This is the first 5x5 I bought and honestly the only thing it has going for it is that its cheap. But even then there are cheaper cube that probably perform the same as this puzzle(you're paying a bit more just for the stickers). For 2022 standards this 5x5 performs awful, mainly because they're aren't any magnets. Magnets play a huge roll in bigger cubes for keeping all of the layers together while your speed solving and preventing lock ups. And nowadays I'd consider magnets a necessity for cubes 4x4 and up. Not just for speed solving, but as a quality of life improvement in general. Anyways its biggest flaw is the inconsistency when it comes to turning the puzzle. 75% of the time when you turn the puzzle other layers will want to turn with it causing frustrating lock ups while solving. if you really don't care about speed solving then maybe this will work for a first 5x5. But seriously it is so worth it to pay and extra 5-10$ for a much better 5x5 like the YJ MGC or the ZhiChuang Mini (which is very small for a 5x5 but so much better to solve and for only 5$ more).