About Cubii
Cubii was founded in 2014 by Arnav Dalmia, Shivani Jain, and Ryota Sekine, who developed the original under-desk elliptical concept as University of Chicago undergraduates for the school's New Venture Challenge. After graduating, the team raised roughly $300,000 on Kickstarter, well past its funding goal, and built out the Chicago-based company from there. Cubii's stated mission is to make wellness approachable for every body by building simple, accessibly priced tools that fit movement into an already-seated workday rather than requiring a separate workout.
The product is the category's namesake: Cubii has become close to a generic term for the under-desk elliptical form factor the same way other brands have defined their own categories. The company reports more than 1,000,000 users and has expanded distribution well beyond Amazon into QVC and the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog, alongside independent hands-on coverage from outlets like Healthline. The current lineup spans several tiers, from the entry-level Move up through higher-resistance and app-connected models, all built around the same low-profile elliptical stride.
Brand website: cubii.com
What Cubii makes
Cubii's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
Cubii Move
entry-level under-desk elliptical, 6 resistance levels — our featured pick — featured on DeskRated
Cubii JR1
8 resistance levels, added portable wheels
Cubii Go
10 resistance levels, retractable handle, mobile app integration
Cubii Total Body+
top-of-line model with combined arm-and-leg training
Cubii app
free companion app for logging stride count, distance, and calories
Why we recognized Cubii
The DeskRated Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our hands-on category reviews. Cubii earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, used at a real desk, and judged on merit.
Cubii products we rated highly
Cubii Move Under Desk Elliptical
A true elliptical stride motion, rather than a circular bike pedal, keeps the foot path shallow and forward-sweeping so knees don't rise into the underside of a standard desk on every rotation. Its magnetic resistance is genuinely call-safe, sitting below the noise floor of a typical home HVAC system, and it comes from the category-defining brand with the smoothest, most joint-friendly stride feel we tested and an established warranty and support ecosystem behind it.
Read the 7 Best Under Desk Ellipticals of 2026: A Desk Worker's Guide (Not a Fitness Guide) guide →What earned Cubii the recognition
- Category-defining brand — Cubii created the under-desk elliptical form factor in 2014 and the name has become nearly synonymous with the category.
- Cubii Move is one of our top picks among under-desk ellipticals, chosen for its true elliptical stride and call-safe quiet operation, not a bike-pedal substitute.
- Scale and trust — over 1,000,000 reported users and distribution through Amazon, QVC, and the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog.
- Independent third-party coverage, including a hands-on review from Healthline, backs up the in-house testing behind our pick.
- A tiered product lineup (Move, JR1, Go, Total Body+) means the brand supports upgrade paths beyond the entry unit we feature.