Warm-up?

[Ordos_Koala]

I just want to know what do you do for warm-up before your solves if you do anything... I'm asking, because whenever I take my cube, my fingertricks just seem bad to me

 

[blakedacuber]

generaly i just do 5 slow solves and then just go straight into an avg

 

[~Adam~]

This, or this or sometimes even this.

The search function is your friend

 

[Joël]

Maybe try gloves? There's a famous Dutch piano player who uses gloves at lot. He says that normally it would take him several minutes to warm up and play like normal, but when he wears gloves (and takes them of before playing), he can play like normal right away. I never tried it for cubing, but it could work.

 

[Zane_C]

I rapidly rub my hands together, then swing my arms around to get the blood into my hands.

 

[danthecuber]

This, or this or sometimes even this.

The search function is your friend

He didn't want to bump that thread, have a problem with that?

 

[Edward]

He didn't want to bump that thread, have a problem with that?

It's not about bumping the thread. It's about using the information already presented before asking the same question.

 

[uberCuber]

He didn't want to bump that thread, have a problem with that?

If he had read those threads, he may not have needed to make a post on the topic. And even if he did, nobody gets flamed for bumping a thread if there is actually a reason for the bump. It is just when somebody bumps a months-old thread just to make a useless statement that either has already been said earlier in that thread or isn't even directly related to the topic that the bumper gets flamed.

 

[Cool Frog]

I put my hands in a fire.

 

[Andreaillest]

Sometimes I solve a very bad cube like a rubik's 4x4. The size and bad quality of that makes my 3x3 feel great.
Also, after lifting some weights, my cube feels very light and fast.

 

[Vinny]

I start off with my 7x7, then 5x5, 4x4, then I start my 3x3 average.

 

[aridus]

Starting with a solved cube I like to do (R' F R U) until it solves again, then do some Sunes, Anti Sunes, and a few other random OLL's and PLL's. Just at a comfortable speed, not trying to strain or go too fast.

 

[Cool Frog]

Try soaking your hands in warm water for a bit.

 

[AJ Blair]

I just do M2 U2 over and over and over again, switching my finger that's doing M2 each time, until my hands feel better, then I just hop right into my regular solves

 

[Mike Crozack]

I do 3 slow solves, a bunch of H perms, Z perms, to warm up the fingers, and then T, Y and J perms to get a nice fingertrick going on

 

[danthecuber]

mini-bump

I usually do a few solves on my rubiks brand 3x3x3, then I watch the 3x3x3 WR single video on youtube. That video seems to make me go faster in my solves, not sure why. Then I start my solves and usually a little later I end up setting a new PB.
When I don't watch the video, my solves are 3-5 seconds faster, and I don't end up setting a PB

 

[Antcuber]

1.soak hands in really warm/hot water
2.use really bad cube and do a few solves
3.do random plls and tricks
4.watch world record video while randomly turning on ur worst cube
5. maybe soak your hands in warm water again and/or do some more solves
6. jump into avg and get a UWR


do those in order/