My Journey to Sub-40 OH

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It was a week ago today that I injured my right hand [how? i will not tell], my thumb to be precise, not broken, wasn't too bad but bad enough to be in a splint (strained the docs said)

Despite this i turned my head away from the right had, and looked at the left hand to improve my OH times, and over the next week boy did they improve.

Days 1 - 3:
I mostly got used to the splint on the right hand, tried OH over and over again no averages though, realized that i was better then i thought (previously thought to be >50s), but it just might've been because I couldn't really use my right hand at all not totally certain. After awhile though I would eventually get tired of doing it one handed over and over again, but what else could it really do? So i kept cubing.

Days 3 - 7:
Got an average one day, a good 42.40, a 5 second improvement from 5 days before (before i hurt my right hand). I just keep practicing, like between spawns in 2142 or between rounds in WC3. Then today, i finally took the splint off, and let me say it has never felt better to preform a t-perm. Anyway then i do an average, sub-40 by a little more than 1 second at 38.92!!

So thats how i got sub-40 in OH if anyone is looking on how to do that,
::Just don't practice anything else for a week, (hmmm not sure about that one haven't tested times in other puzzles yet, also see here! )
::Try to use your OH cubing hand as much as possible to build up, (i had to use my left hand for almost everything, probably helped a bit)
::When you're doing everyday tasks just take a break and time (or don't time) like 3 OH solves or so.

Thats how I got sub-40 in OH in (actually a little less than) 1 week.
 
Lol something similar happened to me.... Only my hand wasn't injured quite so bad and it didn't get me sub 40...
But my right hand, which is weaker than my left, could not handle the amount of time I spend cubing so for three days my right hand hurt to do normal things like start my car and grasp bags so I was forced to do OH. It didn't get me sub 40 but it did make me come to like OH way more than regular SS.
After a few days of OH I had to stop that even and was forced to solve the cube with my feet a cube times.
Fortunately my hands are now better and strengthened and I can OH as much I want without ill affects, the 15 second look being enough rest for my hand. I haven't averaged sub 40 yet but my PB is 33.85.
 
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