My OH switching journey

[Erik]

I've been doing OH with my right hand ever since I started. I used to average about 28 seconds, but I haven't practised it much so it's back to about 31. I tried it with my left hand and found out it feels much more natural and also no neem for converting algorithms then. My best time with left is now 22 sec and 33 avg of 12

 

[dChan]

Hmm, that's interesting. Maybe I should practice more with both of my hands? I am pretty good with my left hand(with lefthand I average over a minute while with my right hand I average sub-50) but it needs a little more practice. I actually mirror my T-perms and some OLLs because it feels unnatural to do it the normal way when I do left hand.

 

[tenderchkn]

I've always done 1h right handed as well, and have been stuck in the low 30's for a while. Well, not exactly stuck, but progress is pretty slow, due to the lack of practice. I've tried my left hand just for fun a few times but it feels pretty awkward, and I end up with times in the high 40's. Even though I can do algs at natural angles, the awkwardness of the executation causes me to lose time. I've heard of people practice with their off hand to be more balanced in speedsolving, so maybe I'll give it a better effort. In general though, I think I'm more balanced now than I was before I started practicing 1h.

 

[dChan]

Before I was vicously against L moves. But now that I am tryin to finish learning OLL I find that L moves are necessary when you reflect/mirror certain cases, therefore I use more L moves than usual. Also my F2L has a whole bunch of L moves when I try to d cases from all angles. Maybe this helps with OH cubing with the Lefthand when you are used to the right hand?

 

[Rama]

If it feels natural just do it I say, my right hand is just too bad for OH.

Good for you Erik switching to the Left ''society''

 

[Erik]

Haha, all the fast OH cubers from The Netherlands do left handed now
Besides marc van beest that is...

 

[Lofty]

The left hand is obviously the superior one
With my Right hand my best time is 76 seconds and it feels terrible. I'm with Rama my right hand isn't good enough.

 

[AvGalen]

Haha, all the fast OH cubers from The Netherlands do left handed now
Besides marc van beest that is...

Who are you considering to be fast? Yourself, Rama, Jo?l and Marc only or is there someone else?

 

[Erik]

I'd say sub-35 people which are indeed Rama, Joe, Marc and me if I'm correct...
I wanted to say sub-30 first but since I switched i'm not realy sub-30 anymore
Edit: I'd say sub-32.12 now

 

[gillesvdp]

I thought Marc was a fellow Right Handed OH solver !

Anyway, I don't think I am going to switch hands now
Hope it turns alright for you

 

[AvGalen]

As far as I heard, Marc is indeed a right-handed one-handed solver (just like Erik said). Marc is still quite a mystery. He is probably capable of breaking some world records (OH, 4x4x4), but he isn't allowed to go to a competition by his parents? I think we will see some amazing results from him when he turns 18 or maybe at a Dutch (Open/National) tournament.

 

[Erik]

Ooh seems like someone is also up late
Actualy he is 18 already I think because he has his drivers license
And he will come to at least one Dutch competition this year

 

[pjk]

Marc is on this forum... he just doesn't post. His ID is marcvanbeest I believe. Someone contact him and tell him to post when he will compete