Tips for cubers with small hands!

[Areli Gómez]

I have small hands myself. Like REALLY small hands, about 11cm (4 1/2 inches) last time I measured them. I’m 143cm (4’8”) tall, so it makes sense. If you’re short or just have small hands here’s some tips!

1. UTILIZE FINGERTRICKS!!! You especially need them! Small hands kind of slow down the turning, so use fingertricks for every face to make it faster!
2. Get a smaller cube if needs be. I use a 50mm 3x3 for OH. My main MF3RS M is too large for my hands during OH solves.
3. Just keep solving! Don’t use the small hands as an excuse and just keep trying!

 

[abunickabhi]

Yiheng Wang, the current 3x3 world record holder has quite small hands, you can copy his turning style.

 

[F'prime]

I have small hands myself. Like REALLY small hands, about 11cm (4 1/2 inches) last time I measured them. I’m 143cm (4’8”) tall, so it makes sense. If you’re short or just have small hands here’s some tips!

1. UTILIZE FINGERTRICKS!!! You especially need them! Small hands kind of slow down the turning, so use fingertricks for every face to make it faster!
2. Get a smaller cube if needs be. I use a 50mm 3x3 for OH. My main MF3RS M is too large for my hands during OH solves.
3. Just keep solving! Don’t use the small hands as an excuse and just keep trying!

Damn, thats actually pretty useful.

 

[OreKehStrah]

Small hands don't slow down turning though. Just look at the super young superstars from China like YiHeng and RuiHang laying down WRs. They have incredibly fast turning and still have child sized hands. Smaller cubes can definitely be helpful though.

 

[Garf]

Once Yiheng grows up and gets better at 3x3 solving he's going to average sub-5 consistently.

 

[Areli Gómez]

Small hands don't slow down turning though. Just look at the super young superstars from China like YiHeng and RuiHang laying down WRs. They have incredibly fast turning and still have child sized hands. Smaller cubes can definitely be helpful though.

Yeah. I’m 13 but I’m done growing. For me having a bigger cube, it drops out of my hands sometimes

 

[OreKehStrah]

Yeah. I’m 13 but I’m done growing. For me having a bigger cube, it drops out of my hands sometimes

YiHeng and Ruihang are even younger with presumably smaller hands and are still using 56 mm Gan cubes without issue. It sounds like your turning might be the issue.

 

[Areli Gómez]

YiHeng and Ruihang are even younger with presumably smaller hands and are still using 56 mm Gan cubes without issue. It sounds like your turning might be the issue.

I also have fine motor issues so maybe it’s that too. I tend to be pretty aggressive with turning

 

[OreKehStrah]

I also have fine motor issues so maybe it’s that too. I tend to be pretty aggressive with turning

If you know you have fine motor issues why would you claim your problem is caused by smaller hands? You didn’t isolate the issue. It’s like complaining you swim slowly with short arms and not disclosing you also don’t have legs.

 

[Swagrid]

I am slow at OH with the stubby fingers on my hand (I also only have three fingers but that's besides the point)

It’s like complaining you swim slowly with short arms and not disclosing you also don’t have legs.

 

[Areli Gómez]

If you know you have fine motor issues why would you claim your problem is caused by smaller hands? You didn’t isolate the issue. It’s like complaining you swim slowly with short arms and not disclosing you also don’t have legs.

Because they’ve mostly been fixed. Small hands are a factor though at least for me.

 

[Areli Gómez]

this is why I would suck as a detective I get told I never know how to describe stuff

I am slow at OH with the stubby fingers on my hand (I also only have three fingers but that's besides the point)