OH Help Thread

[YddEd]

From what I can make up out of this thread, I think you should just not rush it.
Especially OH speed comes by a lot of practice, and thus by a lot of time.

I can do R U' really quickly

Any more help?

[mullemeckmannen]

do R' U untill the cube is solved

[HoooneyGuy]

That would be about 45secs average



Thanks I'll have a look at that.

The reason I'm not good at OH fingertricks is that I have hands as small as a grade 5 kid (cause I am )

Well,if you practise OH for a long time,your hands will be able to to these fingertricks,I know you don't like to hear that,but the secret is just practise.

[Yuxuibbs]

That would be about 45secs average

Most people's OH to 1 hand ratio is like 3:2 or 2:1 so you should aim for sub 2. Seriously if you don't practice you won't improve. Try doing 5 solves a day or something. If you have small hands buy a smaller cube like a mini alpha or something.
If you use left hand for OH, these are the fingertricks I use:
R: ring finger/pinky toward you
R': opposite of R or index finger down toward you.
U: get a corner on FUL and flick towards the back
U': regular U' that you usually use on 2 hand solves
F/F': I ususally regrip and grip the entire F face then do basically a b or b' or rotate and do L or R

[god of rubic 2]

Get your finger tricks right, maintain look ahead and practise a lot.

[YddEd]

Get your finger tricks right, maintain look ahead and practise a lot.

Don't know how to do that yet.

[Kirjava]

Please help me improve and don't just say "PRACTISE"

GUYS I WANT TO GET FAST WITHOUT PUTTING ANY EFFORT IN HOW DO I DO THAT

[antoineccantin]

I suggest buying a smaller cube, such as a mini Type A or A5(slightly larger than mini type A). That worked well for me when I was about your age.

[YddEd]

I suggest buying a smaller cube, such as a mini Type A or A5(slightly larger than mini type A). That worked well for me when I was about your age.

Can't get new cubes yet.... I just got a Guhongv2 and after the Melbourne Winter Im getting a Type C 2x2.

[Ninja Storm]

Well, you've really got to learn to practice.

It really didn't take too much. After about a week or so of hardcore practice, I jumped from around 45-50 seconds to mid 30s, because I was able to learn finger tricks on my own, and learned where rotating the cube was faster than trying to do an awkward alg.

Also, you're not that fast at normal 3x3. Don't expect to be able to grasp OH easily if you're not even sub-40.

My advice: Get sub-30. Preferably sub-25. Know full PLL and quite a bit of OLL, and be able to easily and efficiently do all F2L cases. Learn how to influence LL edges to have easier OLLs. After you've gotten a grasp of regular 3x3, then bring what you know about that to OH. It takes practice to do well OH. Your hand will have to adjust to your style, and you really need to learn to adjust. If you think that you can get better at OH without practice, you're dead wrong. I know people who are sub-14 on 3x3, but barely sub-40 OH.

Overall, OH is probably the hardest thing to start, but exponentially gets easier. Practice, practice, practice.