"Non-superstitious" ways of luck/getting faster times before/during your comp

[acrystal]

What do you guys do to gain luck for your comp (has to be non-superstitious)
One way I do is to pray God before going to the comp.
What about you?

 

[Martyt7777]

I practice

 

[acrystal]

I practice

Does that even count, uhhh no
Try again

 

[Mr.Ducky]

Staying focused and relaxed, sleeping better, being mentally prepared ... If these dont count as non supersition and they gain yoy luck (technically if you do these your chances would be way better at getting focused and good solves), then I honestly got no idea

 

[n0nco]

Luck is closely related to superstition, any non-superstitious ways to gain "luck" are just going to be general good practice like being mentally and physically prepared. (Although, I wonder if anyone here actually engages with anything superstitious before comp? That would be pretty interesting to hear about.)

 

[acrystal]

Staying focused and relaxed, sleeping better, being mentally prepared ... If these dont count as non supersition and they gain yoy luck (technically if you do these your chances would be way better at getting focused and good solves), then I honestly got no idea

any way to gain "luck" is just going to be general good practice like being mentally and physically prepared.

These are good, thanks guys

 

[eeeeeeeee]

talk to other people to calm down

 

[acrystal]

talk to other people to calm down

Interesting, this must’ve use unique physiology

 

[CrossPetrus]

This is less related to anything you do before a comp, but I get a lot luckier solutions with different methods. I’d say most luck to least luck would be: ZZ, APB, CFOP, Roux.

 

[t0xiC]

im going to a comp next month, and for some reason im forgetting square-1 and megaminx algorithms

 

[bldcuber314]

You can't improve your luck so improve other stuff like sleep, algs and stuff that helps with nerves.

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

getting good sleep before the comp, making sure you aren’t hungry before a round, breathing exercises (box breathing mention), and most importantly, managing your expectations.

 

[L4NC3_D4_AS14N]

spending a whole week grinding solves and algs, then the day before the comp, not cubing at all to avoid burnout

 

[TheSpeedSkewber]

What do you guys do to gain luck for your comp (has to be non-superstitious)
One way I do is to pray God before going to the comp.
What about you?

Hydrate
Hydrate
Hydrate

 

[THE_V01DL0RD]

What do you guys do to gain luck for your comp (has to be non-superstitious)
One way I do is to pray God before going to the comp.

Wouldn't that be superstitious tho?

What about you?

I like to talk a little bit to the judge
Not a lot, just a simple "hi hydd"
also 7x7 as a warm up cube

 

[acrystal]

Wouldn't that be superstitious tho?

God isnt believed to be fake by the majority

 

[THE_V01DL0RD]

God isnt believed to be fake by the majority

I'd say it kinda depends who you ask, and what kind of god(s)

 

[qwr]

You can't improve your luck so improve other stuff like sleep, algs and stuff that helps with nerves.

The more algs and cases you know, the more you can "get lucky"

 

[Michael Wimberly]

Get good sleep and eat foods that help with energy (You can look all this up)

 

[FenTheGoat]

Get EXTRMELY nihilistic. Think that this literally has no direct correlation to how good I’ll be at anything else in my life, and that there is no monetary incentive for you to do good or bad. It may not make you better, per se, but it’ll make whatever result you, especially if it’s bad, feel not as bad