In general, who has the advantage: Right or left-handed OH cubers?

[gewinnste]

1. I find "this is one of the stupidest posts I've ever seen" much more insulting than telling sb. they don't have the required insight into sth.
2. This thread is as pointless as any other.
3. Evidence that the dominant hand (which is the right hand 5-10x more often than the left hand) is preferable for cubing? Here goes: RU... - rich algs are much more abundant than LU...-rich algs. - from which my argument is automatically derived (main reason for so many lefties among top OH cubers is that they didn't want to relearn so many algs, mirrored.)
4. Kudz, you are strongly backing up my argument (didn't want to relearn lots of algs that are bad for the right hand), thanks.
5. I am lazy at some things, that doesn't mean I am lazy at other things or a lazy person in general. Same goes for everybody else.
6. Dominant eye is more important than hand-specific dexterity for (OH)cubing? Why don't YOU back this bold claim up with some evidence?
7. I never understood why bumping a thread is bad, on average (the whole flaming accusation thing aside). It's like saying: "Now that some people have given input on this and that issue we know everything. Case closed."
Not exactly productive.

 

[AlphaSheep]

I can't speak for others, and I know I'm not that fast at OH, but I'm right handed, and started out using my right hand for OH but later switched to my left hand. I have no problem mirroring algs, and in fact often mirror algs in 2H solving to avoid AUFs without a problem. The reason I switched to my left hand is that I recognition from the right was far more comfortable than if my right hand was blocking it, and that the cube felt more stable in my left hand, possibly because I'm used to using my left hand to stabilise the cube in 2 handed solving.

Also, the hostile and condescending attitude of "my arguments are irrefutable" is not really conducive to a constructive discussion.

 

[Mollerz]

So I've been thinking about the reasons people use their non-dominant cubing hand to do OH and I think the actual reason is significantly simpler than people make it out to be.

When I cube, I am right-hand dominant. I do a majority of my algorithms right handed, this means my left hand is left to grip the cube and do U' turns (with U occasionally depending on alg), with the occasional R at the end of an alg. This leaves my ring and middle finger on my left hand to grip the cube. Now, let's remove my right hand from the equation entirely, I can still grip the cube exactly the same, but now I can do all R and U moves with my index and pinky respectively. My hand position is pretty much the same whether I do OH or 2H. When starting OH it felt far more natural to use my non-dominant hand for this reason. I had already developed a good grip and I was not required to re-learn how to grip the cube with my right hand.

If you consider cubers who mostly use their left hand like Robert Yau and Daniel Wannamaker, their grip is mainly with the right hand. I know Robert uses right hand for OH, and I don't know for a fact of this, but I would assume that Daniel does as well. Of course there are anomalies, such as Przemyslaw Kaleta, who is right hand dominant and does OH with their right hand. But cubing isn't terribly restrictive and you can teach your hands to be dextrous at whatever necessary so that they can perform tasks to a certain standard. So in the end, it doesn't really matter the reason, but I think my argument is a very safe assumption as to why it is most common for cubers to use their non-dominant hand.