Unboxing more old cubes you probably don't care about but I do!
Daniel Evans
In this video I unbox quite a few old cubes that are not up to the standard of todays puzzles but fill gaps in my collection to show the evolution of speedcubes, I first unbox the QiYi WuXia, QiYi's 2017 flagship 2x2x2 that is not too bad compared to modern day cubes, I suspect with magnets it would be pretty competitive. I then unbox the FangShi ShiShuang which is a very weird 2x2x2 as it is 55mm in size which is only slightly smaller than most 3x3x3s today, I cannot imagine anyone liking a 55mm 2x2x2. I then get on to the FangShi ShaungRen v1 and v2, both cubes have very good anti-pop mechanisms and probably contributed significantly to the standard expectation that 3x3x3s basically will not pop today unless you want them to. I then go onto the DaYan LingYun, DaYan's 3rd 3x3x3 release, what I suspect was an attempt to improve on the DaYan GuHong but it largely failed to do so, it may also be the first time torpedoes have been used. Finally I unbox two old MoYu 5x5x5s; the Huanchuang and the WeiChuang GTS, I suspect these were decent for their time but certainly don't stack up against even the non-magnetic budget cubes today such as the meilong 5x5x5 and QiZheng S.
I got in touch with Daniel about a spare part. He very quickly responded that the part was available and I was able to order it on the very clean and efficient website. I was delighted by how quickly the part arrived and I would highly recommend speedcubing.org to anybody.
The Mo Yu Meilong is, on the whole, an excellent cube. The only issue I had was with a bit of “sag” and misalignment when performing multiple moves. This may be true of all larger cubes, but this is my first large cube. The service from Speedcubing.org was spot on, and I’ll definitely visit them again.
I love this cube. The corner cutting is really good, as for most GAN cubes. I like how easy it is turn and the customisation for me is really good as is the corner cutting.
All the different centre settings are good, but I found the blue (1.7N) tension nuts work best for me. The magnet adjustment system is easy to use and I think corner-to-core magnets is a great idea.
Looking forward to using this in my first competition!
Thomas (8)