Shape Puzzles5 MoYu speed cubes on this bench
Not everything with a scramble is a cube. The Pyraminx and the Skewb are their own competition events with their own mechanisms and their own hardware requirements, and the Mirror Cube is a 3×3 that has had its geometry rearranged until recognition becomes the hard part. All three belong in a speedcubing collection, and all three are cheap enough that there is no real reason not to own them.
MoYu's versions are straightforward. The RS Skewb is the budget entry and has dual tension adjustment, which on a Skewb matters more than you would expect. The WeiLong Skewb adds MagLev. The WeiLong Pyraminx comes in a plain build and a 2022 MagLev build with forty-eight magnets, which is the one competitive Pyraminx solvers reach for. The brushed Mirror Cube is the odd one out and the most fun to hand to someone who thinks they have solved a cube before.
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Specifications side by side: Shape Puzzles
| Cube | Magnets | MagLev | Core | UV | Tuning | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS Skewb | yes | — | — | — | dual | $11.39 |
| Brushed Mirror Cube 3×3 | yes | — | — | — | — | $11.99 |
| WeiLong Pyraminx | yes | — | — | — | — | $15.19 |
| WeiLong Skewb MagLev | yes | yes | — | — | — | $17.09 |
| WeiLong Pyraminx 2022 MagLev | 48 | yes | — | — | dual | $17.99 |
Three puzzles, three different skills
Pyraminx and Skewb reward tension, not magnets
Both of these puzzles are solved in very few moves by very fast hands, which means the mechanism spends its life being turned imprecisely at high speed. Tension is therefore the specification that decides whether you like the puzzle: too tight and it catches, too loose and the tips wobble out of true. This is why the dual-adjustment RS Skewb is a better buy than its price suggests, and why MagLev — which keeps whatever tension you set indefinitely — is more valuable on these puzzles than on a 3×3. Magnets help with the final alignment, but they are the second-order feature here.
The Mirror Cube is a recognition exercise
Mechanically a Mirror Cube is a 3×3, and if you can solve a 3×3 you can solve this. The difference is that the pieces are all different sizes and all the same colour, so you identify a piece by its shape rather than its sticker, and the shape only becomes obvious once the puzzle is nearly done. It is an excellent way to find out how much of your solve is actual understanding and how much is pattern-matching on colour, and the brushed finish on MoYu's version makes it a better-looking object than most. Keep it on a desk, not in a bag.
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
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