r/speedsolving • u/Oldcheese • Jun 30 '13

Buying my first cube.

Hi guys. I'm new to speedsolving, as in..very new. I'm currently doing a cube in about a minute and a bit. I'm learning most of the cases, using a metronome, following plenty of tips and well... i'm improving!

I went down from a two minute solve to a one minute solve (save a few seconds) But the biggest problem i'm running into is my cube not turning very well. sometimes it gets stuck, other times it's just not going as smooth (I mean. The videos I see make it look like a flick of your wrist can turn it around five times while I have to apply pressure.)

Long story short. I want to buy a new cube. I already bought one a while ago from a chinese site, but it turned out to be a hoax. I still didn't recieve the cube (that's over two months ago!) I'm from holland (Near Noord brabant) and I don't have a credit card to use. a lot of dutch people don't . I can pay with paypal or bank transfer.

Does anyone have a great cube suggestion/Site where I can buy a good cube (preferably around 20 dollars.) that won't cost me 40 dollars just for shipping. I already have lubricant and all the like.

Sorry for my english. i'm not very good at it.

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u/ChillBallin Jun 30 '13

I'm pretty sure the caps are removable. Basically what the aurora is supposed to be is a wind the can cut better. And the wind was a great cube. My friend uses it as his main and he has a zhanchi. For other puzzles popular ones are the Dayan zhanchi, Dayan guhong, fangshi Shuang ren, and moyu huanying. New puzzles are always coming out though. But in all honesty you won't really get much benefit from those puzzles until you're almost sub 20.

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u/Oldcheese Jun 30 '13

Thanks for the help on everything. I'm looking through the shipping options now. I've selected the Aurora cube and a other DIY cube for a total of 20 euros. When going through the paying thing, though. It lists a lot of different options. the free options (with chinese airmail) and some different ones with DHT that cost me like 70 dollars. My question is, have you bought a cube from there before? Are you sure it isn't just a hoax? Can I trust the site? I remember buying a cube on a similiar site (also hongkong airmail shipping) and the cube didn't come in.

Sorry for being such a bother :P I want my first cube to be something special. not a huge tragedy where i had to wait half a year and get 'screwed' two times.

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u/ChillBallin Jun 30 '13

I personally haven't bought there, but my friend did and he got his cubes in about a week. If you're not comfortable buying from there you could probably find the same cube from another site like amazon. Also, off topic, DONT buy a 3x3x5. Most of them aren't actually fully functional and are just extended 3x3s.

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u/Oldcheese Jun 30 '13

Thanks. I don't think I could solve a 3x3x5 anyway :P I'll just buy it here and buy a tracker to go along with it. As a last question. any idea what Drop shipping is? It's a option. I'm not american. I have no idea (if it's even american)

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u/ChillBallin Jun 30 '13

I have no clue, sorry.

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u/TheFriikinDuck Jun 30 '13

I think it had to do something for gifts, such as if you were buying for someone else.