Finger tricks

[Inusagi]

Which guide do the sub 20 people use for finger tricks?

 

[TimMc]

They probably don't use a guide. Most of their finger tricks would've been self developed over time due to a lot of practice. Eventually you figure out how to execute a sequence of moves with the least amount of effort in the shortest period of time.

It's like touch typing with a keyboard. A beginner might be pressing away slowly at the keys but after time your hands become familiar with the keyboard and you're able to press multiple keys precisely within a short period of time.

Tim.

 

[AvGalen]

But some sites have video's of finger tricks. Use this to find them: http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cach...ubing.com/links.html&hl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=nl

 

[tim]

www.planet-puzzle.com has some nice videos.

 

[fourdown00]

i have just been cubing for a couple months now and have developed some great finger trick skills, practice and you will find that some ways of spinning the cube are faster than others...like using your index fingers to turn the U face instead of re gripping and using your whole hand

 

[TimMc]

...like using your index fingers to turn the U face instead of re gripping and using your whole hand

Heh, I use my left thumb and right index finger primarily for doing U turns

It's generally easier to turn a face with two index fingers on opposite sides of the face as long as the grip is comfortable.

Tim.

 

[Dyste]

Of course, it's also generally more difficult to be that efficient doing moves with your non-dominant hand. Unless you're ambidextrous, which research has proven to be some brain mal-function, where the thought process is split, then.., your dominant hand will usually move better. For such moves as L' U' L, it feels awkward and clumsy for me.

 

[TimMc]

Of course, it's also generally more difficult to be that efficient doing moves with your non-dominant hand. Unless you're ambidextrous, which research has proven to be some brain mal-function, where the thought process is split, then.., your dominant hand will usually move better. For such moves as L' U' L, it feels awkward and clumsy for me.

Same, that's why I'd do r' U' r instead so that my right hand is more involved.

In fact, I don't do L face turns at all. I just grip L with my left hand and use my right hand to rotate the rest of the cube

Tim.

 

[Dyste]

That seems odd, not to use your left at all. I can't imagine how that would be done. Does it work well for you?

 

[TimMc]

That seems odd, not to use your left at all. I can't imagine how that would be done. Does it work well for you?

Yeah, you just translate L notation into the following:
L = r
L' = r'
L2 = r2
L2' = r2'

(I very rarely need to use L2, ZPerm is just one example I can think of)

You need to be gripping the cube properly to make it work efficiently

Tim.

 

[Dyste]

Eh, well, creativity is boundless.

 

[Inusagi]

Finger tricks training

I was wondering if someone got a link about this or something. I discovered that if you are going to get 13sec average you must have good finger tricks. Does anyone have some method for training your finger tricks?

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3x3x3
Single: 13.61
average: 19.99

 

[Leo]

http://solvethecube.110mb.com/fingertricks.html

^ Joel Van Noort's page is pretty useful. Also some sites have PLL pages that show you how to do the finger tricks through some weird notation.

 

[Inusagi]

^ Joel Van Noort's page is pretty useful. Also some sites have PLL pages that show you how to do the finger tricks through some weird notation.[/QUOTE]

Which sites?

 

[Jai]

Jason Thong's site has notation with + and - , to indicate overspins or underspins, if that's what you were talking about.

 

[AvGalen]

Not everyone might know what overspin and underspin means:

Perfect alignment: 90, 180, -90 or -180 degrees every turn
Overspin: 5 or 10 degrees extra every turn so 90 becomes 95, etc.
Underspin: 5 or 10 degrees less every turn so 90 becomes 85, etc.

Overspin/Underspin can make the next move easier to perform.

 

[jackolanternsoup]

That. is. cool... haha i wanna learn it...

oh I'm very noob as my times will verify but i just want to know what i can do to make my right hand more comfortable and my left hand be able to push properly during the R' U R U'...

 

[badmephisto]

www.cubewhiz.com
has a list of PLL's/OLL's and all of them have a video attached, so you can see him do it in slow motion and see what kind of finger tricks he uses

 

[Lotsofsloths]

www.cubewhiz.com
has a list of PLL's/OLL's and all of them have a video attached, so you can see him do it in slow motion and see what kind of finger tricks he uses

yes, thats a good site, I sue ALL the time xD

 

[tim]

another good page for pll/oll finger tricks is www.planet-puzzle.com.