5x5 problem question

[Me]

Sience i've gotten my 5x5, i've broken and replaced the center corners three times (thank god for Cubesmith) and otherwise pop often. Is this normal for a 5x5, how does one not pop or twist/break center corners?

 

[raoul st. texas]

i'm not adding any answers to this, but i have to agree. i haven't broken any pieces yet, but the center corners are a huge problem. i tend to solve slower than i could in order to make sure i don't break anything. the center edges occasionally decide to rocket across the room. no big deal, but i did happen on a plane last week. luckily a guy was watching me solve and he found it and gave it back to me.

it may have something to do with how much it is lubed. i have never gotten my 5x5 to be anywhere near as fast as i'd like it. i bought another can of lube last night so we'll see if that minimizes the center corner issue.

lastly, when you guys are lubing a 5x5, do you take it COMPLETELY apart like you would a 3x3? i've been opening up some of the top layer (yellow), spraying lube like crazy, putting it back together and then repeating on the opposite side (white).

 

[pjk]

Are you guys using a Rubiks or Eastsheen cube? I have only used Eastsheen, and when I got it, it was lubed already, and the only problem I have ever had was a center pop, which was easy to snap back on.

 

[deKeijzer]

I have a eastsheen one as well and I have had zero pops so far. I`ve been playing with it for about 2 months now. I lubed it bye just spraying in it while it was assembled (I believe in keeping it assembledfor as long as possible)

 

[raoul st. texas]

i'm using rubiks. i bought both my 4x4 and 5x5 prior to knowing about eastsheen. i suppose i should breakdown and buy a couple eastsheens.

 

[Neato]

My Eastsheen 4x4x4 and Eastsheen 5x5x5 are comming in this week. So just make a 1/8 turn or something and spray it full? Or takes some edges of and then spray it?
Tips?

OT: Buy a Eastsheen

 

[Erik]

I've got an eastsheen 4x4 and 5x5 aswell, I also have a Rubiks 4x4 which is very nice but pops a lot too. I sanded down the centers of my 4x4 eastsheen a bit which enables me to do center moves a bit quicker. I've got my 5x5 for 3 months now and it has only popped once which was a bit of my own mistake, I like it a lot but the cubies are to small to go a bit faster. I've heard about rubiks 5x5's center corners, so I hesitate of buying one of rubiks. Maybe the olympicube 5x5's are better, but it would take a while to get one of them... About lubrication, I don't understand why there is so much effort to take it apart for lubing. What wrong with just spraying in a small gap by turning the cube in the right way? I've tried taking my cube apart and spray it then completly but didn't sense any difference...

 

[Me]

Yeah i think i'll be making a switch to the eastsheen 5x5 how are they anyway?

 

[raoul st. texas]

Originally posted by Erik@Sep 1 2006, 10:57 PM
I sanded down the centers of my 4x4 eastsheen a bit which enables me to do center moves a bit quicker.

my rubiks 4x4 is ridiculously fast, but it "hard locks". i.e. if it is not positioned perfectly in alignment, it won't budge. i assume that sanding some of the pieces would help, but i'm not familiar with the process. can someone shed some light?

 

[MasterofRubix]

i have the same problem as you, but my pieces tend to pop out when i turn it even though it locks. seems like the looser it becomes, the easier it breaks.