[Unofficial] The greatest POP ever done.

[ReinForce]

(two minutes of continuous/hysterical laughing)

 

[JLarsen]

Hahahaha that was an awesome pop. I love the reaction, and the spacebar tap. I still stand firm that POP doesn't need to be capped though =P.

 

[edw0010]

I think the centre may have broke am i right?

 

[stefanobevacqua]

no lol..centres,core and the cube are completely intact..

 

[AvGalen]

Nice POP, but surely not the greatest.

For the greatest I would like to nominate
- Frederique Badie on 5x5x5 (on too many occasions to just pick one)
- Dan Cohen on just about every puzzle during last years V-Cube competition in Essen
- A full POP on a 6x6x6 where only a core remains (I have seen several)

 

[stefanobevacqua]

i think the greatest on a 3x3 cube lol..it's easier to have a big POP with a 5x5 or a 6x6 then with a 3x3 cube..

 

[Zaxef]

LMFAO
Love the reaction

 

[qqwref]

Nice POP, but surely not the greatest.

For the greatest I would like to nominate
- Frederique Badie on 5x5x5 (on too many occasions to just pick one)
- Dan Cohen on just about every puzzle during last years V-Cube competition in Essen
- A full POP on a 6x6x6 where only a core remains (I have seen several)

Ah yes, big cube pops I had an Eastsheen 5x5 just fall apart (more of a disintegration than an explosion) during an official solve in 2007.

 

[Mr Cubism]

I have done a strange, not a pop, but a corner "flip" in the PLL so when the solve was finished, it looked like this:

 

[nigtv]

You should have taken both of your hands off of the cube before starting the timer, the pop was punishment from the gods for that.

 

[AvGalen]

Nice POP, but surely not the greatest.

For the greatest I would like to nominate
- Frederique Badie on 5x5x5 (on too many occasions to just pick one)
- Dan Cohen on just about every puzzle during last years V-Cube competition in Essen
- A full POP on a 6x6x6 where only a core remains (I have seen several)

Ah yes, big cube pops I had an Eastsheen 5x5 just fall apart (more of a disintegration than an explosion) during an official solve in 2007.

Next years mystery event: Disintegrate-POP an Eastsheen 4x4x4, reassemble it and solve it anyway....on a stackmat.

I think I would rather have a V7 disintegrate-POP than ever fixing ES4 again

 

[Swoncen]

I have done a strange, not a pop, but a corner "flip" in the PLL so when the solve was finished, it looked like this:

I had the same a few days ago with my CII

 

[Tim Major]

My Eastsheen 2x2 popped. I couldn't reassemble it. It had different mechanisms to all the ES 2x2's in videos.

 

[Muesli]

Video Related

Go to 1:40.

 

[Edward]

Big pop, but not the greatest. My friend ALWAYS pops my cube. He popped it once, and every piece flew in every direction, totally off the core. I don't know how, but it happened.

 

[stefanobevacqua]

lol

 

[d4m4s74]

I have done a strange, not a pop, but a corner "flip" in the PLL so when the solve was finished, it looked like this:

even worse, I one got an edge flip on my type F

 

[James Ludlow]

Nice POP, but surely not the greatest.

For the greatest I would like to nominate
- Frederique Badie on 5x5x5 (on too many occasions to just pick one)
- Dan Cohen on just about every puzzle during last years V-Cube competition in Essen
- A full POP on a 6x6x6 where only a core remains (I have seen several)

I don't know whether you saw my 5x5 explosion at UK Masters? I lost every cubie on the right hand side. It was a modded Rubiks brand. It's put down as a DNS but was definately a DNF. It was a bit of a bum at the time, but I'm quite proud of it now.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Next years mystery event: Disintegrate-POP an Eastsheen 4x4x4, reassemble it and solve it anyway....on a stackmat.

I think I would rather have a V7 disintegrate-POP than ever fixing ES4 again

It just takes practice. Once you've fixed a few of them, they're not all that bad. A V7 definitely takes longer for me.

But stackmatting that would definitely be tough. Maybe I should get out my bad Eastsheen and practice. Care to add it to the weekly competition?

 

[TMOY]

Well I guess that someone who hasn't seen his V7 explode in the middle of an official solve (like it happened to me at Belgian Open 2009) doesn't really know what a great pop is