I was wondering earlier today what were the first cubes to achieve some milestones, such as the Guhong with torpedoes and such. After a quick search, it appears to me that the first cube to implement MagLev as the default was the MoYu Weilong WR M 2021, but I couldn’t find any authoritative source on that, so I’m just left wondering.
Is anyone aware of any earlier cubes that implemented this technology?
Also, what is your earliest bought speedcube? It’s pretty crazy to compare my Zhanchi to a WRM V9 in 2024, especially with remembering how stickered cubes were the norm back then.
I feel like I’m in a similar boat, in a way. Though I’ve been cubing for the past 10 years, I’ve taken a long break of some 4 years and returned to cubing only in early 2023, when I bought the exact same RS3M 2020, which I used in the first comp I went to.
So all the new tech, like magnets, MagLev, ballcore and stuff all kind of appeared at the same time, for me.
Magnets are a game changer for me, absolutely love em. But it’s added more points of failure to the state of the cube. I don’t know if you’ve seen my post (I wrote it straight after this comment) but magnets dropping out of corners is something I hadn’t experienced on my RS3M.
That said, I love my super strong corner magnets on my WRM V9, where I can tap the top layer and it auto aligns. So for me, when they’re done well they’re great but can be a sore point if it’s done in a cheap way.
It’s kinda like my Nokia phone back in the day was indestructible, but I treat my Pixel 7a with kid gloves lol
I did, and I’ve been postponing replying to it since I’ve had a long week. But I’ll soon give you my thoughts on it under the post itself. But, regarding your comment here, this is kind of the reason why I prefer to take my RS3M 2020 out and about and use the WRM V9 at home.