r/CubersButBetter

My GAN 17 arrived today - a couple of days earlier than expected! 😁

After playing with it for a few hours, here are my preliminary thoughts/observations. The GAN 17’s default settings are 3 & 7 and comes pre-lubed from the factory. I found the UV coating to be very slippery at first tho that got a bit better after a few solves.

The feeling of a new GAN cube is always magical for me and this cube is no exception. The cube is very fast, somewhat louder than its predecessor and the hand feel is light and papery. You can tell it has a ballcore as it feels ‘denser’ and is definitely more stable than previous GANs. Some people have reported a ‘rattle’ coming from the centre caps but mine does not have that issue.

I found the default magnet strength to be perfect for me so I don’t think I’ll be tinkering with those settings. The auto-alignment is practically flawless; I couldn’t test corner cutting as it would not let me put the cube in a 45 degree angle to test it.

I did about 50 solves with it straight out of the box before tightening and lubricating the cube. My settings are now 3 & 10 and I used Gravitas on the tracks, Dignitas and Silk on the pieces and after break-in, I adjusted the speed (made it a tad faster) with a bit of FZ-Stealth. This resulted to be incredibly addictive for me. Turning is light and airy, pretty forgiving too - I haven’t add any catches a very few minor lock-ups - and the sound has been dampened.

Have I found a new main? Maybe but I’ll need to do more solves with it (I currently main the Ferrocore V2 which is well tuned to my turning style and very comfortable). For now, theGAN 17 is definitely my practice cube. I have a comp in 10 days and if it performs to my expectations, it may be the one I’ll use. More to follow.

Suggestions are welcome

Wrapping up the first release version of my sidecar for csTimer. 

I originally built this for myself, implementing all of the things that I wish csTimer would have:
- Better graphs/trend lines
- Automatic session grouping
- Better solve distribution view
- More fun stats (ex. what % of my solves are sub-10, what’s my longest streak of sub-15 solves)

I realized that some other cubers might find it useful so will be putting it out into the world very soon! Also wanted to mention that it automatically matches your csTimer colors so you are not stuck with the default theme don’t worry

Let me know if you have any questions or feedback in the comments, happy cubing!

Is this a great achievement for me as a cuber?
Because I dont have enough time to actually learn full cfop due to being a college student so I got constant homework,assignments and lab reports.
Here the scramble,the cube and settings I used

Scramble : U2 B’ L F’ D R2 U’ R2 F’ R2 D2 B2 L2 D B2 R2 B2 L2
Website:csTimer.net

Cube : GAN16 MAGLEV MAX
Settings : Centre Travel-6,Tension-9,Magnet Rod-Green
Method: Beginner CFOP

You already saw my average, use cfop missing a couple pll algs and most of the olls. What are my next steps or what should they be

So the other day, I made a post about how TheCubicle re-continued selling Empty Lube Syringes in 3cc, 5cc, 10cc and 30cc sizes, and how I may have helped because I sent an E-Mail requesting that they carry them again, among other things.

They also have been carrying 2cc sampler syringes of Angstrom Dignitas, but those are tiny, and they cost way more per CC than just getting a normal tub of Dignitas.

Now, they have syringes of 5cc and 10cc sizes for Dignitas for $5.99 USD and $10.99 USD, respectively.

If you're wondering, here's the E-Mail I sent:

"Hello, Team Cubicle. I have a couple ideas for products that y'all could make/sell.

FerroCore Series Core:

Pretty self-explanatory, I think it would be a good idea to sell the ball-core and screw holder parts for the FerroCore series so that people could put them into their own MoYu cubes that come with a plastic core such as the AoLong V5. Also, by "screw holder" parts, I mean the parts that keep the screws in place because the normal MoYu Dual-Adjustment System doesn't hold screws.

2. Empty Lube Syringes

I remember back in around 2019 when you used to carry empty lube syringes , and I think it would be a good idea to start selling them again. The main reason is so people could put Dignitas in syringes, among other lubes, so that people could apply it much more easily without having to but lots of tiny samplers, but I also think it would be a good idea because your other lube bottles (the ones for Silk, Speedy, FZ-Calm and others) tend to break somewhat often, and the customers could put their lubes in said syringes. I would recommend you sell at least a 5cc, a 10cc and a 25cc selection.

3. MoYu AoSu V7 Corner-Base to Edge-Base Magnet Mod Kit

This one follows the idea of the SteVin mod kit for the (discontinued) Vin4 4x4, which had corner-base to edge-wing magnets, and was also similar to the MoreTry TianMa X3 and the HaiTun WaveRider V1, but placed on the MoYu AoSu V7 Single-Track edition.

That's all for now. Just a couple ideas I had. If any of these ideas don't work, could you tell me why?

Also, I really support you and would donate to your company if I had the money, but I have tuition to pay... Anyway,

Sincerely,

(My name), fidgeter700@outlook.com"

And here is their reply:

"Hi Jessie,

Thanks for taking the time to write up these ideas. Regarding points 1 and 3, I have brought these up with the relevant team at our company, and they will certainly look into these in the future.

Regarding the empty lube syringes, you are correct that we stopped carrying those, but thank you for bringing it up — we will definitely consider offering these again. anyway.

-- Eric Customer Care Representative business@thecubicle.com"

And that's all I have for today.

When my v11 arrived, i noticed a little mark on the red white green corner, on the red side of that corner is a little mark that doesn't want to come of, its permanent in the uv coating, also is it normal that there are little scratches out of the box, and i can only see them if i use my phone flash, but they are still hard to see