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Solve a 7x7x7.
Cold hands; what do you do about it?
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5BLD
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I keep solving until they're good enough. Otherwise refer to my tactic in the other thread about bad performance.
BC1997
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When I have cold hands I do very well, when I have warm hands I do better but when I have sweating hands I suck. Therefore I can't give you any help.
ketchuphater999
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Do what you usually do when your hands are cold
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I usually sit on them if I'm at home practicing.
tx789
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nothing really just rub them together I little or a lot when the freezing even if I'm not cubing
SpeedSolve
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Considering you live in Belgium, I would just say stay indoors with heat. 
I have no heat or ac here in the Colorado, so if my fingers get cold, too bad!
I have no heat or ac here in the Colorado, so if my fingers get cold, too bad!
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obelisk477
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Bump.
I've been thinking alot recently about the little things that affect my times: lighting (which actually isn't so little), hand temperature, time of day, caffeine intake, etc. But I do wonder, if warming up one's cold hands to regular temp increases solve speed, what about warming them up even more than that; has anyone tried this? Does it help times even more? If so, it could be something useful to do right before competing or going for PBs
I've been thinking alot recently about the little things that affect my times: lighting (which actually isn't so little), hand temperature, time of day, caffeine intake, etc. But I do wonder, if warming up one's cold hands to regular temp increases solve speed, what about warming them up even more than that; has anyone tried this? Does it help times even more? If so, it could be something useful to do right before competing or going for PBs
IRNjuggle28
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Good bump. As someone who has Raynaud's syndrome, (TLDR it just means I have poor blood circulation to hands/other extremeties) I'm actually affected a ton by this.
In answer to whether warming them up more is helpful, I would think yes, but only to a certain extent. As hot as you can get your hands without them sweating is the optimal temperature, which for a lot of cubers isn't very hot at all.
In answer to whether warming them up more is helpful, I would think yes, but only to a certain extent. As hot as you can get your hands without them sweating is the optimal temperature, which for a lot of cubers isn't very hot at all.
guysensei1
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Just do an ao12 as warmup. Or however many solves it takes for your times to drop to what you normally average.
Yikes. That must suck
Yikes. That must suck
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Ollie
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Soak your hands in a bowl of warm water for 5 minutes
BboyArchon
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Sit up on a chair and place your hands under your hamstrings for a few minutes. Then do some solves and ready to go
LucidCuber
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Soak them in hot water for about 30 seconds. Probably half of the competitions I've been to haven't had hot running water though :/
