X-Man Spark V2 unboxing
The X-Man Spark was first released all the way back in 2019 and was the best 7x7 for a while, it was what got me into 7x7 speedsolving and one...
The X-Man Spark was first released all the way back in 2019 and was the best 7x7 for a while, it was what got me into 7x7 speedsolving and one...
When I first received the 3x3 double cubes I was eager to figure out how to make them myself, however, I very quickly decided that I couldn't just be satisfied...
YiHeng Wang is completely dominant in 3x3 right now and he cemented his dominance even further on Sunday 8th December as he broke his own world record average yet again...
DianSheng have shown a fully functional prototype of a magnetic petaminx on their Instagram which suggests it is going to be released soon. Since DianSheng began caring about making competitive...
DianSheng have recently teased a magnetic skewb diamond or 2x2 version of the FTO. DianSheng started a revolution with their Face Turning Octahedron as it was the first mass produced...
The YJ ZhiLong 4x4 has been out for a few years and has been quite popular, it has been used by quite a few younger cubers and those with smaller...
The QiYi XT3 V1 was a bit of an unexpected release, there had been rumours that Max Park had another cheaper cube from QiYi that was in development at the...
Knowing what sort of presents to get your friends and relatives for Christmas can often be difficult and if your friend or relative really loves cubes then it can be...
Isaac Corker broke the Square-1 national record average today at Manchester pyraminx day 2024. Isaac Corker achieved an average time of 7.01 seconds which places him 41st in the world....
Aidan Grainger broke the national record single for megaminx again today at Wiltshire November 2024. While Aidan Grainger received significantly more attention two weeks ago for breaking the national record...
co-joined cubes or fused cubes are not a new idea, I have seen pictures of them for years but had never actually tried one until recently. I noticed that Calvin's...
The MoYu HuaMeng TG is a new high-end cube from MoYu, it has a unique feeling which will probably only suit a small amount of speedcubers, the cube is a...
4x4 Blindfolded world record holder, Stanley Chapel, has teased his bounty for solving a 4x4 blindfolded in under a minute once more, a few months ago he initially announced that...
The Megaminx is a 12 sided puzzle, the difficulty in solving is not significantly higher than on the 3x3 but it just takes longer as there are more pieces to...
Those who know me well will know that I do like weirdly sized twisty puzzles, they just create a unique dimension to the puzzle and requires me to adapt my...
The Skewb is another popular and fast puzzle to solve, it first became a WCA event in 2013 and has remained popular ever since, the puzzle is a skewb but...
People in the UK awoke this morning to the news that Sebastian Lee had broken the pyraminx world record average with an average of 1.15 seconds, this was very much...
On Monday I received a message asking if I was coming to the UCL event with Feliks Zemdegs which I had forgotten about, I soon checked online and realised that...
DaYan have recently announced that they will be releasing a ZhanChi V5, the ZhanChi series was very famous in 2011-2013 and the original DaYan ZhanChi was the best speedcube on...
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...