Fingertricks are what speedcubers use to turn the cube with our fingers, in an attempt to reduce unnecessary hand movements and 'regripping' of the Rubik's cube. One of the biggest things to implement into your solving to break that 1 minute barrier is the use of 'fingertricks'. Modern cubes come in all sorts of sizes, color variants, and with their own special features - so we highly advise checking out our selection on 3x3 speedcubes and reading more about finding the best speed cube to find the best fit for you. Modern 3x3 speedcubes are extremely easy to turn, enabling you to execute 'fingertricks' (more on fingertricks below), and have other quality of life improvements such as magnets to help with the aligning of layers and different stickered and stickerless finishes. Still using that dollar-store puzzle, that takes an entire wrist turn to rotate a side? Looking into newer hardware options will greatly improve both your speed and the enjoyability of your solving experience. Haven't learned how to solve a 3x3 Rubik's Cube yet? Check out our easy solve guide here. This guide assumes that you understand basic cubing notation and that you are able to consistently solve the 3x3 Rubik's cube with a form of beginner's method. Just learned how to solve the Rubik's cube with our beginner guide and looking to get faster? Here are our tips on how to become sub 1 minute on the 3x3 Rubik's cube.
