Hmm, Putting Sand in a Gigaminx?

[retr0]

does actually gigaminx costs 20 euro?

or I'm one of the luckiest guy in the speedcubing world?

I have a secret idea how to makea good gigaminx with just 2$ + shipping.

EXACTLY HAKAN!
and remember Hakan - Jestem Hardkorem!

Websites such as DealExtreme have C4U gigaminxs at $44, which is around £30.

Do share

 

[Owen]

Are you out of your mind?

You really consider pouring sand into your gigaminx?
That's insane! It's like rubbing your own face with sandpaper. Not a good idea is it?

Putting sand in your cube does not make the plastic smoother. It damages the plastic and forms small pits in the cubies. It also takes up more space between pieces, creating more tension, which results in even more damage to the plastic.

I couldn't care less about the price of your gigaminx, but this really is the stupidest idea I've come across in a while..

I just pictured MM&P Rubbing his face with sand paper. It looks weird.

 

[PEZenfuego]

Rubbing your face with sandpaper is a bad idea. I fail to see how that has anything to do with putting sand in a gigaminx. Maybe I'm stupid?:confused:

 

[Me Myself & Pi]

Are you out of your mind?

You really consider pouring sand into your gigaminx?
That's insane! It's like rubbing your own face with sandpaper. Not a good idea is it?

Putting sand in your cube does not make the plastic smoother. It damages the plastic and forms small pits in the cubies. It also takes up more space between pieces, creating more tension, which results in even more damage to the plastic.

I couldn't care less about the price of your gigaminx, but this really is the stupidest idea I've come across in a while..

Okay, I've decided to post an update, since I didn't make a video about it last weekend. I'm all done. It's been lubricated & tensions are set. It actually does seem to be better. It certainly isn't any worse! But I'll know for sure just how good it is after I get my Cubesmith stickers tomorrow & I can try out a solve. That's why I haven't made the video yet, I'm waiting on the stickers. So it should be up either tomorrow or the day after. Not trying to sound rude or anything, but IN YOUR FACE Hakan!

Well, I don't know if you've stickered it already, but if you have, they're sure to come off in the dishwasher with the heat.

I haven't had any trouble with vinyl stickers in the dishwasher. But I'm not sure what would've happened if I had the Cube4You stickers on it. But no matter, I didn't have any stickers one while the dirt was in it, & I also had to hand wash the pieces because I couldn't find something to hold the small pieces.

about the sticker goop, have you tried a cotton ball and nail varnish remover? That unsticks glue, and I'm sure would work for sticker glue too.

I was able to rub off all the goo while walking around with my parents on a shopping trip to Smiths. I wonder what I looked like?

 

[retr0]

^I'm sure the public were more amazed at the horrific 12 sided puzzle in your hands, rather than you rubbing it! :lol:

I'm glad to hear it moves better. Once your video is up I just might try this.

 

[Yes We Can!]

I stickered each Gigaminx part one by one and I have to say - it was worth it.

The stickers look very clean and nice and I enjoy solving the Gigaminx again

 

[esquimalt1]

I WAS THE FIRST TO USE SAND IN A STOREBOUGHT.

Are you sure? Thrawst has done it over 3 years ago.

Wow guys haha, I knew that nothing would be damaged by putting dirt into the cube... And mmp showed you guys up.

 

[Me Myself & Pi]

Okay, the videos up, enjoy!

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[Cyrus C.]

I love the ending, it seems like too much work for such little results.

 

[cincyaviation]

saw the video, didnt look like the dirt did much

 

[daniel0731ex]

umm, to be honest, the thumbnail actually scared me a little.

 

[ChrisBird]

I love the ending, it seems like too much work for such little results.

This is exactly the reason some people will never be good at something.

They aren't willing to put in a lot of work for only a little gain. Sub-11 to sub-10, I can imagine that would be a whole lot of work, and yet you only get a second faster.

Even sub-15 to sub-13, lots of work, little results. You need to have the mindset that no work is to much to achieve a goal of yours, or it will just never be done. The printing press and microchip weren't made by lazy people sitting on a couch eating potato chips.

 

[JLarsen]

^^Sorry but throwing sand into a cube does not parallel perfecting microchips.

 

[ChrisBird]

^^Sorry but throwing sand into a cube does not parallel perfecting microchips.

Agreed, the context is a bit misplaced.

 

[Cyrus C.]

It's too much work for such little results, I could spend that time doing something that has better results, like cutting off some of my times, or building a printing press.

 

[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

 

[Flicky]

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.

 

[CitricAcid]

^^Sorry but throwing sand into a cube does not parallel perfecting microchips.

Agreed, the context is a bit misplaced.

I laughed.

Anyway,
I don't know why you guys are criticizing this method so much.
If you don't want to do it, don't do it, and leave Pi alone.

I, Personally,
Think this works great on 3x3s,
but I would never put sand in my big cubes.

 

[dinosaurking]

Yup, it worked pretty well on a store-bought 3*3*3 =)

But it didnt seem to have much effect on Rubiks 4*4*4, I'm guessing because it's too loose already...

Anyway, for a gigaminx, since it's probably too loose for sand to have too much of an effect, what I recommend is, perhaps you could figure out what's causing all the lock-ups in it, then get sandpaper/dremel/knife/whatever and cut down on whatever's causing all the lock-ups. Though such a chore is not for lazy and impatient people, because if you assume that every piece needs to be sanded down at specific areas, you have 242 pieces to sand.

But it's probably worth the effort! At least for my rubiks 4*4*4 that is, because my average went down by about 15+ seconds immediately =)

Oh, and speaking of gigaminx, I ordered a white DIY from cubeforyou, and they gave me a BLACK, ASSEMBLED, STICKERED one... and OMG, they used PP stickers, and they're peeling already... So the only 2 things they got right about my order was my address and the fact that I ordered a gigaminx...

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

It worked for him very well