Once, there was a squan. It wasn't a great squan, but it was what we had. But then more squans came into existence. These squans improved upon the earlier squan, but still were far from perfect. Then, there was nothing. That's it.
Sounds about right.
But wait, what's that? It looks like a squan, but not just any squan. It has what looks like MoYu shads. COULD IT BE?! A MOYU SQUAN!?!?! Wait, no. It's a QiYi squan. Whatever. I'm gonna go to CalTeh Fall. Oh look, there's a QiYi squan. It looks nice. Oh, it feels nice too. Wait, is that an anti-popping mech? It corner cuts? It's fast? It doesn't pop? What?
It's beautiful.
Up till now, there wasn't a squan that could function that well without having some major drawback. Mainly, cubes had trouble with corner cutting and pops. All of the squans had these problems. Until now, it was unheard of to have a cube that could resist pops. But the QiYi squan changed all of that. Unlike other cubes, it had an anti-popping mech. It had two sticks crammed in the middle for added support. This rods help keep it from popping VERY well. So much so that in two days of intense use, I haven't got a pop. It could be said that I keep it to tight, but even if I did it wouldn't matter. You might say that's because squans don't corner cut, but you'd be wrong. This one does. And it does it in every way, normal, reverse, in the way that happens due to overshooting that always causes a pop, and so much more. It seems like the perfect squan, and it is.
For the most part.
You see, the mechanism consists of two halves each with three pieces. These pieces are the external pieces, the core itself, and the anti-pop rod. The issue arises here, as the separation of the anti-pop mech and the core causes the edges to be very... fragile in positioning. You see, if you push on the edges they can pop up, causing turning quality to fall down. Luckily, this can be fixed by glueing the anti-pop rod and core together, but it would have been so much simpler if QiYi would have just had them together from the start. There is no reason to have them separate. Regardless, it is an easy fix, but it could have been avoided altogether, and this is the only thing stopping it from being perfect.
At the end of the day, there's one prominent message: The QiYi squan is the best squan. Whether you're casually solving or trying to speedcube it, the QiYi should be your one and only option. Until MoYu makes one.
This is going to be interesting.
Romain, just... don't... put th-... ugh.
-GIR