Hmm, Putting Sand in a Gigaminx?

[daniel0731ex]

in F1 racing, every year the teams throws in millions of dollars onto the race car for only 0.01 seconds of improvements on the laptime

They get millions of dollars out of it as well.

only one out of all the teams gets it.

 

[Me Myself & Pi]

Interesting, look what Cooldayr tried:

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I've thought about this too, but since the V-Cubes aren't adjustable, the thought kind of made me nervous. But for tight V-Cubes, it would probably good idea. Oh, & the dirt in my Gigaminx didn't help much, but the bumpy feel on the outer layer seemed to be reduced. The same thing would probably help a V-Cube 6 after it's been modified.

Thanks for uploading this Cooldayr.

 

[panyan]

that actually looks very interesting and i may use that on my v5 to break it in becuase it a little too stiff (not like my white v5)

so:
1) sand for a few days
2) vaseline for how long?
3) wash and lube

 

[theretardedcuber]

in F1 racing, every year the teams throws in millions of dollars onto the race car for only 0.01 seconds of improvements on the laptime

They get millions of dollars out of it as well.

only one out of all the teams gets it.

but if they want their drivers to be pole position and win the team points they will do anything to get faster lap times

 

[dinosaurking]

Oh please... stop talking about F1... this is a cubing forum...

 

[panyan]

Oh please... stop talking about F1... this is a cubing forum...

well said that man!

 

[daniel0731ex]

in F1 racing, every year the teams throws in millions of dollars onto the race car for only 0.01 seconds of improvements on the laptime

They get millions of dollars out of it as well.

only one out of all the teams gets it.

but if they want their drivers to be pole position and win the team points they will do anything to get faster lap times

the reason why the teams are able to compete is because they're all monsterous car companies. although most of them are simply using F1 to promote their cars (except for ferrari, which sells car to prepare for F1 racing season.)

 

[dinosaurking]

Wow... that's 2 replies by you in 2 different threads that i've seen today that have almost nothing to do with the thread title... FOR GOODNESS SAKE, THIS THREAD IS ABOUT PUTTING SAND IN A GIGAMINX, NOT SOLVING A GIGAMINX IN A RACING CAR OR WHATEVER (in case someone else comes here, sees something about F1 and wonders how the hell this thread digressed all the way to racing cars)...

 

[the.kill]

so, I put dirt in my gigaminx for a few days, and i worked it in for a few hours (while whatcing F1 ) and i cleaned it all out, the friction between the outer and the inner layed has been reduced a lot, the outer layer doesn't catch on to the inner layer at all (i have done the Pi mod, ive got long screws, and ive done a cooldayr mod, and a personal mod on the inner corners,) i wanna put vaseline in it now, but for how long do i have to leave it in?
1 day (ont really think so)
1 week (...naaa)
1 month (i think so)
or one year (better not)

 

[the.kill]

so I still have the vaseline in it, but its amazing!!
Ive timed me on some algs:
Sune: 1,59 seconds
(R U R' U') x 6: 3.06 seconds

For comparison with a Vcube 5:
Sune: 1.15
(R U R' U') x 6: 2.70

not bad...