This cube was quite good out of the box but came over lubed with stock lube. It turned fast but felt gummy unlike anything I've felt before. It was very tight, loud but didn't have a super sandy/ scratchy feel many love about fangshi cubes. After loosening the cube and cleaning out the stock lube the cube became almost as fast as the guan ying. I since lubed with some Maru and broke it in over 200 solves and It has converted to a very fast and scratchy cube. I must say it's quite nice and can be set up in different ways to fit anyone's style. I really like this cube and would have no problem making it my main but I think I'm going to stick with the HuaLong. I would recommend this to someone who loved and previous fangshi cube or just wants a Fast and slightly sandy feeling cube.