Bringing an AoLong V1 Back From the Dead

[@OdysseyCubing]

Lol why does Damien have a hair dryer?

[@cubeologist42]

Odyssey Cubing I blow-dry my hair every morning before doing my nails and makeup? Is that a problem?

[@soggybread5428]

Cubeologist Loooool

[@OdysseyCubing]

Lol

[@John-lf3xf]

Cubeologist Yes, because that's gay

[@460CubingJcncubing]

Cubeologist you mean your wife right

[@TeboeCubes]

Rule #1: There’s always a hair in your core. Rule #2: You never know how it got in there and it doesn’t even look like yours.

[@cubeologist42]

TeboeCubes 100%

[@BenDaviesFC]

Rule #3 when you cleaned it, theres one in your other cube

[@joeycubes68]

TeboeCubes so true

[@Cubetin_2005]

TeboeCubes i got a victim of that on my gans 356 v2

[@gray_gogy]

For me, it's just a bunch of cat hair

[@DanaYi13]

There IS always a hair in the core.

[@Cubetin_2005]

Dana Yi same

[@legendcuber3638]

Yeah, it happens almost every time.

[@graham_lively1732]

Dana Yi lol I didn't clean out my core for about 6 months on a cube and there was so much stuff in it

[@hunterbruyere5052]

KingTurny that’s just nasty lol

[@graham_lively1732]

Hunter Bruyere yeah I was so freaked out because it was the first time I tried cleaning it

[@EthanCowlbeck]

My Aolong V1 was a very sad story. I had my cubes out on a table at a comp so people could try them out. A younger kid who wasn't being overly rough on it popped out a piece and lost it. The mom was super apologetic and gave me $15 to compensate for breaking it, but by this point, they were already out of circulation and there was nothing I could do.

[@DanaYi13]

I can't tell if you didn't realize that you cut your left thumb... ouch

[@cubeologist42]

Dana Yi Yeah, that still stings haha.

[@JhahouaRubiks]

woah that was in worse shape than I thought! The person I got it from definitely didn't mention the replaced edge -_- I knew if anyone could fix it up nice it would be you, but just from the few solves I did I wasn't expecting it to need that much work lol.

[@cubeologist42]

Jhahoua Yeah it was just normal wear and tear, just a lot of it haha. And thanks, it actually turned out better than I thought it would. Thanks again for the puzzle!

[@JhahouaRubiks]

Nah, I streamed last week and will again today. I just don't do it when I'm at competitions lol.

[@TCKyewbs]

Whoo! Loved the concept of this video! I may want to try this someday ;)

[@cubeologist42]

TCKyewbs You should, it's surprisingly rewarding when you finally finish!

[@duckycuber5992]

Hi there...TCKyewbs gan u go to another California comp?

[@justincubes8656]

Good video! I did the same thing to my old 55mm zhanchi

[@8paolo96]

cube bought on the first week it came out, instantly fell in love, ever took care like a diamond, nowaday is still one of my favourite cubes and having stopped improving my speedcubing and practicing just for fun, still enjoy solving very often with it

[@cubeologist42]

Yeah it's a really satisfying cube to solve.

[@lightscameracubing]

Love this type of video! :D

[@cubeologist42]

Lights Camera Cubing Thanks!

[@grantc.7838]

I loved this cube so much when it was a thing

[@cubeologist42]

Grant C. Same!

[@someperson3094]

the aolong was your main for aolong time

[@melvinhii3698]

ok

[@DRKongo-vi8ok]

for weilong

[@christianxiong3947]

Comer twist slowly fixes it still gets a 12

[@shivinsingh7623]

Once I had a cube that had so much hair the it all wrapped up in the core and it got progressively live smooth and soon the hair was falling out of the cube

[@creeksidecubing1009]

Wow, this man truly loves the Aolong V1!

[@juanmarco8109]

I still love the AoLong V1.

