Coolest way you've lost/destroyed a cube?

[supercavitation]

What's the coolest way you've lost, broken, damaged, etc. a cube?

For example, in my case, it would be my Rubik's Brand Cube and Diansheng 2x2, which were blown up by Israeli EOD after I accidentally left a suitcase in the cargo section under a bus.

 

[brian724080]

I never lose any puzzles

Also, what's Israeli EOD

 

[supercavitation]

I never lose any puzzles

Also, what's Israeli EOD

EOD is Explosive Ordnance Disposal. They thought my suitcase might contain a bomb (it was densely packed, and thus very heavy), so they blew it up in a controlled manner, rather than risking an explosion that might kill people.

 

[cmhardw]

Wow! That is a crazy way to lose a cube!

 

[supercavitation]

Wow! That is a crazy way to lose a cube!

Thanks!

 

[cmhardw]

I can't really think of any crazy ways I've lost a cube or had it destroyed. I guess the weirdest thing that's happened to me is to have the U layer of my cube disintegrate mid OLL/PLL and all the pieces fall off the cube due to a bad center piece that broke irreparably.

 

[supercavitation]

I can't really think of any crazy ways I've lost a cube or had it destroyed. I guess the weirdest thing that's happened to me is to have the U layer of my cube disintegrate mid OLL/PLL and all the pieces fall off the cube due to a bad center piece that broke irreparably.

Much as my mechanics teacher would hate to hear me say this, I can't figure out what kind of stresses you would have to expose a center piece to for it to break off mid-solve. Was it just a "snap" and then everything fell apart, or did it break off with some force?

 

[Torch]

I managed to snap two centers off a Rubik's Brand by throwing it at a wall.

 

[cmhardw]

Much as my mechanics teacher would hate to hear me say this, I can't figure out what kind of stresses you would have to expose a center piece to for it to break off mid-solve. Was it just a "snap" and then everything fell apart, or did it break off with some force?

I had dropped the cube many solves before and the yellow side was getting progressively looser and looser. I thought this was neat as it allowed me to solve LL (cross on white) with really quick turns on yellow It turns out that my drop had damaged the center support by cracking it, and my continuing to use the cube eventually expanded the crack until the entire center piece came off :/

 

[Methuselah96]

I played baseball with a Rubik's brand before. The yellow center unfortunately snapped off, but everything else was in perfect condition.

 

[AlGoreRhythm]

Baked a Zhanchi in a batch of brownies.

 

[TomTom]

i haven't really broke or destroyed a cube, but i went to pick it up, and completely slapped it under my dresser. wouldn't think much other than to go grab it, except for it was my fangshi and had to find all the caps

 

[JimmyTheCuber]

Baked a Zhanchi in a batch of brownies.

Did you do it on purpose?

 

[AlGoreRhythm]

Yeah. It was my entry for JRCuber's 10,000 subscriber contest.
Looking back, it wasn't the best idea.

Then again, it wasn't really a Zhanchi. It was a dollar cube. But I like to think it was a Zhanchi.

link here

Yeah…

 

[ketchuphater999]

I took a dollar store cube, grabbed some sticks and a bit of rope, started a fire with the sticks and rope (the bow drill thing, you know), and dropped the cube in. Then I took the mangled cube and put it in water, and dropped some pure sodium in.

I don't actually know why I did that. I was bored.

 

[Soul Cube]

Gave a zhanchi to my friend to play with, found it in a million bits

 

[Randomno]

Gave a zhanchi to my friend to play with, found it in a million bits

He's got some skill if he can break a Zhanchi that well. He would have to cut each cubie over 37000 thousand times.

 

[TDM]

He's got some skill if he can break a Zhanchi that well. He would have to cut each cubie over 37000 thousand times.

There are faster ways than cutting
I gave my Skewb to someone a few days ago and when I got it back the yellow centre was in five pieces, including two screws he'd someone managed to take out... how can you accidentally take out screws with your hands!?

 

[Lucas Garron]

I once put a cube from the 80's in a bowl of liquid nitrogen. The stickers ha even more trouble holding on after that, but it turned surprisingly well.

 

[supercavitation]

I once put a cube from the 80's in a bowl of liquid nitrogen. The stickers ha even more trouble holding on after that, but it turned surprisingly well.

Please tell me that's on video?