All the best cubers feel what we describe as nerves before they are competing. But the adrenaline that creates that feeling is also what makes your fingers turn really quickly, so it’s not a bad thing. It might be helpful to re-frame the feeling as excitement as excitement also creates adrenaline and that feeling. It can be a helpful way to think about it.

It’s also good to know that the more times you compete the more you’ll get used to it. First competitions can be tough as everything is new, but they’ll still achieve something just by being there and getting their first PR¹.

It’s also good to note that all cubers normally get faster times at home than they do in competition. It’s often down to nerves but also because they have done hundreds of solves at home and only get to do 5-20 in competition.