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Gloves in Competition

MediumSolver

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Is it legal to wear gloves or other covering in competition? My hands get all sweaty and I lose traction on the cube, and I couldn't find anything against them from skimming the regulations. Anybody know otherwise?
 

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Chalk is what i used, otherwise i've read the entire rule book and didn't see anything about gloves being illegal
P.S. if u use a tiled/stickerless cube the effects of sweaty hands is much worse than on stickered
 

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Is it legal to wear gloves or other covering in competition? My hands get all sweaty and I lose traction on the cube, and I couldn't find anything against them from skimming the regulations. Anybody know otherwise?

I'm pretty sure it's legal to wear gloves, but I think they could hinder your times unless they're fingerless. I guess you could also bring some chalk to the comp. Gymnasts and weightlifters use it to help with their grip so that could help as well, although in very small amounts since you wouldn't want chalk all over your cube.
 
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