YJ MGC 4x4 Popping

[CoderGuru]

Bought an mgc 4 off my mate. He’s not a scammer (Ik him very well) but not the best of cubes either. He probably used it for 3 hours total max before I acquired it.

I lubed it with Adheron Lite and used it for learning how to solve it. At the start my turning speed was slow so I had no problems.

However I have a very aggressive turning style and when I try to solve the cube faster I keep locking up and popping the edges, quite often. When I loosen it I fear that I might go too far to a stage where it is too loose, and keep trying to make fine adjustments to no avail.

Any advice?

 

[ruffleduck]

Tighten it.

 

[CoderGuru]

Tighten it.

That leads to more lockups

 

[ruffleduck]

That leads to more lockups

Tighten it more.

 

[CoderGuru]

Tighten it more.

Ok. Trying now…..

 

[CoderGuru]

Tighten it more.

I wasn’t even turning fast…

 

[CoderGuru]

Tighten it more.

Oh dear

 

[ruffleduck]

I keep my MGC 4 pretty tight and it works perfectly fine with hardly any catching issues. Maybe improve your turning?

 

[artless1der]

That leads to more lockups

only until you practice enough to have acbieved decent turning...
the MGC 4 is know for occasional pops...
but as you are just now learning, it's probably mostly your poor turning...

practice going slower and making sure you are making smooth even turns and you will eventually get better at still turning well at higher speeds

 

[artless1der]

Tighten it more.

I also keep my MGC quite tight, so tight that I can just barely see a gap between a side and the centers, and thats works out great for me

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

idk why, but mine seems fine to be a littl looser
it is also crazy fast for some reason...
check my progression thread

 

[TimCube]

A piece popped from my MGC for the first time a few days ago, but I also have it kinda loose. I’m guessing that it won’t happen as often once I turn with more precision.

 

[OreKehStrah]

Loose or tight, there’s a very good chance your turning is just not very accurate.

 

[fes_77]

Get the aosu

 

[CoderGuru]

Yeah in summary I get that my turning is a bit inexperienced as I only have like 30 solves on this and am agressive anyway. Any tips or advice to improve anything?

 

[randomness...]

Yeah in summary I get that my turning is a bit inexperienced as I only have like 30 solves on this and am agressive anyway. Any tips or advice to improve anything?

loosen a spare 3x3 so it pops if you flick too hard.
this is how i did it

 

[Tabe]

Yeah in summary I get that my turning is a bit inexperienced as I only have like 30 solves on this and am agressive anyway. Any tips or advice to improve anything?

Aggressive is just a nice way of saying inaccurate. Look at people who are really fast. Tymon, Max, Yiheng, and so on. Their turning is incredibly fast and yet under control. Focus on bringing yourself under control and being accurate. If you're getting anything more than extremely rare pops on any puzzle, you need to keep working on your turning.

 

[CoderGuru]

Aggressive is just a nice way of saying inaccurate. Look at people who are really fast. Tymon, Max, Yiheng, and so on. Their turning is incredibly fast and yet under control. Focus on bringing yourself under control and being accurate. If you're getting anything more than extremely rare pops on any puzzle, you need to keep working on your turning.

Yeah that’s a better way of explaining it I guess. I main a Gan 11 that lets me get away with anything but the YJ MGC is nowhere close to being as forgiving

 

[Tabe]

Yeah that’s a better way of explaining it I guess. I main a Gan 11 that lets me get away with anything but the YJ MGC is nowhere close to being as forgiving

Well, yeah. It's a 4x4.

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

How are you guys struggling with it being loose?
Mine is great, I average just under 1:20, and I turn somewhat aggresive