Weakest character who can replicate this feat

Originally posted by Josh_Alexander
I agree. Yet, the feat doesn't concern compression but rather deformation. She turned the cube into a ball, she didn't turned the block into a smaller one.

The op suggests just to deform the cube, not to shape it to a sphere (that's silly).

Deforming is either compression or pulling apart. There is no other alternative. Compression is needed to perform the feat, not pulling apart.

Let's be clear. No one, other than cartoon characters can shape anything into a perfect sphere. If that's the case, then no one can do it.
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^^^Alara is stronger than any MCU/DCEU character.

I did not see that coming.

Well, the idea with the OP was a rough spherical shape. A perfect ball shape is obviously an unrealistic expectation. Besides, that part isn't so much strength as it is precision and dexterity anyway, and the question is about strength.

Originally posted by TheVaultDweller
Well, the idea with the OP was a rough spherical shape. A perfect ball shape is obviously an unrealistic expectation. Besides, that part isn't so much strength as it is precision and dexterity anyway, and the question is about strength.

So breaking a steel padlock means Jones can deform a solid cube of titanium?

Thanos could break that padlock.

Originally posted by h1a8
The op suggests just to deform the cube, not to shape it to a sphere (that's silly).

Deforming is either compression or pulling apart. There is no other alternative. Compression is needed to perform the feat, not pulling apart.

Then tensile strength does apply.

Remember that compresing a side results in the other sides expanding. That's why I said it is deforming, isn't like the whole cube is being compressed.

If you add a compressive force to a cross section, the perpendicular cross section receives a tensile force.

Example:

If you fill a ballon with water and squeeze it, the ballon will deform. You know that water cannot be compressed. Samething happens with the Titanium block, it is deforming not compressing.

Originally posted by Josh_Alexander
Then tensile strength does apply.

Remember that compresing a side results in the other sides expanding. That's why I said it is deforming, isn't like the whole cube is being compressed.

If you add a compressive force to a cross section, the perpendicular cross section receives a tensile force.

Example:

If you fill a ballon with water and squeeze it, the ballon will deform. You know that water cannot be compressed. Samething happens with the Titanium block, it is deforming not compressing.

Wrong! Stop making up Pseudo science.
Compression tests always results in the cross sectional area getter larger, but no pulling forces are acting. It takes about twice the force to compress titanium than to pull it apart. They are NOT EQUALS. To test tensile strength, a thin strip of the material is pulled with an increasing force until it elongates and snaps. Then the final force is divided by the strip's cross sectional area to find the tensile strength

And matter can be compressed to reduce its total volume and increase its density, even water.

H1 saying stop making up false science. Oh the irony.

LOL!!!

Originally posted by h1a8
Wrong! Stop making up Pseudo science.
Compression tests always results in the cross sectional area getter larger, but no pulling forces are acting. It takes about twice the force to compress titanium than to pull it apart. They are NOT EQUALS. To test tensile strength, a thin strip of the material is pulled with an increasing force until it elongates and snaps. Then the final force is divided by the strip's cross sectional area to find the tensile strength

And matter can be compressed to reduce its total volume and increase its density, even water.

You are right, I made a mistake in regards to the forces. I must admit it's been a long time since I studied stresses in materials.

Uh...huh

I want to see h1 and Josh bz.