One-handed 3x3
CFOP
The same CFOP as on the 3x3, but with one hand. The algorithms are chosen for one hand: mostly R, U, r and M, little F and B. Your progress here is separate from the 3x3, because it’s a separate skill.
How to read the moves
You hold the cube facing you. The letter is the face: R right, L left, U up, D down, F front, B back.
A letter alone is a quarter turn clockwise, looking straight at that face. An apostrophe (R′) is a turn the other way, and 2 (R2) is a half turn.
OH algorithms mostly use R, U, r and whole-cube rotations. A lowercase letter turns two layers at once.
- RRight face up
- R'Right face down
- R2Right face half turn
- LLeft face down
- UUp to the left
- DDown to the right
- FFront clockwise
- BBack: from the front it looks like a counterclockwise turn
- rTwo right layers up (the same as Rw)
- fTwo front layers clockwise (Fw)
- xWhole cube like R: the front goes up
- yWhole cube like U: the front goes left
- zWhole cube like F
How to learn One-handed quickly
- Hold the cube loosely, thumb on the bottom front, index finger on top. You turn the top layer with your fingers and the side with a wrist move. A tight grip tires your hand and slows you down.
- Choose algorithms with R, U, r and M. F, B and L moves are slow and awkward with one hand, which is why the OH library has different variants than the 3x3.
- Start with 2-look OLL and 2-look PLL (16 algorithms). Add full OLL and PLL a few at a time once 2-look goes smoothly.
- Fluency matters more than speed. Solve slowly but without stops, and speed will come by itself.
- Solve the cross and F2L so that you work mostly with R and U moves. Instead of awkward moves, rotate the cube (y).
- Short but daily is better: a dozen minutes every day gives more than an hour once a week.
Records
- Single
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- Average (ao5)
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