QiYi Clover Pyraminx

Shockingly difficult! When I first got it,I examined it some before scrambling it. Good first impressions I gotta say. Great turning (I’m ALL about great-turning cubes)! And when you DO scramble it, it shapeshifts a good bit. The ONLY reason mine’s solved is because my brother accidentally broke it and I fixed it!!!XD Great puzzle! 5 Star! (Slightly frustrating however once scrambled, and easy to fix! Not a waste!

In terms of raw puzzle design, I think this is the most fun, challenging shape mod. If it was as good mechanically as the idea, it would be a very easy 5* from me.

It's deceptively challenging. One thing people may not realize, and I sure didn't at first, is that you can do 1/4 turns, so it makes some very striking shapeshifts. That's when things get interesting. You can have different pieces in different orientations, so you can't tell where the original pyramid edges are supposed to go, because a bunch of adjacent "edges" (which are actually the center pieces, from the perspective of the internal mechanism) are rotated 90 degrees and seem to indicate "faces" pointing in directions that the correct solution doesn't actually have.

The problem is how often I mess up a solve because to say this thing doesn't corner cut at all isn't putting it strongly enough. It catches all the time, you have to spin it and twist it back and forth to try and free up whatever is caught, and by the time that's done, good luck remembering where you were in a series of moves or even what face you were trying to turn. The mental gymnastics necessary to keep seeing the 3x3-ness of this weird mod require focus, if you have to interrupt yourself to hunt for what's catching, you're going to lose where you were at.

So it's complex, and you really want to be able to focus and not get tripped up. It's a very fun mod when you can just do that.

I hate to be so critical—it's an ingenious puzzle, well worth owning, and it might even be my favorite 3x3 mod bar none, when the catching doesn't trip me up, which isn't even all *that* often... but just often enough to frustrate me. So, minus two stars for that. I'd pay decent money for a slightly better-made one with the pieces a bit more rounded or some other mechanism to allow you to turn without locking when the layers are only in 99.9998% perfect alignment.

This puzzle, like others have noted, is just like the mastermorphix. The only difference is lack of need to orient the corners. Combine this puzzle's wacky shape shifting with the potential for corner pieces to become completely hidden within the puzzle, and you're left with a fun, unique solve. However, the internal mechanism of this puzzle is very small and it is slightly prone to catching if slightly misaligned. If this catching happens, it can lead to pops. Re-assembling this puzzle is an absolute nightmare, since the mechanism is buried very deep inside the puzzle. I had a pop on my first solve, and spent more than a half hour assembling the puzzle. If you're careful and can keep the pieces together, it's a lovely cube!

This puzzle is smooth like butter and is such a joy to solve!

Most shape shifting i have ever seen a cube do! Honestly looks nuts and i could not even solve it. I was trying to solve it when all of the sudden a piece popped out of the cube! I tried to put it back in but instead just exploded it and it is so crazy that i could not even put it back together!

As others have noted, this is a 3x3 shapemod, but the hidden corners make for very interesting solves. Fabulous turning and build quality.

It has an extremely unique design and is a fun challenge!

When I got this, I originally thought this was a pyraminx shape mod but was pleasantly surprised when I realized it was actually a 3x3 shape mod. The fun part of the cube is testing out 3x3 algorithms on it. Very hard to recognize cases, but that's what makes it a little challenging. It turns well, and corner cuts amazing on some angles and on some other angles it catches and has to be aligned perfectly. The centers are also very hard to align. I think this is a great addition to any collection, as it looks amazing when solved.

I haven’t quite wrapped my mind around how this is a 3x3 but I must say the solve was enjoyable. I must’ve lucked into the solution but with the smooth turning and almost minimal catching it was well worth the purchase.

One of the most interesting 3x3s. I consider myself comfortable with 3x3s, but this proved to be quite a challenge. It can be a little tricky to keep track of how each piece corresponds to a piece on a 3x3. I lose my place a lot, and have screwed up a few algorithms. It can be fun if you are looking for something more challenging than a standard 3x3, but still solvable. If you want, you can stick to 180 degree turns, and it will become a much simpler puzzle which retains its shape.

I got the stickerless version. Some of the pieces are hidden inside the puzzle in the final solution, and it can be a little strange in the stickerless version because the colors of these pieces seem arbitrary. However, I have not run into any parity issues because of it.