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I wasn't able to get to a countdown on TV, but still counted down accurately for the New Years! Out of anger for not seeing a countdown, I slammed my (storebought) cube on the carpet- but not too hard, I was just playing around. I picked up the cube again seconds later, and bounced it off of soft furniture onto the carpet.
Minutes later, I picked the cube and began doing some algorithms. It seemed to feel a lot more loose; little did I know, it was...
I decided to randomly pop out an edge. Not sure why, but cube was never loose enough to do so with some 'metal assistance'. Surprisingly, it came out with ease. I tried it on other edges, and they all came out as easily.
I started doing sexy moves 6 times, and some PLL's, and I liked the results. At this point, I figured that when I slammed the cube on the ground, I improved the speed of the cube!
Pros:
-Faster Turning
-Further Loosened
-Edges pop out as easy a DIY's
Cons:
-'Clackity'
-Noticeable, yet not 'deadly' loss of smoothness
---These cons are attributes that are similar to my Rubik's Cube, which had suffered a hard slam that broke the core (not my fault). I put it's cubies on my current cube's core (weeks ago), and it was very 'clackity', and not smooth. Every piece popped out, instead of just the one I always used (orange-white edge). It was like the death of a speedcube...
-Another con is that when it would normally lock up, it now looks like you're trying to break it (as in the pieces move apart).
With this cube, I did some impressive sexy moves (lol), but when I showed someone, I rushed so much it actually popped! I can't really force a pop on the cube (I could force a single edge out, but it wouldn't 'pop', just loosen out of place'), so I don't understand the pop...
My slices aren't exactly balanced, but it's ok, as I usually do r R'.
Overall, the performance increased, but the 'pureness', 'sleekness', and 'smoothnes' was lowered.
I haven't done any averages, and this took 40 minutes to type because I've been messing around with cube between type, but I'm pretty sure my times will have a slight increase.
Results coming soon.
So, Slamming Your Cube: Effective?
I wasn't able to get to a countdown on TV, but still counted down accurately for the New Years! Out of anger for not seeing a countdown, I slammed my (storebought) cube on the carpet- but not too hard, I was just playing around. I picked up the cube again seconds later, and bounced it off of soft furniture onto the carpet.
Minutes later, I picked the cube and began doing some algorithms. It seemed to feel a lot more loose; little did I know, it was...
I decided to randomly pop out an edge. Not sure why, but cube was never loose enough to do so with some 'metal assistance'. Surprisingly, it came out with ease. I tried it on other edges, and they all came out as easily.
I started doing sexy moves 6 times, and some PLL's, and I liked the results. At this point, I figured that when I slammed the cube on the ground, I improved the speed of the cube!
Pros:
-Faster Turning
-Further Loosened
-Edges pop out as easy a DIY's
Cons:
-'Clackity'
-Noticeable, yet not 'deadly' loss of smoothness
---These cons are attributes that are similar to my Rubik's Cube, which had suffered a hard slam that broke the core (not my fault). I put it's cubies on my current cube's core (weeks ago), and it was very 'clackity', and not smooth. Every piece popped out, instead of just the one I always used (orange-white edge). It was like the death of a speedcube...
-Another con is that when it would normally lock up, it now looks like you're trying to break it (as in the pieces move apart).
With this cube, I did some impressive sexy moves (lol), but when I showed someone, I rushed so much it actually popped! I can't really force a pop on the cube (I could force a single edge out, but it wouldn't 'pop', just loosen out of place'), so I don't understand the pop...
My slices aren't exactly balanced, but it's ok, as I usually do r R'.
Overall, the performance increased, but the 'pureness', 'sleekness', and 'smoothnes' was lowered.
I haven't done any averages, and this took 40 minutes to type because I've been messing around with cube between type, but I'm pretty sure my times will have a slight increase.
Results coming soon.So, Slamming Your Cube: Effective?
