Warming UP, How to warm up?

[EvanTheCuber]

Lets say I wake up, and I want to do some cubing. I do my first solve and BAM. I get a 35. My average is 24ish. And It lowers my 3 seconds every solve but I'm still very inconsistent. Can any of you guys tell me how to warm up? Thanks

 

[xcross]

Slow solve to warm up Look Ahead

Then,

Do 10-25 T-Perms to warm up fingers

 

[EvanTheCuber]

Ok Thanks.

 

[Micah Morrison]

I would do, say, an average of 5 on 3x3, and, if you don't like the times, just go ahead and delete them since they're warm up, then I would solve a bigger cube like a 6x6 or 7x7 which should really get your fingers going and your mind thinking fast.

 

[Owen Morrison]

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I got this and now my beginning solves are so much faster.

 

[GAN 356 X]

I tend to start my session with a 2x2 solve, then move onto as much 4x4 as I want, then a mo3 on both 6x6 and 7x7, as much 5x5 as I want, and as much 3x3 I want. If I get bored I'll do a side event like skewb or pyra. If I am learning Algs for a certain event I tend to focus on that event, and use jperm.net to drill the appropriate algs.

 

[brododragon]

Many people say that just doing an OH Ao5 warms them up.

EDIT: dumb keyboard I meant Many not Maybe

 

[Cube Tribe]

Bro, it's normal in any sport to perform worse as soon as we woke up, doing slow solves to avoid learning bad habbits is the answer to this.

 

[brododragon]

Bro, it's normal in any sport to perform worse as soon as we woke up, doing slow solves to avoid learning bad habbits is the answer to this.

He's not trying to not develop bad habits, just reach his regular times quicker.

 

[Cube Tribe]

He's not trying to not develop bad habits, just reach his regular times quicker.

It just takes me 10 minutes to get back to normal speed...
Probably more advanced people need more, idk

 

[Skittleskp]

I have a separate session for warm-up since I'm terrible when I first start. I usually do an ao5 and I'm good.

 

[NevEr_QeyX]

I love doing a 6x6 or 5x5 solve, it kicks my lookahead into gear and preps my fingers for fast 3x3 TPS

 

[Kaneki Uchiha]

i do tperms

 

[Zain_A24]

I always have a slower backup cube on hand (MF3RS2). Usually certain cubes would go gummy on the shelf and I'll just pick one up and start doing some scrambling/algorithms. The increase in speed once the lube breaks in give me the sense that my hands are warming up, which is a boost mentally. Going back to my faster main I see an increase in performance. It might not work for everyone but I certainly have found my way of warming up.

 

[MJS Cubing]

I would do, say, an average of 5 on 3x3, and, if you don't like the times, just go ahead and delete them since they're warm up, then I would solve a bigger cube like a 6x6 or 7x7 which should really get your fingers going and your mind thinking fast.

Deleting times is a crime.

 

[ProStar]

Deleting times is a crime.

"It's not a +2 if you're at home" - Kevin Hays

 

[MJS Cubing]

"It's not a +2 if you're at home" - Kevin Hays

Well watch this

 

[PetrusQuber]

Then do your warm up solves in a different session you don't care about.

 

[MJS Cubing]

Then do your warm up solves in a different session you don't care about.

I just put it all in the same session. I organize by cube, but idc about Warm up. I don't time my warm up solves.

 

[EvanTheCuber]

What if I only have a 2x2 and 8 3x3s??