Description
The GAN V100 3x3 Leap (Magnetic) – New Year Edition is a lightweight, competition-ready 3x3 magnetic speed cube that pairs fast, accurate turning with a special Year of the Horse theme. Piece magnets give each move a crisp “click,” while core magnets add extra stability and stronger re-alignment for cleaner solves at higher TPS. With 35° auto-alignment, an omni-directional core positioning design, and 72 customization configurations, it’s built for both newer solvers who want a stable, easy-to-control cube and seasoned cubers who want a light, responsive feel with premium limited-edition styling.
Why you’ll like it
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More accurate turning: Magnetic piece positioning helps turns land where you intend—great for consistency and speed.
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More stable at high speed: Core magnets improve control and reduce “wobbly” turning during fast solves.
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Superlight feel: At 62g, it’s easy on the hands for long practice sessions and averages.
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Limited edition design: Year of the Horse theme details, orange internals/logo, and special packaging make it collectible.
Performance & design highlights
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35° auto-alignment: Helps the cube snap into place to reduce lockups and improve flow.
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Omni-directional core positioning: Designed to keep turning stable from any angle.
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Omni-support spherical orbit: Supports smoother, more controlled movement through turns.
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Frosted finish: Reliable everyday grip that doesn’t feel overly sticky.
Tuning & customization
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72 configurations: Dial in the feel to match your turning style—whether you prefer fast and light or more controlled and stable.
Specs at a glance
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Category: 3x3 magnetic speed cube
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Magnet systems: Piece magnets + core magnets
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Finish: Frosted
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Size: 55 mm
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Weight: ~62 g
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Auto-alignment: 35°
In the box
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Cap opener
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Tuning tool
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Year of the Horse sticker set (enough to cover the white face)
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Year of the Horse themed cube storage bag
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Special edition Year of the Horse packaging
Fast shipping from Las Vegas
Tracked delivery on every order.
90-day returns
Hassle-free — see policy.
Delivery ETA
Shown at checkout.
Secure checkout
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The reason I bought it
-This is the most amazing cube ever! I have always been a huge gan fan but the cubes were always too expensive for me to buy any good ones. But the v100 changed everything. Its performance is good as a flagship cube and it's literally half the price. It having core magnets and being 55mm was just a perfect cube that I have been wanting for years. But if you add the shipping price it was still a bit too expensive. But when they released this CNY edition I thought God literally heard what I was saying. My favorite color is orange and it was a orange internal gan v100! So I bought it immediately👍
The review
-Out of the box its tension is on 8 and center travel is on 3. I personally thought it was almost perfect and I think most people would just use it without needing to adjust it because it is so perfect out of the box. But since I wanted to try everything I tried to set it as loose as possible and as tight as possible. And the most loose felt like it was going to crumble as a touch it but the tightest setting wasn't actually that bad. So for people who have light turning styles would have a lot more space to adjust their prefered set up. And because it is 55mm it was perfect for my hands since I have a bit smaller hand then others. I also liked the matte finish a lot since I have very sweaty hands. For those people who don't have a clue on what matte feels like it is more like a rubbery feeling than a sandy feel. And it's great👍 The core magnets are really nice too it doesn't punish you for not doing accurate turns. And since it's spring it is much more controllable and I prefer the spring for the v100 because it's already extremely fast and I don't think it needs to be even more fast with maglev. And my favorite part was obviously the colors. For people who like orange it's a must have. It's a very bright orange and the purple magnets don't really stand out too much so if you don't like purple it still doesn't matter because it doesn't pop out as much as the orange internals. And corner cutting is also not bad but not extremely good either at first. But after breaking in the corner cutting becomes better. And if you loosen your center travel to 3 and above corner cutting is great. But not as good on 1 and 2.
Conclusion
-Overall I will give this cube a 10000000000/10 it's AMAZING. What ever your thinking if you consider buying it even a little you should definitely buy it. It won't disappoint you at all and it will probably be better than you expected. And since gan said on there social media page that it's limited in quantity you should grab it fast😃
I like the matte finish, it gives me a better grip than UV coat. The cube feels slightly heavier than v100 and somewhat less smooth, but still a great cube! I must say I am really disappointed that the beautiful Year of the Horse Gan logo is not printed on the cube, not even on the sticker (which was the case with the Christmas Gan cube). It would have made a really pretty little addition - next time, please, Gan! I do love the orange internals tho :) I have to say I don't understand Gan's obsession with re-inventing the center cap popping tool...this one is terrible and luckily it's much easier to pop the caps with your nail, as the tool is so clunky and doesnt' seem to actually do much. It would also be nice if all the Gan cubes used the same tool, so that I wouldnt' need a 100 tools for 100 different Gan cubes :p
I love this cube; it is fast, light, and the internals look great. my only complaint would be that it is sometimes a little uncontrollable, but a little lube fixes that right away. Thanks Cameron and speedcubeShop