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Did you learn fingertricks by yourself or from a video

How did you learn your fingertricks?

  • Learned by yourself

    Votes: 69 87.3%
  • Learned by video

    Votes: 20 25.3%
  • Learned from someone else

    Votes: 14 17.7%
  • Other

    Votes: 6 7.6%

  • Total voters
    79
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There aren't a lot of good resources that I know of on finger tricks... I learned them by watching other people solve and figuring them out. So technically I was watching a video, but it wasn't a video on finger tricks...
 

Kirjava

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Mostly myself, but ofc I've had other random influence.

People often say "I exec the (move) with my (specific finger)" alongside algs and you learn techniques from that.

Watching people solve is another influence, but I think self discovery is the most important aspect. Unique things may work for you that others have not yet discovered.
 

Zarxrax

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Jan 7, 2009
Messages
1,282
Location
North Carolina
I learned mostly my own, except the double flick. I watched some youtube videos for pll fingertricks and stuff, but I rarely found any that I liked better than my own.
 

Carson

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Feb 1, 2008
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Somerset, Kentucky, United States
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I learned them mostly on my own. At the time I was learning to cube, there were very few videos out there, and I didn't know anyone else that cubed. The one great resource I did find though, was Bob Burton's site.

I have since learned a lot of new tricks, are RELEARNED a lot of my old one's that weren't actually so great from videos and other cubers.
 

Innocence

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Aug 22, 2009
Messages
567
Location
Australia, mate.
I kinda did all three. Most of them I've just developed naturally, but I've improved a little off my brother, and learned things like the M-slice and double flick off the internet, just to improve my style.
 

musicninja17

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Dec 5, 2008
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2010FISK01
you learn fingertricks separately after you finish learning an alg? how would you /why would you want to learn things then learn the correct way to do them/ why wouldn't you do it the fast/natural way this first time?
 

cubekid57

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Apr 2, 2008
Messages
91
Yea I learned my own finger tricks from solving the cube so much, I developed tricks that complimented my cubing style and algs I use
 
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