It's actually that good.
Current setup is Angstrom lubes (Gravitas, Dignitas, DNM-37) and tension 2. The cube feels great. Turning is very soft and smooth and the corner cutting is very crispy, giving it a very soft yet tactile feel. Those two textures never seem like they should go together, but this cube makes it work. Responds very well to a number of turning speeds, feeling very controllable turning at slower speeds yet very quick and responsive when you spam TPS.
Comparing this to the current biggest flagships, this is up there with the best, which is crazy given it's $17 price point. This is easily on par with the Wrm v9, Tornado v3, and even the most recent Gans. The GuHong Pro M performs extremely well. It's not my new main, but it's extremely, extremely close.
My only performance-related complaint is that sometimes the pieces feel a little jittery, but that could very well just my by tension setup. My other complaint is that when the cube is disassembled, centers just kinda fall off. Not the caps, the actual centers. They come off of the core extremely easily. It's not hard to get them secured back to the core, but it can make re-assembly annoying. How often do you deal with this though, once every few months? It's really not a big deal.

If you're unsure of what flagship to go with and you're on a slightly tighter budget, just get this. It'll do you wonders.

The best way to describe this cube is if the RS3M 2020 and the Tornado V3 had a baby. The cube has a moderately airy and slightly cheap feel but still retains some tactility. I'm on setting 1 for the tension and for me it feels the best - any tighter and the whole cube feels a bit too tight (including corner cutting). My big problem with this cube is how aggressively it eats up lube. I applied angstrom dignitas and gravitas twice on separate occasions (being generous with the lube amounts), and yet after only about 50 solves it began to speed up significantly. I'm confident this cube needs some compound X to actually slow it down. Currently I can do U2 flicks no problem on it, so I've learned to control the speed a bit. The design of the edge feet is incredibly basic - it looks like the edges of cubes from 2015. If you like faster cubes like this, I'd still recommend the V9.

This cube is really good. But $17 while the Super Rs3m is 10? I disagree with the price. It comes out of the box fast and locky, so when you tighten it and make it more controllable, it gets MORE locky. The performance is like a 3 star at best. I, however LOVE the feel, I enjoy this well. I do not feel confident solving on it yet, and I do not know if I will main it.

My Setup:
Weight 5 in core
Weight 5 on tracks
4 drops FZ Calm
2 Drops Mystic on tracks

Eh, maybe go with a Super Rs3m. I will likely continue to main the Weilong V9.

This cube is literally one of the best out of the box performance I’ve tried. The cube performs on the same level as other 2023 flagship cubes. I have weilong v9, tornado v3, gan 12, ys3m and I seriously think this cube beats all of them. Although the the feeling is very similar to weilong v9 but this cube’s magnets are not as extreme as weilong v9 so I like it a lot better since my turns aren’t constantly snapping in place. Recommend if its your first cube.

First let me just say that this cube is a great option and you can't go wrong getting it. But there are a few issues I would like to address. First of all, the tensioning system is very limiting as it is a single adjustment system and only 5 settings. So basically the Gan 14 comes out with 1296 unique combinations, and here the guhong is, a fire release and very good cube don't get me wrong, BUT THIS CUBE ONLY HAS FIVE UNIQUE OPTIONS. And five would be fine if it had a good set of options but even the loosest setting manages to be very tight and uncontrollably fast.

when I first saw this cube come out, I was thinking; "Why da heck does Phil like it so much?". I can see now why he was so excited about this cube... there's literally nothing wrong with it! (lol) It felt pretty dang fast out of the box for being a standard springs cube, but that is a tertiary issue because a bit of Angstrom Gravitas will fix that. I don't see any way to adjust the tensions, and the core adjustment only affects the "screw depth". But, negatives aside, it still gets five stars! (because it's the only cube that my girlfriend uses now) (Thanks Cubicle!)

I bought this cube on sale, and it was a HUGE upgrade from my guhong v3.
only a single adjustment system, but the performance more than makes up for it. I 100% recommend this cube to ANYONE

Wow it's really good I recommend 2 clicks and ye

This is a very good cube for the price.

This cube really fits my turning style, really like it. Got a near 20% improvement on my PB in part because of this Cube.