How to make a rubik's cube faster???!

koreancuber said:
probably popping it every turn
Click to expand...

I hate that. I'm the only person at my school I know who's less than 40 seconds, so anyone who touches my A-V that almost never pops on me pops it within seconds. It got so bad once that a girl freaked out and dropped it, sending pieces everywhere... The cube was fine though.
 
This is random, but my friend got a storebought today (noncuber), and it is AMAZING! One of the BEST cubes I've had. I asked if I could trade it for something, he said "No! Now I'm better than you cause mine's faster!". :(
 
cincyaviation said:
~Phoenix Death~ said:
If you're a beginner, use a storebought. Break it in, sand with the 24-Mod (Make the edges squircle, sand off the bumpy stuff on the corners, and sand off grooves on the center pieces), and lube it. Once you are sub-1 minute, use a DIY, preferably a F II, Taiyan, Ghost Hand, or Cii

When you have questions like that, please google it first, and then ask HERE.
Click to expand...
absolute BS, i cannot see how a beginner would at all benefit from using a storebought
Click to expand...
uses a storebought. And his storebought wasn't even that good. You don't need a good cube to get fast. If you haven't bought a cube yet, then I would reccomend you buy a cheap diy, as it is cheaper, and generally better, but there is no need to buy a better cube. He's not saying a storebought would help a beginner, but storebought's are easily accessible, and he already has one.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
koreancuber said:
@cincyaviation: Of COURSE they will, beginners drop their cubes often and have anger issues (some people) The Storebought is the STRONGEST cube around. Plus, they need to feel the pain everyone else did when they started cubing.
Click to expand...
apparently all beginners have anger management issues, no screwdrivers, and slippery hands then?
 
ZB_FTW!!! said:
cincyaviation said:
~Phoenix Death~ said:
If you're a beginner, use a storebought. Break it in, sand with the 24-Mod (Make the edges squircle, sand off the bumpy stuff on the corners, and sand off grooves on the center pieces), and lube it. Once you are sub-1 minute, use a DIY, preferably a F II, Taiyan, Ghost Hand, or Cii

When you have questions like that, please google it first, and then ask HERE.
Click to expand...
absolute BS, i cannot see how a beginner would at all benefit from using a storebought
Click to expand...
used a storebought. And his storebought wasn't even that good. You don't need a good cube to get fast. If you haven't bought a cube yet, then I would reccomend you buy a cheap diy, as it is cheaper, and generally better, but there is no need to buy a better cube. He's not saying a storebought would help a beginner, but storebought's are easily accessible, and he already has one.
Click to expand...
i never said you couldn't be fast with a storebought, and phoenixdeath never said they were easily accesible, he is saying that beginners should use storeboughts if they are above 1 minute, which i strongly disagree with, because there is absolutely no reason for it, if they pop their DIY too much, they can tighten it, and apparently once you are sub minute you learn how to control your cubes (my friend who is sub-40 (barely) cannot even control his cubes)

koreancuber said:
@cincaviation - Slippery hands? Are you kidding? Every single person I let scramble my cube scrambles it like a juggling ball. I've seen quite a lot of posts talking about their first cube and a broken core.
Click to expand...
those aren't cubers, they are random people who want it to seem like they are going fast, so they juggle :p
 
Last edited by a moderator:
koreancuber said:
@iChanZer0- Then they use a DIY (was that a question?)
@ZB FTW! - Try dropping a storebought. Then try dropping a DIY.
@cincyaviation - well beginners cube that way
Click to expand...

No thanks, I rather like my storeboughts non-broken thanks. Just to tell you, I sold a mini DS to someone at school, and they were playing with it for about 20 minutes, then decided to kill it. He threw it into a wall, and all that happened were the centre caps fell off. That was a mini DS, so much weaker than a full size DS. Compared to a storebought that slid off the table about someone dropped it (about a week before a storebought comp) and it the core broke. I tried dropping my mini C and it was fine, but I already have experience with storeboughts dropping from less than a metre and breaking.
 
I find storeboughts to be more sturdy. I've had a couple edge pieces break, but the turning itself is stable (I didn't say good, though sometimes they are) and they don't really pop.

I suppose it's natural for SB's to be more stable, since Rubik's seems to try to make their cubes friendly to the average person. Look at how they changed their 4x4 design. It's been changed to pop less, though I've heard it's even worse for speedcubing.
 
I had an incident where I was trying to put an edge piece back in a super-duper tight SB. It was so tight that I had to get a hammer and lightly tap it in... But the edge piece below it broke before it would give and let it in. And I didn't even hit it very hard.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

J
My Rubik's Cube solves (does anyone have faster ones?)
Replies
4
Views
1,332
jrmkbh
J
U
How to solve Rubik's cube for beginners for dummies and also more faster(video)
Replies
5
Views
2,361
Udit Arora
U
nalralz
  • Poll Poll
How to get faster at the 3x3 Rubik's Cube (updated)
2 3 4
Replies
67
Views
16,314
nalralz
nalralz
IAssemble
  • Locked
[Unofficial] CubeStormer II - robot solves Rubik's Cube faster than human world record
2 3 4
Replies
70
Views
17,647
RoboticSolution
RoboticSolution
R
How to Solve a Rubik's Cube Faster - Advanced F2L Techniques
2
Replies
33
Views
49,269
rubiknewbie
R
Back
Top