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1000+ Cubimal Boxes - Results of The Great Cubimal Experiment

There's been a lot of talk and some really good data floating around on cubimal rarity and probabilities and stuff but I decided to undertake a little experiment of my own – open 100 boxes from every toy vendor in Ur and track the results on a nerdy spreadsheet so I could have one clean and consistent set of data.  

I’ve opened 1150+ boxes so far and I figure it’s time to start sharing the info. My nerdy spreadsheet wouldn’t upload to google docs with all the graphs properly so I’ve made a pdf with just the graphs and summary of data here and also put up my full spreadsheet including the raw data here so other cubimal nerds like me can download and tinker with it.

A few findings from the data so far…

I had to open 580 boxes to collect a full set.  Helga was the last cubimal I was waiting for.   
Overall, 82% of boxes opened were Commons, 15% Semi-rares and 3% Rares.   
Of the common cubimals, Piggy is the most common and Crab is the least common.
For the Semi-rares, Bureaucrat is the most common and Dustbunny is the least common.
And no surprises that of the rare cubimals, Gwendolyn is the most common and Rook the least common.   

There are a few different styles of categorisation floating around and for the purposes of my experiment I’ve grouped as per the original standard Common, Semi-rare and Rare posted by Vermillion here.  After looking at the data I agree with others who have posted their data and I really think there should be more categories.  I’ve gone with six rankings as follows (table of old vs new categories is in my spreadsheet):

Very Common - Chick, Piggy, Butterfly 
Common - Batterfly, Firefly, Crab, Frog 
Semi-Common - Juju, Cactus, Squid, Sno Cone Vendor, Bureaucrat 
Semi-Rare - Smuggler, Deimaginator, Greeterbot, Dustbunny 
Rare - Magic Rock, Gwendolyn, Yeti, Uncle Friendly 
Very Rare - Helga, Rube, Rook   

And finally, if you see me shaking my moneymaker on Global or Cubimal Traders chat trying to get people to buy my CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP cubimals NOW NOW NOW because they’re HOT HOT HOT for a LIMITED TIME ONLY, please be kind as all proceeds go to ongoing funding of the experiment.   :D

Posted 12 months ago by spunsugar Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I think you mean ongoing funding of your addiction, spun. ;)
    Posted 12 months ago by Whym Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh I forgot to mention and I know people are going to ask...

    The vendors that gave me the most Rares were Marylpole Mount, Badvi Bist and Brunnan Bafflings.

    The vendors that gave me the best ratio of semi-rares and rares were Marylpole Mount and Kosi Aracana.
    Posted 12 months ago by spunsugar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • -Has only ever gotten semi-rares and rares.-
    Posted 12 months ago by Volkov Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The giants clearly must favour you above all others Volkov.
    Posted 12 months ago by spunsugar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • At the rate this is going Cubimals are going to be the internet equivalent of Beanie Babies.
    Posted 12 months ago by Sparrow Odele Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @spunsugar, does your data actually support that Vendor location actually matters? Im down to just needing Helga, Rook and Yeti and if I do have a higher rate of getting them from the vendors you listed.
    Posted 12 months ago by Papa Legba Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Such marketing!!! *buys a bunch*

    No really, I think I'll have to pick up some more, so..remind me next time you see me on XD
    Posted 12 months ago by Jia-pop Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Lord Coyote - I guess the data does suggest that certain vendors are giving better odds of rare cubimals BUT I think it's probably too small of a sample to tell yet.  Although I have heard quite a few people say they've also had amazing luck at Marylpole Mount so perhaps there is something to it.  Try it and see!

    @Jia-pop - you're so sweet I could eat you for dessert :p
    Posted 12 months ago by spunsugar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @_@ Nearly 6 million currants worth of cubimal boxes opened!
    Posted 12 months ago by TomC Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just went to Marylpole Mount and bought cubimals (dang, spun, you definitely got me!)... First was a batterfly - no surprise.  Second was Helga!  (jaw-drop)

    Trying to fight off the urge to keep buying.... LOL
    Posted 12 months ago by LynnieR Subscriber! | Permalink