Nukoca
Member
I tried this, and it worked for me. First, though, I should tell all the people who think that it damages your cube: if you haven't done it yourself, then don't post that it will ruin your cube.
I popped out an edge, and put about 2 teaspoons of sand into my cube. I moved it around and (obviously) it was really, slow, and I could hear the pieces grinding themselves up in there. Which was good. The whole reason I did it was to remove the friction from the internal mechanism.
After a while, all the sand gradually fell out of the cube while solving it over and over. I repeated once or twice, and then I took it apart, washed and dried the pieces, and after reassembling, it was faster. Not a whole lot, but still faster, it had a noticable difference.
I popped out an edge, and put about 2 teaspoons of sand into my cube. I moved it around and (obviously) it was really, slow, and I could hear the pieces grinding themselves up in there. Which was good. The whole reason I did it was to remove the friction from the internal mechanism.
After a while, all the sand gradually fell out of the cube while solving it over and over. I repeated once or twice, and then I took it apart, washed and dried the pieces, and after reassembling, it was faster. Not a whole lot, but still faster, it had a noticable difference.