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TL;DR: Good after setup and break-in, but mine had awful QC and needed way too much work to become good.

I got mine for around ₱620 (~$11).

I've only ever seen so little reviews in China and Southeast Asia.

OOTB

First thing I noticed: three missing magnets. 💔🫩

- Missing corner-to-core magnet

- Missing edge repelling magnet

- Missing piece-to-piece edge magnet

I had to fix all three myself using a some spare magnets I had.

After that, the cube was sandy, blocky, and tight. The turning had a really weird friction-heavy feeling, almost like “squeaky-clean” skin after a shower. Instead of my finger gliding through turns, it felt like I had to push through the friction.

I hated it.

Adjustment

The V56 has a dual adjustment system with no screws. I personally prefer screws, and I found the system pretty confusing at first. After reading the instructions for ~10 minutes, I got everything to 1:1. Since the tool was purple, and the adjustment system was also purple, it was a huge pain in the 🍑

Adjustment did improve the auto-alignment and corner cutting, but it still wasn't as loose as I wanted.

Magnets

This was disappointing.

It's a 20M ball-core, but the magnetic feel is surprisingly weak. It does auto-align, but barely, and the piece-to-piece magnets are also weak.

I expected much more from a 20M ball-core.

Lubing/break-in

This is where the cube completely changed.

After lubing, the sandiness improved a lot. Then after more solves, the lube broke in and somehow fixed most of the weaknesses I initially hated.

It's now actually pretty good.

The corner cutting is excellent, the turning is much nicer, I'd say it's pretty similar to the RS3M V5 and Dayan Guhong Pro+

But here's the problem: I had to do all of that.

A ₱620 cube shouldn't require magnet surgery, confusing adjustments, lube, and a long break-in period before I actually enjoy using it.

Features

The V56 does have some cool stuff:

- 20M ball-core

- Dual adjustment

- Heart-shaped internal lubrication pattern

- Black pieces

- Adjustment tool

- Instruction/pamphlet material

The heart-shaped internals are genuinely unique and a nice touch.

Pros

- Extremely cheap for a 20M ball-core

- Excellent corner cutting

- Cool internal lubrication design

- Black pieces

- Can become genuinely good after setup/break-in

Cons

- My unit had three missing magnets

- Very friction-heavy OOTB

- Weak magnetic feel

- Weak piece-to-piece magnets

- Adjustment system isn't my favorite

- Feels somewhat outdated internally

- Needs a lot of setup to reach its potential

FINAL VERDICT

Is it okay? Yeah.

Can it become good? Definitely.

Would I buy it again knowing what I know now? Hell no.

My current ranking is:

I have around 13 cubes last i counted? id say its around 6-7th

The V56 has alot of features, but those features didn't save it from having a mediocre fundamental experience out of the box.

After break-in, I'd give it around 6.5 or 7/10.

Decent cube, but SAOCube, please do better next time. 😭