bother learning to solve a cube unless you are willing to put significant effort into...
QiYi have announced that they will shortly be releasing a magnetic 9x9, I have set this article to publish the day it is officially released in China, although it will...
The reality is that I simply don't know if my time is actually the fastest as there are probably people in China who don't use western social media stuff and...
The original QiYi Clock has completely revolutionized the event, back in the summer of 2020, the clock event was completely changed, previously people would use the LingAo clock which had...
I have been very impressed with the AoChuang V6, I have been using a core magnetic AoChuang WRM as my main 5x5 for a while now and my solving method...
The WCA World Championships 2025 will take place in Seattle, Washington, USA from July 3-6th 2025, this will probably be the largest competition ever and will potentially have 2000 competitors...
The Gan 15 is probably one of the most hyped cubes of the year, every year Gan release a new flagship 3x3 which is meant to bring in new technologies...
Matt Bahner uploaded his documentary on building the 34x34 on Tuesday and it may potentially be the best cubing video ever made. It runs through his story with getting interested...
Last weekend, Dhruva Sai Meruva who now competes for Switzerland broke the world record for 3x3 with one hand single solve. His time of 5.66 is a massive improvement on...
Many cubers want to try a really big cube and there are many such cubes available in 2024. If you are wondering what the best 8x8? Or the best 9x9?...
Last Saturday at Stevenage October 2024, Daniel Partridge broke his own national record for Pyraminx single with a time of 0.87 seconds. He has assured me that while he has...
We heard about this cube a few months ago but it was only yesterday that the video was finally released showcasing his massive achievement. The previous record was a 33x33...
In a surprising twist, certain delegates and staff have launched a petition to hold a meeting to vote on whether to remove each individual board member from the WCA board...
The Gan 15 is possibly Gan's final chance to restore their reputation for designing good 3x3s. Gan sponsor many fast cubers but most of them have stuck with the Gan...
British speedcuber James Alonso achieved the first sub-6 average by any UK competitor last Sunday at Battersea Autumn 2024. He has held the national record since last year but has...
There continues to be significant controversy in the cubing community about people sliding the timer during solves, this was first brought to attention 3 months ago when YiHeng Wang got...
Some other impressive times from top cubers fell under the radar last weekend due to YiHeng Wang's 4.09 3x3 world record average but they also deserve an acknowledgement. Dylan Baumbach...
In a recent leak from Noanostalgia on X, it was revealed that Gan is planning to release a 52mm speedcube under its Monstergo brand. I cannot think of a 52mm...
2 years ago, Ed Marter surprised everyone in the cubing community by suddently making a video demonstrating his ability to recognise and execute the right algorithm for every last layer...
Back when I first started cubing in 2012, I watched some cubing YouTube videos back then and I remember seeing videos about stickerless cubes being illegal, at the time I...
YiHeng Wang is clearly the best speedcuber in the world at 3x3 right now and this morning he cemented that title even more clearly than ever before! This morning he...
I will be very surprised to see if DianSheng actually release this before many of their other lower order minx puzzles but they have announced this recently in a somewhat...
Just around the time that I put the new AoSu V7 up for pre-order, MoYu begin the teasing process for another interesting cube. It is often the case that the...
long term speedcubing.org sponsoree, speedygonecuber, has recently launched his own speedcubing website with lots of useful cubing resources. A lot of the resources link to and reference various videos he...
