Does Price Matter for Cubing? (In 2024)

[@UK_Cuber]

What do you think? Does price matter? Let me know below! (I'm more likely to reply if you leave a comment rather than reply to this one!)

[@RtCuber1]

Yes when buying a cube I would say to buy the more expensive cubes. For example you can get a rsm2020 for under $10 which has great performance for its price but has a very low quality on the plastic.and also feel better overtime but if you get a better quality cube you will get more experience and more adjustments

[@sirianflores3046]

Yes

[@rolandmarkus6188]

I would separate pricing into 2 categories. 1) GAN Pricing 2) Rest of the cubes pricing. So non GAN flagships are usually topping around 40$ while GAN is as we know topping around 70-80$ The problem is if you like the GAN feel you don't really get that with anything else. It is literally the same as iOS on apple. If you are not keen on the GAN experience and you want to find a great performing cube I would say you will get away with a Moyu flagship or a Tornado. I would say flagships are usually really better then non flagships with some exceptions. I didn't really the original RS3M 2020. The magnets were weak. However the RS3M V5 UV version is a flagship level performing cube. But that is like already 25$ish so we are getting close to Moyu flagship pricing with that one. The Guhong feels significantly cheaper in quality compared to an RS3M V5 I would say. But they feel extremely different. I am getting some Zanchi vibes with the Guhong and eventhough I think I like the guhong the least of my main 3x3s it is a really good cube for the price. Tornado V3: Absolute top notch quality. It feels just as premium as a GAN but in a different way. I would say it is one of the best price/performance flagships right now. Gan: I loved gan cubes since the Air SM. I had an Air SM, then I had a Gan 11M pro which I have to this day and it is still a really solid puzzle. Gan 12: This is my most favorite of all the cubes I mentioned before. The Gan 12 Maglev UV has so vivid colors a typical GAN feel but much better than the 11M Pro. I bought the 12 because the internet had really mixed feelings about the 13 and about the 14. AFter solving on a 12 I can't really imagine that any of the 13 or 14 could be better than this cube. The GAN 12 is really the most successful GAN cube ever made in my opinion and it being like 3 yrs old now you don't have to pay 80$ for it. I am planning on getting a Moyu Weilong WRM V10 once it's released because the Cubicle mentioned that cube is the most GAN like experience Moyu has ever made. This got me into it instantly. So although I am a GAN fan kindof I like trying all puzzles and I can definitely tell that except for the GAN feel a V3 or a Moyu cube can perform same or even bettern than a GAN. I would also recommend the GAN 12 over anything from GAN which invalidates the 80$ prices. So does price matter? If you are getting a flagship for 40$ or 80$ I would say expect that they both will perform 99% the same. So I would say the price there is making less than 5% of difference. If you are on the bugdet side so 10$-35$ for example I would say you will se so much more of a difference. Like RS3M 2020 vs V3 Flagship. Come on it's like getting a Nokia 3310 vs getting a recent Samsung flagship that is not the MAX PRO ULTRA ++ version. TL:DR So in the range of 40$-80$+ you are getting almost nothing for your extra money except for the feel differences different companies offer 1$-40$ range oh boi you can go from hell to heaven of vice versa

[@Cuber1771]

0:23 lets go I got into the vid

[@UK_Cuber]

Haha, congrats

[@ColinThe2x2Main]

I don't think that price matters. My 356 maglev is worse than my ys3m, in my opinion. The ys3m costs less, too. As soon as I felt the ys3m, I knew it was going to be my main. I mean sure, my QiYi Warrior is collecting dust right now, but that's because it's a really low price. My rs3m 2020 was my main for about 3-4 months until Christmas. I thought it was really good. So yeah, that's why I don't really think price matters. P.S. Sorry for the almost paragraph

[@A_cuber2009]

Agreed👍🎉

[@UK_Cuber]

Yeah, I agree. It's all down to personal preference.

[@Rabv]

Agree My guhong pro m is also better than my gan 356 maglev

[@inseminggd9435]

i agree to some extent, but thats not the best example, cause if we talked about that, we could say that performance downgrades with the price, cause something like the ms3r (or the peak cube for a more extreme example) probably performs way worse than your ys3m but i do agree, since there are many cubes that are affordable and i like more than more expensive ones (ex: v5-tv3, i had both cubes and i like the v5 better, even though its cheaper than the tv3)

[@TreyArc]

YS3M is truly indeed something special. Best value ever. Gan can't even touch that. I have the whole range. And now they're releasing the 20 magnet BC version!

[@RafaCuber]

I really like your new video style. Also the thundmail is so goood!

[@UK_Cuber]

Thank you so much!

[@RafaCuber]

@UK_Cuber You are so welcome! I would to make a collab video with you at some point. Would you be interested?

[@UK_Cuber]

@@RafaCuber Yeah absolutely, send me a dm and we can go from there!

[@ainsleycailipan2005]

Well for me it really depends on what you spend it on you can get a better cube for cheaper while performing better and the opposite. Most cubes now days are pretty similar in performance but spending an extra can kinda be better in some cases. But it really depends on what cube you get. Thats my opinion Thanks for another banger of a video

[@UK_Cuber]

Yeah, absolutely. Every cube is different and to a certain extent, none are worse than others. (Thank you!)

