Lift a Cube Movement Speed Upgrades: Green Pad Walk Speed, Explained
How Lift a Cube's green purchase pads sell permanent walk-speed upgrades for Cash, what the purchase looks like, and how movement speed differs from push-up (training) speed.
Lift a Cube improves your movement across the map through walk-speed upgrades sold on the green purchase pads scattered through each area. These pads sell permanent upgrades for Cash — every purchase stays with you for the rest of the session. The first pad on the map is the arm upgrade ("Buy better arms," $30, which cuts push-up time), but later pads target either training speed or movement speed. Every section of the map features at least one upgrade targeting one of those two speeds, and the pads farther out on the map are faster (more impactful) than the ones near spawn. Because they improve moment-to-moment play, it's worth reserving Cash for them.
How the walk-speed purchase works
Based on recorded gameplay, the purchase plays out as part of the map's pad sequence:
- Progress along the map's upgrade pads, stepping on or interacting with each one.
- When you reach a pad labeled as a walk-speed upgrade (it carries a shoe icon and a "walk speed" label), check its Cash cost.
- Buy it once you've accumulated enough Cash — recorded runs show a player saving roughly 1,000 strength-era Cash before buying a speed pad, and a later "more speed" pad observed at 2.6 million Cash.
- Move off the pad and continue; the upgrade applies from that point on.
No confirmed price for the first walk-speed pad is documented, and the exact locations of each speed pad and a full cost ladder aren't published — check the pad's listed cost in-game before planning your Cash.
What it changes after purchase
After buying the walk-speed upgrade, the recorded player reports moving faster across the map ("Now I can move faster") and later buys a second movement upgrade to move faster again as the route stretches outward. The effect is player-reported, not measured — no walk-speed value or percentage change is published. Impressions also differ: another player who bought multiple "more speed" pads noted it "doesn't really feel like it." Treat the upgrade as a documented traversal purchase and judge the difference by your own movement in-game.
Movement speed vs. training (push-up) speed
Lift a Cube keeps two separate speed systems:
- Push-up time upgrades (starting with "Buy better arms," $30) lower the push-up timer, raising strength gained per minute during training.
- Walk-speed pads affect traversal between cubes — movement only. They do not visibly affect push-up or training speed.
The distinction isn't always obvious on the pad itself. Players have wondered mid-purchase whether a "more speed" pad affected walking, push-ups, or lifting speed. The identifying cues are the pad's "walk speed" label and its shoe icon; arm/push-up pads instead list push-up time. If a pad references walk speed or shows a shoe, it's a movement upgrade; if it references push-up time, it's a training upgrade.