Cube (sport)

The name or term "Cube" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Cube (disambiguation).

CRUCIBLE!

Cube is a Cybertronian sport resembling the primitive, barbaric Earth sporting ritual known as rugby. It involves pursuing a, er, cube, filled with energon and with rudimentary artificial intelligence. Yes, this means the ball—er, cube—really does have a mind of its own. Teams consist of six players to a side, four in robot mode and two in vehicle mode, and the objective is to hold on to the energon-filled cube for a set amount of time, at which point it allows the player to absorb the energon boost inside as their team scores a point.

Fiction

Cyberverse cartoon

Eyes up, Guardian.

Cube was a popular sport played on Cybertron during the Golden Age. Bumblebee was a big fan, attending a match between the Iacon Wreckers and Polyhex teams. To his annoyance, the Seekers were also fans and also in attendance. Starscream decided to spice up the game out of boredom and managed to introduce his own reprogrammed cube onto the field of play, however Bumblebee succeeded in catching and absorbing the rogue cube. Cube Iacon went on to win the game. According to Shadow Striker, Polyhex had also defeated Kaon during the Cube semi-finals. Maccadam's

Later Bumblebee and Windblade would play one-on-one Cube matches for fun. Siloed Much later on Earth, they found a Cube in the storage bays of a Decepticon scout ship they had commandeered; Cube Bumblebee kept it around as a souvenir. Terminal Velocity

After the Quintesson invasion, as she and the resistance hunkered down in Maccadam's, Clobber amused herself trying to balance a Cube on its side. Eventually, her disappointment turned to frustration, and she smashed the Cube. The Sleeper

Rescue Bots Academy cartoon

Impressing you, Hot Shot, is the easiest thing I'll do all day.

Hot Shot and his friends enjoyed the game of Cube, although Hot Shot's me-first playing style sometimes left his friends frustrated. When Optimus Prime recruited Hot Shot to join the Rescue Bots, Hot Shot proposed they play a match of Cube, but Optimus demurred. Recruits Part I Optimus later suggested Hot Shot consider what he'd do if a game of Cube depended on his scoring, and apply that to his rescue work. Recruits Part II