(Got the primary color version as a B-day gift) Right out of the box, this cube turned extremely smooth and effortless. In fact, even without any lube (side note: this cube does not seem to come pre-lubed like some of ShengShou's other puzzles), it was smooth enough to easily fingertrick the outer layer, and possible to (kinda) fingertrick the other layers too. On top of this, this cube is extremely stable at factory tensions. To make it even better, alignment isn't a huge issue either; the cube can corner cut by a whole cubie on almost any layer, which is impressive considering its size and complexity. And since it is not pillowed, any serious misalignments are easily fixed by pressing it onto a flat surface, similar to how other large cubes are.

In summary, it's smooth, stable, and flexible, and I can find absolutely nothing to complain about.

This is one of my favorite cubes. Out of the box it turns really smooth and fast after 10 or so solves it gets even better. I have had a couple chips on the stickers but none have fallen off plus it comes with a spare set. The has never popped on me. Definitely recommend this cube.

This is probably one of the nicest turning cubes in my collection and I solve it all the time

This 9x9 rubiks is really good. I have always wanted this cube for so long and finally got it. The cube overall is smooth when you are turning, I have had 3 pop outs but they were somewhat easy to put back in. I would recommend this cube for your first one.

I've had mine for 4 years now and I've never had it pop more than one piece or so. It Turns great. Barely much sticker peeling for 4 years. I was missing a piece for a long time (only because i lost it) But thanks the the junkyard i got a new one. I average around 30 mins, but my PB is 29:09. Great Cube!

Although it took me three and a half hours to solve it turned amazingly! I bought this cube after buying my Moyu Aoshi 6x6, and I thought I would be able to solve it in about an hour. After solving it I realized I should have gotten a 7x7 first. Out of the box all the layers were very smooth, and the cube never looked up once in my solve!

it turned fantastically on most of the sides, but on three of the sides there was some immense spring noise! I had to take apart the cube and use a ridiculous ammount of lube on the core and screw to muffle the spring noise, but it's still there of one of the faces. If you do not have any lube when buying this cube, make sure o get some, you will most definetely need it!

This cube is ok out of the box but after about a few averages of 7 and lubinge with weight 3 it is flawless. I highly recomend this if you like big cubes and you have the money.

This is an overall amazing cube. Every layer feels smooth except for the very middle layer. I haven't figured out why it's catching yet. But a joy to solve nonetheless.

I've solved this 9x9 at least a couple times and it got better with use. Even though it's bigger I find it smoother turning than the 8x8. First impression is that it's quite big and relatively heavy.

Unlike 90% of people on YouTube who give their review on this product who claim they have "huge hands" I'm going to say that I don't have large hands but it still is quite comfortable to solve. If only ShengShou had an 11x11!