[@IzzKitenMC_]

Not all expensive cube is good and not all cheap cube is good -random viewer

[@UK_Cuber]

Exactly, summed it up perfectly!

[@Fluffypotatoes4]

Honestly i agree with some of the other people in the comments. Spending more then $45 in a 3×3 dosn't realy make sense to me. I dont think companide can justify cubes being much over that price. More expensive cubes also makes it harder for people in countries with weaker currency to acess some of the "top level" cubes.

[@UK_Cuber]

Yeah, fully agree. And realistically, you don't need to spend much to get a good cube!

[@axo342]

I use a Dayan maglev that I got from a $10 mystery puzzle over my gan 13 that I got the exact same day 💀.

[@UK_Cuber]

Wow, that shows how little price matters now!

[@pokefan05]

Hey my comment was in there! I still stand by what I said too. Generally it's a lot less the cube and a lot more the person using it. The guy with the Gan 14 that solves in 30 seconds is still slower than the guy with the RS3M 2020 who solves in sub-10 even if they used the same cube. A lot more of what goes into a time is skill, rather than hardware.

[@UK_Cuber]

Yeah, completely agree. Most of the time skill is the driving factor for times. It's only when you get really good that slightly more expensive cubes can help to extract tenths of a second from each solve.

[@inseminggd9435]

i think theres a sweet spot for difference in price and performance, which is completely up to the person (for some it could be like $10, while some may say $40) to me that sweet spot is arould $20-$30, most cubes downwards give me worse times (ex: meilong m, rs3m 2020), and most cubes upwards have little to no difference in my eyes (ex: wrm v9, gan 12)

[@Cuber_Safi]

So guhang pro or tv3 flagship??

[@UK_Cuber]

You can watch this video to find out in detail but I prefer the Tornado V3! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6uZaXh6iJqfack

[@ayanami_ayn]

Someone, pls answer my question. I'm a new cuber, it takes me more than 1 minute to solve a cube. How did you learn to be fast, or where are the source to study ? I been searching bunch of KZbin tutorial, but haven't found any channel that fits me.

[@Drew_Requiem]

One word: J perm

[@ubdkho]

some keywords that you can learn - advance cross - fingertrick - intuitive f2l - look a head - two look OLL - two look PLL :)

[@frogfromapotato4138]

I like cubeskills. More of a course format and they suggest training exercises u can do to practice what uve learnt

[@solver5k]

CubeHead, CubeSkills, J Perm practice, practice, practice :)

[@Cuber1771]

@@solver5ksums it up perfectly

[@HuubvanVeenhuyzen]

I have a tornado V3 pioneer and a MoYu Rs3M v5 ball core and I like the MoYu just a bit more. But they never ever come close to my Gan 12 Freeplay Ui - which is an absolute beast.

[@LepetitpotdeNutella]

I have only two speedcubes : the gan 12 ui and the Dayan guhong pro. I love having a smart cube it's very useful, but the Dayan guhong feels so much better imo even though it is much cheaper

[@UK_Cuber]

Yeah, the GuHong is a great cube despite being so cheap. It really shows how much you can get nowadays with very little

[@TinukaPerera]

It depends of the feeling for me

[@UK_Cuber]

Yeah it’s all based on preference.

[@sandunpathirana1002]

is the ys3m good it's my main

[@UK_Cuber]

It is a good cube, I really like it!

[@TheCuber500]

Honestly any cube between £25-£50 is a great cube😅

[@UK_Cuber]

Yeah, I mean even less that £25 is still good. Like the DaYan GuHong and RS3M are great cubes that are very cheap.

[@redpanda7256]

I don’t think that the guhong pro feels cheap

[@UK_Cuber]

Interesting. On my review of this cube one of the most commented things was how the plastic isn't very good quality. But I guess it's all personal feeling

[@solver5k]

I'm not very willing to pay more than $45 for a 3x3 even though I could afford a $99 cube. Perhaps some companies are using the "decoy effect" to influence our buying decisions.

[@UK_Cuber]

That's reasonable. I think you can definitely get great cubes for that price and realistically, there isn't too much at higher prices.

[@Tajemnicza_osoba]

for me price doesn't matter, if cube is good i will use it while saying that its very very ironic how 2 of my mains are the gan 11 m pro and the wrmv9 ,which just happen to be 2 of my most expensive cubes lol

[@UK_Cuber]

Yeah, as long as the cube performs well, it doesn't matter how much it costs!

[@ComfyKnight69]

Can you review the wrm v10

[@UK_Cuber]

This cube isn't out for everyone yet (only some people have pre-release models). But when it is out, I will make a review!

[@abraham7824]

So the short answer is yes but actually no

[@UK_Cuber]

Pretty much!

[@lucaxtshotting2378]

3:15 so not true. Not sure if for cubes, definitely not true in general

[@lucaxtshotting2378]

every so often I think "I'm gonna buy an expensive pair of shoes" or "I'm gonna pay for this videogame instead of piratying it". Not being a cheap fuck never pays off, which is definitely a market design flaw because the risk is higher. I gues people really like to brag about money with what they consume