4×4 and 5×512 MoYu speed cubes on this bench
This is where magnets stop being a feel preference and start being a functional requirement. A 4×4 has inner layers that can sit a few degrees out of true without you noticing, and the penalty is not a slightly worse turn — it is a lock-up, or a popped piece, in the middle of a solve you were winning. Magnetic alignment on the inner layers is the single biggest upgrade available on these two puzzles.
MoYu's answer is the track system, and the cards here spell it out. A standard build has one ring of magnets. A two-track build adds a second ring, and a three-track build a third, so each layer is held by progressively more alignment points. The AoSu V7 covers 4×4 and the AoChuang V6 covers 5×5, both in standard, UV, two-track and three-track versions. Below them the MeiLong 4M and 5M and the older RS4M do the budget job properly.
No cube on this bench has that specification. Clear the filter to see them all.
Specifications side by side: 4×4 and 5×5
| Cube | Magnets | MagLev | Core | UV | Tuning | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MeiLong 4M 4×4 | yes | — | — | — | — | $13.99 |
| MeiLong 5M 5×5 | yes | — | — | — | — | $14.99 |
| MeiLong 4M Robot Display Box | yes | — | — | — | — | $15.99 |
| RS4M 4×4 | 96 | — | — | — | — | $16.99 |
| AoSu V7 4×4 Standard | 96 | — | — | — | — | $18.99 |
| AoChuang V6 5×5 Standard | 96 | — | — | — | — | $22.99 |
| AoSu V7 4×4 UV 96-Magnet | 96 | — | — | yes | — | $24.99 |
| AoChuang V6 5×5 UV 96-Magnet | 96 | — | — | yes | — | $26.99 |
| AoSu V7 4×4 Two-Track 112-Magnet | 112 | — | ball | yes | — | $38.99 |
| AoSu V7 4×4 Three-Track 160-Magnet | 160 | — | ball | yes | — | $45.99 |
| AoChuang V6 5×5 Two-Track 112-Magnet | 112 | — | ball | yes | — | $45.99 |
| AoChuang V6 5×5 Three-Track 160-Magnet | 160 | — | ball | yes | — | $45.99 |
Reading the track system
One ring, two tracks, three tracks
On a standard magnetic 4×4 the magnets sit in a single ring, which aligns the outer layers firmly and the inner layers approximately. A two-track build with around a hundred and twelve magnets adds a second ring aimed squarely at the inner slices, and that is the version where the characteristic 4×4 problem — an inner layer you thought was straight — largely stops happening. Three tracks and a hundred and sixty magnets go further again and produce a cube that feels almost mechanically locked into every quarter turn. It is heavier and more deliberate, and competitive 4×4 solvers split fairly evenly between the two-track and three-track versions.
Where the budget cubes are still the right answer
If you have not yet learned the parity algorithms, the MeiLong 4M and 5M are the cubes to learn them on. They are light, they are magnetic, they do not pop, and they cost a third of what a tracked flagship does — and the skill you are building at that stage is recognition, not hardware exploitation. The RS4M sits just above them with a proper ninety-six magnet build and remains one of the better value 4×4s MoYu has made. Move up when you can feel the cube limiting you, which on a big cube is a very obvious sensation rather than a subtle one.
What MoYu speed cubes are, in one paragraph
MoYu Culture — also known simply as MoYu — is a Chinese factory in Guangzhou that has been making speed cubes since 2008 and is famous among speedcubers for a tremendous release pace few rivals maintain. Cubing Classroom, generally sold as the MeiLong line, is its budget sub-brand; GuoGuan, SenHuan, MoJue and Cong sit alongside it inside the same group.
The flagship WeiLong is the single most notable example: it is the cube cubers reach for in competition, the one most often on the mat when a world record is set, and every upgrade carries real technology — a magnet count you can read off the box, MagLev tension, a ball core, a smoother and faster feel — rather than new artwork. A collection that began with one 3×3 — the puzzle most people still call a Rubik’s cube — now runs from 2×2 to 15×15, through shape puzzles like the Skewb and the Pyraminx, and into gift sets for beginners.
That is why MoYu stays popular with people who solve fast: big cube or small, the innovation sits in the layers where a solver can feel it, the turn stays stable, and the plastic keeps its look.
Real specifications
Layer count, magnet count, core type and coating — read off the listing, not invented.
Live price and stock
Every card shows the current store price and whether the cube is in stock right now.
The whole catalogue
Not a top-ten. Every MoYu cube with a live listing has a profile here.
Written by someone who solves
The benches are sorted by what the puzzle is for, because that is how you shop for one.