yea, you need to add lubricant. use silicon spray (not wd-40, that
eats away at the plastic). i personally think the prestone one is
pretty good, and is available at wal-mart in the auto section.
On 2/6/06, james blackshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you've bought your cube from a shop then it is not the same as the cubes
> that speedcubers use - even if it is Rubik's. Apparently only one in ten
> shop-bought cubesare suitable for speedcubing.
>
> The best bet is to buy the DIY black cubes directly from the Rubik's
> website. I've only got the blank 3x3 from rubiks that you have to sticker
> yourself at the mo, but even that is about twenty times better than my shop
> bought cube.
>
> Also, you can apparently get RSI from trying speedcube on a bad cube, so be
> careful.
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> superkenkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry, i am a newbie.
>
> I've just brought a rubik cube 3x3, but it is so tight
> I've seen some speedcubing video and the cubes they use are all very
> loose and can be turned extremely smoothly.
>
>
> What's wrong with my rubik??
> Surely my rubik is the official one, not those low quality $1 or $2
> rubiks.
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> Do i need to add lubricant or do other things to make it turn smoothly??
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