I've been trying to get this badge but no luck. If you have gotten this badge, can you please tell me which cubimal you used? Also, is the distance that a cubimal can race random or pre-determined? Thanks!
Yep, it's random! I got mine while participating in a group race for The Swarm badge. Which involved me racing through a full bag of cubimals as fast as I could for several minutes. Somewhere in there, I managed to get the badge (and The Swarm one, too).
It was a Phantom cubimal. And I know it's random, but I was racing for the swarm badge also and even though I had tons of cubis going, I kept getting the longest distances with the Phantom. Was totally unsurprised when that was the one that finally went the distance for the badge!
I have raced a couple of hundred for the badge with no luck and then lent one of my cubimals at a party to a friend who got it first go.
I guess it will happen when it happens.
You can always tell if it is going to be a good cubimal run if they are speedy from the start.
I had more luck with the spellbound spindle badge one as there is at least a guaranteed 4% chance of success (with upgrade card). I genuinely wish there was skill involved in obtaining the cubi racing badge.
I have four bags full of cubimals and raced them all as simultaneously as I could. I noticed that the more cubimals I raced at once, the slower they all were. I got one to go to 8.8 planks. So close!
Using the race-a-whole-case method, i got it with my brand-new Helga (i was using 16 of my Series 1 cubimals).
edit: i lied! i was racing a bunch at the same time and didn't notice that my Piggy hit 10 planks! My Helga hit 8.96 a second later. I guess it is just luck?
I used a Smuggler and just kept going over and over. I did notice today tho, if using a house, do NOT get near the opening to the back yard, it stops the cubi. Make sure you have plenty of uninterrupted space to your right (as cubis race to the right).
i even imbibed some hairball essence to see if i could pass that speedy to them!! and munched rubeweed... no 8.9 till now and in the deepest of my mind i know it's random. yay for this badges!:)
I also used the "race a bag of 'em" method, and in my front yard got the badge in about three minutes...with a Bureaucrat! Little dude went 9.36 planks! There must have been some important paperwork across the way he *had* to get. :D
Mine was the firebog street spirit; leant my friend my frog and it got her the badge. It's unpredictable -- just get yourself a bag of them, stand at the far end of the street, and race them all a few dozen times. You'll get there.
my dustbunny did it, i find it was helpful to race in a wide open space with no obstacles in the way. i did it in my backyard, a spot where i extended it but had no features
Okay, it seems in that all of the above advice is great - allow lots of space with no obstacles and have a bag of cubimals and race them all at once. After a LOT of attempts using different variations I finally got the badge this morning using the above technique.
EDIT: A common old chick cubimal made the cut at 9.01 planks. He now takes pride of place with my trophies as a reward for his efforts.
I achieved mine using a firebog vendor cubimal after I kept trying and trying with it. I found that it wasn't so tedious if I combined racing it with doing other stuff like visiting other streets, and whilst I was harvesting, mining etc I would let it race.
I raced all five that I had (yes, I am not a collector) at the same time over and over, and after a few minutes, the pig got the badge. I don't think there's any mystery involved besides random luck. ;)