Advice on Dropping Cube

[Cyrok215]

When I get done with my solves I drop my cube and slam my hand on the timer obviously, 10% of the time it falls onto the ground and 50% of that time a center cap falls off, thats a lost center cap every 20 solves. I need advice on dropping my cube how do you guys do it I can't really tell from video solves but do you try to drop it at a certain spot or drop it on a certain side?

 

[Carson]

"ideally," you would not actually drop the cube, but instead bring it to the mat with both hands and release it after contact. This can be done very quickly.

 

[4Chan]

Fuse the cap to the centre using spray lube.

Works great for me.~

 

[phases]

Use a towel to give your desktop some padding?

 

[SuperNerd]

1. use a stackmat mat to drop it on.

2. once you get to the PLL (or your otherwise last step) start to lower the cube so that it's only a few inches off of the timer.

3. Glue the center caps down after your sure the tensions are absolutely perfect.

 

[PatrickJameson]

Instead of gluing the center cap, you can put a square piece of paper a little larger than the cap and put it under the cap. This works great for me and you can still take the cap off to adjust the screws.

 

[Robert-Y]

Instead of gluing the center cap, you can put a square piece of paper a little larger than the cap and put it under the cap. This works great for me and you can still take the cap off to adjust the screws.

Just use blu tack if you have any, if not, you can buy some off ebay (it's just about $3)

 

[brunson]

When I lived in the UK Blu-Tack was as prevalent as sticky tape, but when I moved back to the US, I had a hard time finding it anywhere. It's only recently started showing up in my kids' toys, but still hardly common. It's probably a conspiracy by 3M to keep it out of the US, but it's awesome, I love it.

 

[liljthedude]

I throw the cube in the air a few inches before hitting the timer. Sometimes I am able to catch the cube before it hits my table. I broke a keyboard key from slamming cube down too hard once.

 

[SaberSlash49]

I use the Stackmat mat that (should) come with your timer, but I may be wrong. Mouse Pads also work great, since a standard sized one is big enough to support your Rubik's Cube and a decent amount of the surrounding area.