what did was i got some well broken in pieces from winning-moves rubiks. they were lubed with petroleum which s very bad for the cube, but anyway i then got a hasbro rubik's cube brand and put the winning moves lube with petroluem jellty onto the hasbro rubik's center. Now it moves better than a cube4you diy. sounds cooler like a cube that nakajima would useand it never pops. if it does pop, it doesnt often. i have used this cube for the past 5 months. not a single pop.