[@EDCuber]

Great video Damian! Keep up the superb content :)

[@connorswartz1862]

I still have my aolong v1 and it’s in pretty good shape, I never use it anymore

[@r.five.3]

I bought my V1 from Jesse (JR Cuber) a few years ago in texas, still my main to this day lol

[@jaeminahn3536]

Rip aolong v1 edge. But you can still buy the spare parts from lubix website I believe. Just go to spare parts, Moyu, and select aolong edge

[@cubeologist42]

Galcor I don't see that option on their site.

[@jaeminahn3536]

Really? Go to lubix, then go to shop, un modified, go to parts (it’s in the same box as cube brands) then scroll to Moyu. The option just says Aolong but below that there’s a Aolong v2 option and Aolong Mini option so I’m assuming that they have v1 parts... hope this helps!

[@TheBulski]

Nice consistency! 12.9, 11.59,12.9,12.82

[@272vanditsharma8]

Dang!! U getting faster ma boi!!!

[@cubeologist42]

Vandit Sharma Slowly, very slowly lol.

[@atharvavadeyar5157]

I've used a magnetised AoLong V2 as my main for 2 years at this point

[@dsully-hq4ib]

I literally just did this the day after this video was released but my AoLong was pretty much new.

[@jameslin2311]

Your throat is much better now

[@dmcubing6342]

Great video!!!

[@cubeologist42]

DMCubing Thanks!

[@pratmak]

I feel like the only person who likes cleaning out and reviving puzzles😂

[@cubeologist42]

Addicted Cubing That's a negative. I do as well haha.

[@pratmak]

Thanks for replying and pinning 😂

[@jtc3261]

This is what dayan thought would work for the dayan 2017.

[@howardgreen9718]

The aolong v2 was my main and it is very dirty

[@tacocubes6108]

Nice video Damian!

[@powercuber4086]

how do you know that it is better than the dayan's because they just came out with a new one unless you have tried that one already

[@yusufragab1674]

May I suggest COLL? Really easy to recognize and some algs are super fast.

[@theluckycuber8230]

I have an edge that I'm willing to give you

[@cubeologist42]

The Lucky Cuber I would GREATLY appreciate that.

[@theluckycuber8230]

my next comp that i can give it to at is ODU Big Blue Spring 2018

[@HadyanJadeSpeedCuber]

What happened with your left thumb?

[@wmpowell8]

modify the corners so the cube dosent corner twist too much

[@PoKeKidMPK1]

wait cant you just get a part from thecubicle? :D i wanna try magnets in my v2 stickerless

[@Random22]

I wish I had one to restore.

[@Unigardy]

wait if you work for the cubicle cant you take an edge from there?

[@xblakethompson]

FC660C? Nice!

[@cubeologist42]

Varmilo VA68M

[@degenerate3036]

0:05 the AoLong was introduced in the 21st century :p

[@connorr3202]

Where'd he get the cut during first turns?

[@generalh1042]

yeah. the core hair is definitely true. it's even worse for me because i have long hair...

[@eldorb8313]

no! noo! live me alone along v1 no! ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[@zxrcubing5663]

Suggestion: Do not put other puzzles in the frame as it gets kind of distracting. But that is just my opinion and this was a really good video. (Remember this is coming from a channel with 2 views on a MF3RS2 Review)

[@bagduster9381]

revives aolong: hmm replace core hmmmm replace centers bugger it ill replace the pieces too aolong revived

[@Unigardy]

i still use an aolong v2 because its the only good 3x3 i have

[@zwethihaaung9478]

Why is there always hair in the core?

[@aidanplayseverything3138]

And I promise it will be sune this time

[@Wer4givn]

When you comment nine months later.

[@legendcuber3638]

Nice video, 😊👍👍👍

[@BenDaviesFC]

The cubeologist. One of the only original cubing yters

[@MauriceChad]

Quack quack I will roux the world

[@nikolaiharveyzipagan4979]

I have aolong v1 parts :DD

[@lukeayers5861]

Why do you have a hair dryer?

[@deepghosh2299]

is it sad that this cube was my main until last week?

