Hey guys, its me CriticalCubing and today we are going to see, which is better between
the Qiyi Valk3 and the MoHuanShouShu Chufeng.
Price.
The price of the Chufeng is way lower when compared the Valk3.
Chufeng costs 12$ where as the Valk3 costs roughly 20$.
The Chufeng wins this round hands down.
Size and Weight: The Chufeng is the standard 3x3 size that modern speedcubes have these
days, i.e. 56mm.
The Valk3 is 1 mm less than that at 55.5mm.
The weight of both of these cubes is similar which is roughly 82 grams.
This round has no winners as different size will suit different people and the 1mm doesn't
make that huge of a difference.
Feel and turning: The valk has this smooth feel which feels similar to the meiying.
The feel is also comparable to the yuexiao, however the valk feels more solid and not
hollow.
The turning of the valk is fast and controllable and the valk is not a flexible cube and maintains
the layers nicely.
The chufeng feels different than the valk.
Its more crunchy and doesn't feel that much smooth, it is more flimsy and flexes more
than the valk, however the speed is quite good and comparable to the valk.
The chufeng also feels more hollow than the valk.
I tend to prefer the Valk over Chufeng for OH as the chufeng is flexible and I like something
that is stable for OH.
For this feel and turning round, the valk3 wins it for me as I like the smooth feel of
it better and the stable turning makes the cube catch less.
Corner cutting of most of the modern speedcubes is practically the same and there is no difference
in their corner cutting.
They both do line to line and ease for rever corner cutting, and can also do 45 degrees
with ease.
This round is a tie as the corner cutting is practically equal and you won't feel a
difference while solving.
Stability.
Stability is the segment which either makes or breaks the cube for me as a main contender.
The main factors that I look for in the mains is staility and turning.
The chufeng is flimsy and flexible, and when compared to the solid and stable valk3, the
chufeng lacks points in stability.
The turning of the valk3 is also better than the chufeng like I mentioned previously in
the feel and turning segment.
Overall, the valk3 sweeps over the chufeng in this round as its more stable than the
chufeng, and also turns better than it.
Valk3 wins this round.
Locking,popping and corner twisting: Most of the modern speedcubes use the squared off
corner design which helps prevent corner twisting.
Valk3 uses this design.
However, the chufeng doesn't follow the squared off design.
Chufeng rounded off corners, which probably makes you think "this cube pops like sheet" (shit)
haha but honestly chufeng only corner twists as much as the other modern speedcubes.
I have had the chufeng for over a month now and it has corner twisted 2 times on me, which
happened on loose tensions.
After setting it up, I have not experienced corner twists.
Valk also gives me corner twists sometimes but its nothing major.
Corner Twisting category is a tie.
Locking and Popping.
Both of these cubes don't pop at all, even on loose tensions, hence poppint round is
also a tie.
The chufeng definitely locks up more than the valk3 because its a bit more flimsy and
not as stable as the valk but its nothing significant, however its probably only me
as my turning style that is more suited for stable cubes.
For the lockup round, the valk wins it as my turning style makes the chufeng lockup
more.
M slices: M slices on both of these cubes are pretty much the same.
They both turn quite good and Roux solves are pretty smooth on both of them.
This round is a tie as a reason.
Finally the questions arises, Which one is better?
As you can already tell by now, the valk3 performs better than the chufeng.
The stability and turning are the biggest factors that I take into consideration when
deciding on a main and the valk3 wins in both of them.
However, this doesn't mean that the chufeng is a bad cube.
Chufeng performs quite similarly to the valk, minus the flexibility and for someone who
is on a budget, the chufeng will be a good buy.
For OH, I tend to prefer the valk again as I like less flimsy cubes for OH.
In todays cube comparison, the Valk3 is crowned the winner and the Chufeng loses by a small
margin.
Before deciding on which one to buy, try one at a competition and form your own opinion
instead of listening to me.
Thank you so much for watching this video and comment which cubes I should compare next.
Take care guys and bye.