How to break in a cube

[RampageCuber]

Note: This is how I break in my cube, and I'm not stating its the best way, but it works well for me.

Step 1) Assemble, tension, and sticker your cube.

Step 2) Lubricate your cube with Vaseline (this will be cleaned out later)

Step 3) 100 solves, only around 50 if you are breaking in a big cube (not more, the Vaseline can melt a lot of plastic after that)

Step 4) Clean out your cube, good tutorials are at the bottom of this post

Step 5) Lubricate your cube using CRC Silicone or Jig-A-Loo

Step 6) Work in for 3 minutes, then let it sit for around an hour

Step 7) Do 200 more solves

Step 8) Repeat steps 5 and 6

Step 9) ???

Step 10) Profit.


How to clean a cube:



How to lubricate a cube:




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[daeyoungyoon]

Too much work for me. I just lube and solve.

[JLarsen]

Same. I actually don't really believe in breaking in 3x3's.

[miniGOINGS]

Actually, I'm still breaking in the very first 3x3 that I bought, ever. And it's been over a year.

[JLarsen]

So have you not lubed it yet? I've heard people tell me don't lube it until 100 solves like screw you thats psychological crap, go put some sand in it you'll get the same effect.

[miniGOINGS]

I've lubed it twice, well, actually: Steve lubes my cubes.

[JLarsen]

You have someone else do it? Interesting....do you tension it?

[miniGOINGS]

It was a storebought, but a Godly one at that. Yea, I get someone else to do the lubing for me .

EDIT: Right now I'm using a different storebought that I got about 2 months ago because I'm waiting for bright stickers from CubeSmith.

[rahulkadukar]

I just lube it and solve and when I find that it is getting slower or harder to turn rhen I lube it again.

[JTW2007]

Too much work for me. I just lube and solve.

Me too. But I just solve and lube.