Tried my hand at OH..literally..and ..

[RyanReese09]

I am very slow at it..got to 2:20 fridrich and then finally messed up on Y perm because I was going so slow.

My question is, how do you OH? It feels so awkward doing turns and sometimes I will do U3 instead of doing something like U' because it's faster for my fingers..tips? Tricks?

I wanna be somewhere decent for Washington competiion..I don't want to embarrass myself

 

[Boxcarcrzy12]

If you're a righty use your left hand, same concept as playing a guitar if you do.

 

[Deleted member 4527]

Rowe Hessler and Weston both have excellent tutorials on OH I think. Just practice a lot, it will take a while for your hand to get used to OH.

 

[Rpotts]

U with either index finger push on UBL or flick from UFL (more common)

U' with index finger flick from back left (like 2H)

R with ring/pinky finger curl on BRD

R' is difficult from the start, ring/pinky finger flick on FRD

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

You're just assuming he's using left. He's not, so it seems.

 

[RyanReese09]

I'm a left handed person, and I did OH with my left.

Tutorials? Links ?

 

[Rpotts]

clicky

You're just assuming he's using left. He's not, so it seems.

not like what I said couldn't easily be mirrored to right hand, LU

 

[RyanReese09]

i obviously could google any oh tutorial but i want one that is recommended by you guys

 

[riffz]

Neo already suggested 2. Find them on youtube.

 

[RyanReese09]

Just went to Rowes Youtube page..didn't find any tutorial there (nor did google find one)

Weston. Not found either..Ifound badmephistos though

 

[Edward]

Just went to Rowes Youtube page..didn't find any tutorial there (nor did google find one)

Weston. Not found either..Ifound badmephistos though

Rowe

Weston

 

[ElderKingpin]

ohh a leftie like me, if you are left-handed i suggest OHing with your right hand, and i suggest looking at this video to see how to turn, even though i dont use all of it, i use some of the turns.

I also noticed that after practicing for a while, i got this "second wind" where you get better at OH after learning how to do a certain turn quickly

 

[Edward]

Rowe Hessler and Weston both have excellent tutorials on OH I think.

And where exactly are these tutorials....?
I can't find them anywhere
Please link to tutorials you are referring to - if they even exist at all.

Just went to Rowes Youtube page..didn't find any tutorial there (nor did google find one)

Weston. Not found either..Ifound badmephistos though

Rowe

Weston

:fp
Please read before asking questions. The answer was only 2 posts above yours.

 

[Dene]

If you're a righty use your left hand

Why?

 

[Akuma]

Rowe Hessler and Weston both have excellent tutorials on OH I think. Just practice a lot, it will take a while for your hand to get used to OH.

I just looked at Rowes tutorial and it is a *HORRIBLE* absolutely *HORRIBLE* tutorial. :fp

The only thing he explains is how to do basic U and R turns and some VERY fast incomprehensive tutorials. From a pedagogy standpoint that tutorial is downright horrid. He even apologizes for being confusing and not being able to properly explain what he is doing.
I don't know much about one-hand solving averaging barely under 2 minutes myself, but teh main problem about people who are good at cubing doesn't mean neccesarily that they are actually good at explaining what the hell they are doing - something that is by far more of a rule than an exception.

I would suggest badmephistos one-handed tutorial, even though he is probably not a good OH-cuber and has downright amaturish solvetimes he knows how to properly explain the methology and reasoning when solving one-handed in a way everyone can understand.
I would also suggest learning the Petrus method which according to my opinion is more suited for one-handed solves and it isn't that much of a big leap from Fridrich-method.

 

[miniGOINGS]

If you're a righty use your left hand

Why?

CUZ A LOTTA PEOPLE DO ET AND SOME FAST GUYS DO IT AND IT LOOKS RIGHT BECAUSE ALOTT PEOPLE RECOMEND IT AND IT MAKES SENSE SO YEA.

 

[Jokerman5656]

What hand "should" i use if I'm ambidextrous?

 

[miniGOINGS]

What hand "should" i use if I'm ambidextrous?

Whichever one works better for you. There is no "hand to use", only you can determine which one you should use.

 

[Jokerman5656]

What hand "should" i use if I'm ambidextrous?

Whichever one works better for you. There is no "hand to use", only you can determine which one you should use.

I was making fun of the people saying which hand to use.

 

[Akuma]

If you are lazy(like me) and don't want to re-learn a bunch of mirrored algorithms I would say left hand is best, then you can just use your regular algorithms for OLL and PLL without having to resort to mirrored 2-gen algorithms and just go for the usual U and R-algorithms.