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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xetheral" data-source="post: 8285472" data-attributes="member: 6802765">But not quickly. See below.Note that shorter impact times necessarily happen over shorter distances. Shorter impact distances displace less gelatinous cube material during the impact. So the higher the dynamic pressure, the smaller the quantity of cube material that will ejected by that pressure. So a super-short, high-pressure impact would violently displace only an extremely thin layer of the top of the cube. After the impact is over, you're left with only the static pressure, causing the remaining volume of the cube to ooze out as the block slowly descends to the bottom of the hole (assuming it doesn't get stuck on the way down).Also, are we sure the material of a gelatinous cube is still dangerous after the Cube dies? If so, dead cube stuff would be extremely valuable--possibly even a strategic military resource. (Almost as useful as catapulting a live cube, but less dangerous to store and usable in more managable volumes.)The deceleration experienced by the mold depends only on the mechanical properties of the gelatinous cube and the impact velocity. The stone block is irrelevant--it just transfers the impact force. So the right question to ask is instead: "Does dropping 10' on to a gelatinous cube count as rough contact?"</blockquote>