Poll: Percentage of Lefty Cubers!

[CubeWizard23]

I'm wondering how many of us - the speedcubers - are lefthanded/ambidextrous. I am, and i think it helps me a bit, i am able to do both lefty and righty versions of algs. let me know!

-CW23

 

[Ninja Storm]

I have a feeling this will be relatively proportional to overall population handedness.

At the same time, boy would it be useful to be able to do lefty algs as quickly as righty algs.

 

[cashis]

Are you referring to the use of lefty algs, or writing?

 

[CubeWizard23]

Are you referring to the use of lefty algs, or writing?

Hmm good question, i think writing because it tranfers more fluently to cubing, cuz you're already used to using that hand, not forcing yourself to.

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

Answer: About 10.

 

[cashis]

Okay , cool. Luckily for both I'm ambidextrous

 

[TraciAG]

Ambidextrous master race!

But seriously, this actually sucks because I never know which hand to attempt one-handed in. Both suck anyway though, lol.

 

[theROUXbiksCube]

Lefties ftw!

 

[CubeWizard23]

For OH I use left

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[DanpHan]

Lefty for cubing, but it's one of the only things I do lefty, idk why :confused:

 

[Deleted member 36445]

I can do algs with both hand either on F2L or Oll/Pll. I can ever mirror Y-perm and T-perm with the same speed as normal.

I'm lefty for mouse because my dad is lefty and I got used to use the mouse on left hand. But to write I'm righty,

 

[qqwref]

I'd like to see 3 different data points per person:
- Left-handed or right-handed, in non-cubing stuff (such as writing)?
- Do you prefer to cube right handed (R,U is faster) or left handed (L,U is faster)?
- Do you OH with left hand or right hand?

For me it's right-handed, right-handed, left hand.

 

[cashis]

- Left-handed or right-handed, in non-cubing stuff (such as writing)?
- Do you prefer to cube right handed (R,U is faster) or left handed (L,U is faster)?
- Do you OH with left hand or right hand?

-Both
-about the same (maybe .1 of a time difference for mirrored algs, in favor of RH, but just because I was introduced to right handed stuff before lefty)
-OH with left.
When I first started doing OH, I really considered trying to be hand neutral and doing whichever hand was easier for cross. however, I realized quickly that meant double the algs and muscle memory, so one day I flipped a coin for which to main, and it ended up being LH.

 

[GuRoux]

i'm sure this poll won't be too accurate, it should be pretty close to the general population but there will be loads of response bias for lefties and ambidextroux and unresponse from righties.

i would be right hand for everything.

 

[cashis]

ambidextroux .

Never miss an opportunity for a roux pun, huh?

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

I'm generally righty, but I shoot lefty in hockey and also prefer U2' over U2.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

At the same time, boy would it be useful to be able to do lefty algs as quickly as righty algs.

I dont think being lefty/ambidextrous would give an advantage in algs. When i started cubing, both hands sucked equally. IMO the reason that people develop right hand dominance in cubing is because of the RU/RUF/RUD heavy algs in the beginner method (and a lot of PLLs, OLLs, COLLs, CMLLs, F2Ls, ZBLLs, etc). Time to start spamming lefty algs for no reason.

Lefties ftw!

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Lefty for cubing, but it's one of the only things I do lefty, idk why :confused:

Most people use lefty for OH so they have better access to the R layer. (idk why you dont know this, u so fast)

I'd like to see 3 different data points per person:
- Left-handed or right-handed, in non-cubing stuff (such as writing)?
- Do you prefer to cube right handed (R,U is faster) or left handed (L,U is faster)?
- Do you OH with left hand or right hand?

For me it's right-handed, right-handed, left hand.

RRL

i'm sure this poll won't be too accurate, it should be pretty close to the general population but there will be loads of response bias for lefties and ambidextroux and unresponse from righties.

i would be right hand for everything.

This problem also occurred in the "what method do you guys use" poll. Roux 18% wat! should be sub 5%. ZZ is off too. I doubt 1 in 100 cubers use heise.

Never miss an opportunity for a roux pun, huh?

Totally worth

 

[GuRoux]

Never miss an opportunity for a roux pun, huh?

huh, that must have been a mistype, i didn't mean to do that. subconscious roux pun.

 

[waffle=ijm]

- Left-handed or right-handed, in non-cubing stuff (such as writing)?
- Do you prefer to cube right handed (R,U is faster) or left handed (L,U is faster)?
- Do you OH with left hand or right hand?

left with most things, right, left

 

[joshsailscga]

I'd like to see 3 different data points per person:
- Left-handed or right-handed, in non-cubing stuff (such as writing)?
- Do you prefer to cube right handed (R,U is faster) or left handed (L,U is faster)?
- Do you OH with left hand or right hand?

Left, Right, Left

I agree with what other people are saying about RU vs LU; the algs I learned used those movements, so those triggers have become faster through repetition.