Dropping cubes.....

[stinkocheeze]

I drop my cubes REGULARLY... and just 10 minutes ago, i dropped my cube, sending caps flying in all directions. Does it affect the cube if nothing broke?

 

[Vifs]

It probably matters what type it is, but as long as its not to forceful I wouldn't worry to much about it, and at most it might just loosen it slightly.

 

[LewisJ]

Put the caps back in and youre good to go...

 

[andyt1992]

cubes that have edge or corner caps on the outside like the FII literally explode when dropped, thts why i take my type C with me if i cube out of my house.
On topic, if you drop your cube and your core cracks then your cube will either fall apart or one side will get really loose. however this doesnt happen very often, if ever.

Andy,
(www.speedcube.co.uk)

 

[antoinejobin]

3x3x3 are quite solid, no worries for storebought...

 

[dillonbladez]

my F-II dropped, and died. superglue doesnt work very well. it would explode and die again if you tried to cut a corner.

two 'arms' of the core fell off.

i miss it.

edit:
also, my sisters storebought dropped and the centre broke....

 

[gamemeister27]

Doesn't seem to do much to a store bought....but if the core breaks, try applying a harsh cleaning chemical that softens the plastic temporarily to rebond it instead of super glue. I find that this actually works for better for this type of plastic.

 

[Chapuunka]

also, my sisters storebought dropped and the centre broke....

I had the same problem. It was only my second cube, too.

 

[dillonbladez]

Doesn't seem to do much to a store bought....but if the core breaks, try applying a harsh cleaning chemical that softens the plastic temporarily to rebond it instead of super glue. I find that this actually works for better for this type of plastic.

could you name a few (preferrably household) items?

sorry about that chapuunka i know how its like to lose a cube. in fact, i lost two. i dropped one, and the other one got run over by a car. it was my first DIY (c4y)

 

[jiggy]

A couple of weeks ago, I kept locking up on what could have been an amazing solve and, as a result, got a really bad time. When I finished, I dropped the cube onto my desk, hit the spacebar (to stop the timer) and then batted my cube across the desk in disgust.

In retaliation, the cube then dived onto the floor and exploded, flinging centre caps far and wide, to all corners of the room.

The search wasn't called off for days, but the orange centre was never seen again. Presumed dead.

From that day, I took a solemn oath, never again to raise my hand in anger to my favourite speed cube.​

.

 

[antoinejobin]

I must have dropped my storeboughts a zillion times and they are perfectly okay. My 4x4x4 broke the second time I dropped it. I guess the bigger your cube is, the bigger the chance of breaking it (V-Cube 7 being the exception)

 

[crazymanjimbo46]

I recently dropped my C4U speed cube at school and the core snapped in half. (after taking it apart I saw there were a few internal flaws with it)

 

[Vifs]

I had my QJ megaminx core snap when my friend dropped it. But it was from ebay and the core was broken when I got it in the mail, it broke like 2 or 3 times... anyway don't use that megaminx anymore lol.

 

[Feryll]

Isn't it amazing how impossible it is for me to get the centers off of my "new" a III, but when I drop it, one always comes off? I only ever drop my cubes when I OH at school. I know, stupid idea. And luckily the floor of my family room is cube-friendly carpet.

R.I.P Jiggy's orange center. Life was always a blast when you were around, and you always looked on the brighter spectrum of color.​

 

[TCUBER]

Well what it can do on a DIY is sort of destroy the caps when you drop them. But if its a rubiks brand, then dont worry

 

[antoinejobin]

One of the ''arms'' of the QJ megaminx broke too when I dropped it. Crazy-glue did the trick easily

 

[gamemeister27]

Doesn't seem to do much to a store bought....but if the core breaks, try applying a harsh cleaning chemical that softens the plastic temporarily to rebond it instead of super glue. I find that this actually works for better for this type of plastic.

could you name a few (preferrably household) items?

sorry about that chapuunka i know how its like to lose a cube. in fact, i lost two. i dropped one, and the other one got run over by a car. it was my first DIY (c4y)

Goof Off, or Oops are really strong powerful cleaners that are meant to remove stains or gunk, I tested some on cubies from a broken 4x4, and it pretty much melted it, and I stuck some together and I still can't pry them apart. Just experiment with strong cleaners or solvents, and you'll probably find one that does the same thing.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

I used to have a storebought. Friends kept throwing it around. Dropped a billion times. Nada.
Got a Type A I (Old?) and decided to dump the storebought. Peeled off the stickers, gave it to my friend, and he threw it in the air, caught it, threw it, caught it, threw it, BAM.

 

[Lorenzo]

One time I dropped a store-bought at Disneyland and the cube literally shattered into 21 pieces. Good thing I found all the pieces and the core was still intact.
By the way, it was a broken-in store-bought.

 

[Samania]

if the core broke in half then you're pretty much screwed..