Well, I guess it had to happen sometime.
In the cubing community, I’ve heard humorous stories of cubers going too fast for their own good. Actually, for their cube’s own good. Sometimes cubies pop out. No problem, really; just pop it back in and keep going, right? Well, what happens when a cubie breaks off the axis point? Well, that’s one less piece holding it all together, which causes a chain reaction that leads up to total discombobulation. That is exactly what happened with my Rubik’s Revenge 4×4 cube…
In the second pic, I found the piece that broke off of the faulty cubie, which is next to a unbroken cubie. The last pic shows what the cube looked like before, standing with all the other versions that I have of Rubik’s cubes. It’s the one in back of the Ice Cube in front.
Ever since I acquired the 4×4 cube, it was sometimes a real pain to turn the layers. Half of the time, I’d have to make sure every layer was completely straight before doing anything. Maybe I had a defective one and didn’t realize it. Hey, it can happen. Now I’m seriously looking into getting one of the cubes made by Eastsheen. Most cube hobbyists swear by them.
Well, gotta go make dinner and other stuff. Cheers!
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