[@cubeologist42]

DeepLZ Not at all, still a great cube. Just one major flaw.

[@hunterbruyere5052]

Cubeologist and what is that ‘major flaw?’

[@cubeologist42]

Corner twists

[@deepghosh2299]

don’t forget pops.

[@mathieuhudon5996]

How is it possible to just replace an edge piece with another piece from the V2 without it being noticeable?

[@cubeologist42]

The geometry of the edges is basically the same. The main changes were in the corners.

[@mathieuhudon5996]

Ahhhh makes sense! because they didn't want to touch the edges since it was a very popular cube, but they wanted to make changes to the corners following Feliks's DNF? I only started cubing a year ago hahaha I never had an Aolong

[@jmgd540]

how does the core get hair?

[@frankiekilbey725]

What is your main 3x3

[@ResolvedDrip]

Nice vid

[@Danielsbigfish]

so how bad was taking off the stickers using your fingernails?

[@cubeologist42]

Danielsbigfish Misery

[@bil7601]

hey your finger had a wound

[@matthewyounan315]

I can give you an edge pice for an aolong v1

[@nubcub]

Interesting... I just bought a dollar store cube and it looks like an Aulong...

[@Cubetin_2005]

Then my gans 356 v2 inside of it is very dirty and has hair on it.I think its normally happen to anyone

[@paulaguirre8312]

Did you lube it?

[@cubeologist42]

Paul abear Yes. 50k on the core/hardware, and 10k/DNM on the pieces. The lubing shot didn't make the cut when I was trying to shorten the video lol.

[@paulaguirre8312]

Cubeologist oh lol It's because I thought I heard spring noise but idk

[@regen-Q]

Are you from Texas

[@cubeologist42]

Keanny Ooi WV originally.

[@NA-wr7wr]

You gotta Texas accent

[@powercuber4086]

you did not lube it

[@williamcrofts1221]

Lol still better than my main

[@otheraccount5252]

3;36 Or you could just remove the ridge. It's honestly not that hard.

[@prodbymeet5081]

New main ......lel

[@ericnator3067]

Hey

[@cubeologist42]

Ericnator Lee Sup?

[@BudderSticks]

why didn't you lube it ?!?!?!?!@?!?!!

[@cubeologist42]

BudderSticks I did, it just didn't make the cut.

[@BudderSticks]

Cubeologist awh good, i was about to have a heart attack. Also why arent you sleeping??!? AND WHY AM I NOT SLEEPING

[@danfromyapan]

But the aolong v1 was made in the 21sr century………….

[@j420wong]

Cool

[@codylaurie96]

Fifty fith

[@CubingEncoded]

This was my video idea haha

[@cubeologist42]

Cubing Encoded I'd so go for it, it's pretty fun. But time consuming. And getting rid of the plastic in the edges was a pain for sure.

[@CubingEncoded]

I already made the video a week ago 😂😂

[@johnsavage690]

Your videos are literally nothing alike lul

[@vishantsatpalsolanki3600]

Well older cubes were nice as well But still I think newer cubes are better Yeah it's dated.

[@memyselfandi4109]

Still using a gts v1. Softest puzzle I have

[@AlanJia8]

Jack wetz Valk Power?

[@memyselfandi4109]

Alan J nah, weilong

[@lutherw2500]

*5.32

[@cubeography]

Its Johahajqkqa Rubik's

[@svcuber968]

Gj

[@Michael-jv6rl]

The dislikes are Feliks' 9 accounts

[@BenDaviesFC]

IM AOLONG V FIRST!

[@svcuber968]

1 Minute Cuber nope

[@BenDaviesFC]

SV cuber yeah by 10 seconds

[@topnug7626]

Wow an aolong is totally a thunderclap ripoff

[@lumina_]

Not at all. I have 0 idea why you say that

[@hanchen8593]

100000000000000000th like

[@elioramazzini4633]

First To like my comment

[@zhyV]

Yay im early :)

[@jonaskuban5615]

Early

[@waltspickler6990]

First dislike

[@articlown2404]

Cool