Gloves

[TimMc]

Does anyone use some kind of latex gloves for solving a Rubik's Cube?

I doubt many people are "hardcore" enough to be using gloves for extra grip...

Is it even allowed in WCA Competitions?

Tim.

 

[badmephisto]

ouch sounds uncomfortable actually
never tried it, but it sounds like it shouldnt work haha

 

[TheBB]

I don't understand all this fuss about grip ... just rubbing the cube against your t-shirt and cleaning your hands in the same way works fine. There's really no need for textured tiles, latex gloves and whatnot.

 

[FU]

Won't gloves be more of a hindrance?

 

[AvGalen]

At the European Championships I have scrambled a lot of cubes. We were somewhat encouraged to use "hygienic" gloves. This made scrambling a lot more difficult

 

[Harris Chan]

And textured tiles actually makes your hands kind of sweaty...or the tiles itself sweaty...and it kind of gots disgusting after a while. But that's just my opinion I guess....

 

[sam]

i agree with Harris. I personally think that you can get a better grip with stickers than with tiles. i can only imagine that gloves would be a hassle unless they would give you some unknown power enabling you to solve faster .

 

[Lotsofsloths]

Maybe so you could make gloves that give you unnoticeable shocks, at a steady rate, telling your brain to go at that pace therefore making you go a little faster...Thats just my opinion though.