OH finger grips

For U(/ U' for right-hand OH) with your index, I find using the tip of your finger is easier. I'm pretty comfortable with it, in 2H, I use a left index U push for the second U in Sune (R U R' U R U2 R') so that I can do the whole algo in one movement, and it gets me times around 0.5
 
Does anyone knows how to take a U' with the rigth hand? I am trying to take my finger at the corner: BUR and press it, but it is just going around 85 degrees, I guess.. The point is, it isn't going 90 degrees.
 
Hmm.. It's kinda hard to explain the F for left hand.. If your finger is long enough, try using your index finger(nail part) to push the UFL corner to do an F turn.
 
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This is so hard! My ring finger is bleeding. And my thumb is on the same way. The bit of my finger that is bleeding is that part that is close to the nail. When I do R moves with my ring finger on my left hand, it felt like it's burning. And when I do U' moves it is the same with my thumb, cause when I hold in the center in the front with my thumb, and do U' moves it is hurting my thumb. I can't take brakes cause I am soon going to compete.
 
Lofty said:
haha! So I am not the only one to make my finger that turns R bleed from so much use! I would suggest at least a day off. Work or F2L or 2H or something if you are like me and can't stop the cube as a whole for a day.
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Lol... But do you know how to turn it on a way that makes me not bleed? That would be great If I knew that, cause I don't wanna bleed evry day. Another thing, since it is around a month till I compete, could you say If I shuold use my right hand or left hand? I am a rigth-handed guy, and can do it sub 1 min. I can do more moves with my left, but it isn't fast like my rigth hand. I always dropping the cube if I try to do those moves with my rigth hand. But those moves are making me bleed. Those moves are:

Left hand: R (ring finger) U (index finger, pushing the ULB corner)
Rigth hand: L' (ring finger) U' (index finger, pushing the URB corner)
 
hmmm... those are not the moves that make me bleed... I wear away the skin on the back of the finger from doing R'..
Anyway pick whatever hand you feel best with... I can't really decide for you.
And as for the bleeding eventually you will build up a caluse (sp?)
 
What's best: Doing U with pressing UBL corner, or ULF corner. And is it a big difference? By the way, it is not a R' move after, because I know ULB is best on that.
(I am talking about left hand)
 
Inusagi said:
What's best: Doing U with pressing UBL corner, or ULF corner. And is it a big difference? By the way, it is not a R' move after, because I know ULB is best on that.
(I am talking about left hand)
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I started out doing it with the UFL corner so I can hardly push the UBL corner. I would say, do whatever feels more comfortable. If you are still not sure, I think pushing the UBL corner is more common so possibly better. Like I said though I can hardly do that and I only will if it is followed by a R' move.
 
I think that for a left handed U turn it all depends on the alg. If the the alg has U R', pushing LBU would be best. If the alg is like U R, it probably would be better to do the FLU flick.

I've actually started using the FLU flick more and I think it is better for executing certain algs.
 
New question!! Now for the R R' moves. After I watched Lofty doing those moves with his pink finger, I tried to do the same. Since I am thirteen it was a kind of hard, wich means to short finger (The R' move was hard). So I tried my ring finger. It was a kind of better, the move R felt much more comfortable. But the R' wasn't better. Didn't reach the FRD corner, because of trying to continue with holding my index finger in ULB corner. If I take my index finger and make the R', it will take too long time. The question is: How in the world I am going to take the R' move fast?
 
hmmm some how I overlooked your question sorry.
there are advantages and disadvantages to using the different fingers. (I think I will add this to my site. Maybe talk to Jason more about it).
He is very fast and uses his ring finger to do the R move and his index finger to do the R' so you can be near sub-20 and this. But Tomy who is possibly the fastest in the world uses his ring finger for both R and R'
For me the R' with my pinky did feel uncomfortable at first but you get used to it with some practice, Now it is natural to me.
In one of these OH threads we compared finger size so maybe you can compare your hand size to that or do you have a video?
 
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