Speed kills.

More than anything, that's what Nexa 3D touts with its NX1 3D printer, which boasts printing speeds of up to one centimeter per minute, a rate the company bills as 40 times faster than its competition and roughly half the price.

Tech Times was fortunate to go hands on with the rapid-fire NX1 at the Pepcom Wine, Dine and Demo! event in New York City on the same day its crowdfunding campaign launched on Kickstarter on Thursday ... and it didn't disappoint.

Using patented LSPc (Lubricant Sublayer Photocuring) Technology, the NX1 is touted by the company as the quickest desktop 3D printer — one equipped with Wi-Fi access and a tap and make system, resulting in an automatic print process.

Powered by four mechanical arms, the NX1 is able to churn out whatever 3D printing tasks you have lined up for it with ultimate speed ... and it's as fast as advertised with Tech Times getting a first-hand demonstration. Just because it's moving so rapidly, doesn't mean it's sacrificing quality, precision or detail with the end product, either, as objects come out sturdy with style.

With co-founders Luciano Tringali and Andrea Denaro having just touched down in New York City from their company headquarters in Rome, Denaro gave Tech Times the situation of bringing a chess board to a friend's house and forgetting the pieces — only for the NX1 to print every single piece in three to four minutes flat.

"It is the fastest 3D printer," Denaro told Tech Times. "3D printers must go fast or what's the use?"

While other 3D printers lean on a refill process involving everything from bottles to gloves, NX1's design utilizes an integrated resin cartridge system, which opens with a simple magnet, while eliminating the need for headache-generating refills during printing.

With the NX1, the tank automatically balances the resin, while the machine is printing. When a task is complete, the NX1 recaptures and reuses the resin remaining in its tank automatically without wasting a drop.

Denaro claims the resin cartridge is so effective that it doesn't need to be touched for two to three months at a time.

As of Thursday, a pledge of $1,399 via Kickstarter will land you the NX1 3D printer.