I ' m close enough to smell canada , but they won ' t ship to me alas the karmic taunts continue . <| sep |> I ' d probably be selfish an ask who I am supposed to be . <| sep |> On tight tensions , it takes more effort to turn the cube there ' s more friction resistance that you can feel with your fingers , there ' s less corner cutting and more lock ups if you ' re inaccurate , but the cube is more stable and rarely pops . On loose tensions , the layers turn more eagerly in response to even a little force because there ' s less friction , and you can cut corners a lot because the cube becomes more flexible , but there ' s a bigger chance of popping , and the cube can feel uncomfortably wobbly ready to fall apart . Lubing tbh has more to do with mitigating the various effects of plastic weight of the cube . For example , some cubes will stop turning pretty much instantly when you let go of the layer , but some will glide on a little bit . Or some cubes require some effort to start turning a layer , but once it starts moving , it moves easily . Lube deals with all these aspects . Also , you can use heavy lube to slow the cube down if it feels too fast for you . Actually , Thunderclap v 1 , at least for me , is way too fast out of the box imo . The layers are essentially weightless , and I constantly overshoot on this cube flick the layers with too much force . This is where some thick lube will come in handy .