Another on of those thread's about good cubes

[*LukeMayn*]

Well I finally decided to kill my PURE store bought because the pieces are by FAR the best IMO but the core sucks. so after screwing around, I've come up with this:

Pokemon style:

PwnageCube@CRC silicon
Jolly nature
EV's: 252 SPD/ 252 ATK/ 6 DEF
Type D corners
Type A core
Type D centres+insides
Storebought edges

Cubing Style:

You need 3 cubes:
Storebought
Type A (or just buy core)
Type D

Then pretty much just follow the instructions in the pokemon thing and Wa-la!!! Fast great, for PLL and rearly POPing cube.

Here's some Stats on it:
Pro's

-Turns super fast and has the feel of a D.
-Barely ever POP's
-Doesn't rattle

Cons

-Can only cut corners at a 25 degree angle (pro for me though, my style )
and that pretty much it...

PS: Does anyone here play competitive pokemon?
If you do, I'll SMASH you down on shoddy

 

[DavidWoner]

very interesting! how did you get it to work without screws and springs?

 

[ImNOTnoob]

With out center caps, it will be a so called 'void cube'.
I think he just use rivets.

 

[*LukeMayn*]

by centres, I meant the the whole insides+caps and you guys know it

I edited the first post

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

Wow, this is actually an amazing Hybrid. I just gave it a shot. It seems like the Storebought edges are slightly smaller than Type D edges, so i'll need to adjust the tension slightly on the cube, but it really feels amazing. Thanks!

 

[*LukeMayn*]

See people, one satisfied customer ----lots of smilies

 

[ImNOTnoob]

Prob is, i had an old storebought, but after it popped, one edge gone missing...

Does colour matter for the types of cubes? I think it all should be black as there are no white storeboughts.

 

[*LukeMayn*]

you could resort to a white Rubik's DIY I Guess color doesn't matter, It's just preference

 

[DavidWoner]

I assume you mean old type D centers/screws/springs as well, not the new ones.

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

Well, i've done about 150 solves with this cube, and it really is amazing. It may just become my main cube.

Pro's

-Turns super fast and has the feel of a D.
-Barely ever POP's
-Doesn't rattle

I must disagree with the point about the rattling though. Because the storebought edges are slightly smaller, the cube rattles like mad. If you just hold it still and shake it you can here it rattling. It's not a problem though, i don't care about rattling.

See people, one satisfied customer ----lots of smilies

I assume you mean old type D centers/screws/springs as well, not the new ones.

Yes, definitely. The new Type D screws are really crap. They will still do the trick, if you can get them to stop undoing themselves, but if you have an old Type D, use that one.

 

[Rubixcubematt]

how much better is it???? I like my type d, but i hate the unscrewing problem, even tho i kno how 2 fix it. Ill probably get another type d (black one) from 9spuzzles, hoping i get the old screws, then use the edge cubies from my broken store bought. I hope this is a good cube.

 

[*LukeMayn*]

@Dae_Ja_Voo

Mine doesn't :l (well only a tiny bit)

@Rubixcubematt

You won't regret making it!
And YEEESSS I bet your avg. of 12

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

Well, i beat my PB average this morning with this cube, and i haven't even been practising properly for about 2 weeks now.

Thanks again Luke

 

[oh_well]

is it really that good?

and is the old,rubbery a core or the new nylon core

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

is it really that good?

Yep

and is the old,rubbery a core or the new nylon core

Old Type A core

 

[xtenglong]

I just tried out the hybrid, I like it, but I was wondering if I did something wrong because my corners rattle around like crazy. Not that big of a deal to me because it's still an awesome cube xD. I'll try to post a video up on youtube about this.

 

[xtenglong]

Here's a video on what I mean. The loose corners don't really hinder my performance at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYL_kVSnO7I

 

[TurbulentTurtle]

Dude, Luke. You never told me you were into competitive Pokemon...
I'm crap and I can't even get a solid team together to save my life, but I like learning about different strategies and Pokemon teams from other people.

Also, I might be putting an order down soon for cubes and stuff, so I might get to try out your wonder cube ^^
You wanna trade some pens for cube?

You know where to find me.

 

[*LukeMayn*]

hmmmmmm....
I watched your video a few times and...
I have no clue on how to fix it
sorry.... mine completely doesn't rattle :l oh-well. try hybriding with some other stuff maybe

 

[Jude]

One quick question. I'm trying to build this cube but it turned out really really nasty and I think it maybe something to do with my screws.. I don't have the old D screws, but I do have the old type A ones. I tried the old type A ones (because after just about an hour of cubing with my new type D (with new type D screws) a whole centre piece fell off) but my old type A screws no little washer, so this hybrid isn't sprung at all. I wondered if I could make this hybrid nice by cracking into a different cube (my A II perhaps) and using the little washers from that, or if my problem is completely unrelated to that.
Thanks, Chukk