Warm Ups

[ThePizzaGuy92]

So what do you do to warm up? I find warm ups necessary, or my averages start off disappointing. I do 6x RUR'U' and then R'U'RU followed by one solve. Once in a while I'll do a 21 PLL execution instead.

 

[Derrick Eide17]

Nice. i use to do that RUR'U' x6 stuff myself yeah.
Now i just do a whole bunch of solves. for some reason it take me a lot of solves to get me really warmed up and start getting still near my usual times

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

I watch TV and cube for about 20 minutes before i start timing...

 

[Lotsofsloths]

A couple PLL time attacks and an a12 should do it.

 

[Kit Clement]

I watch TV and cube for about 20 minutes before i start timing...

^^^^^^^^^^

 

[fanwuq]

I don't warm up. Sometimes I get my best solves in the beginning.

 

[MTGjumper]

Meh, just now, I was gonna warm-up by doing an average of slow-turning solves before doing a "real" average, but ended up doing an average of 50 slow-turning solves instead. =/

 

[Sa967St]

I just do some slow solves at first then speed up until I'm at my normal pace

 

[pcharles93]

I do 4x4 solves. That's it, nothing special. Then maybe a few 3x3 solves. Watching me warm up in competition is very boring.

 

[Neutrals01]

Hmm...if those few days I always cube..then around 5~10 solves should be enough..if around 5 days till 1 week+ no cube then maybe 20~40 solves..

 

[HelloiamChow]

On 3x3x3 I really don't need much warmup. Maybe 5 solves. On 4x4x4 I need about a full average of 12 before I get in the groove of looking ahead.

 

[Musselman]

avg of 5 on a really tight cube

 

[Vulosity]

-I do a whole lot of U turns.
-Then some fingertricks.
-One or two solves.

If I don't do the above, my times will be 5-8 seconds off of a normal solve.

 

[Mr. E]

for some reason i do better in cold environments on my first couple solves... weird huh!

 

[waffle=ijm]

I do 50 reps on those hand grip thingies for both hands. between solves i use a stress ball to keep my hands and fingers ready at all times. I don't actually solve a cube until 5 minutes before I have to

 

[ImNOTnoob]

The FIRST thing I do with a Cube when I wake up is do R' U R x4
Dunno why...
I get my best times in the morning, under boredom while on the way to school, with my friend timing me...

 

[Alex DiTuro]

Umm.. I guess I just hand scramble it and solve it a few times before i time