The Origami Forum

Hey,
I thought it might be a nice idea to have a one handed crane folding competition. time how long it takes to fold a crane with one hand then post a pic of it with the time. at the end of november i will make a poll. you can vote for fastest time compared to how neat the crane is folded.

good luck,
Jerry

here's mine

folded in 4 min 37.8 seconds

Without video this competition is not meaningful. Everyone could just write either number without proof. Furthermore you need to define whether the use of a table is allowed or not.

Yeah, but everybody just needs to be honest.
And personally, i prefer using no table to table...

I always use a table.

Also, good hand or off hand? I recently recorded myself folding with my left hand, in the air. Too much of the folding takes place off screen, and pretty much all the video shows is my legs. I used it just to time myself. Anyhow, 4:53, left hand, air. Of course it's just a crane, so as soon as I finished I threw it right into the trash. It was very neat though, trust me.

Come on guys, surely noone will cheat, i mean its not like theres anything at stake, lol.

I used good hand and table for mine, maye u can do either and say which you did and that can be taken into consideration when we decide who wins

Jerry

Even more fun is to fold one in each hand... I did that once I don't remember what time I got, I'll have to try it again!

hiya

just made one in my off-hand in the air in 7:56

gonna try one in each hand... blindfolded!!

great challenge - nice one

4: 54 on table. At least it looks good ==

5:54.3 in air, with my good hand .

What size paper is everyone using? I would think it would affect the folding time.

Also, do we start with the paper on the table, or can I hold it, ready to fold, if I'm folding in the air?

I assume that using a pre-creased square is cheating...

I used 6 inch Kami - And yes, I think that pre-creasing would be cheating . Unless you counted the pre-creasing as part of the folding time .

Precreasing is always considered folding time.

Of course, Jon; pre-creasing is always counted as part of the folding time . I thought that falcifer was saying that pre-creasing the square, then starting the timer would be cheating .

Yeah, I really wasn't being serious about the pre-creasing.

Though, I suppose anyone who can pre-crease the square, one-handed of course, and then fold the crane and still get a good time is doing well.

I folded one, in the air, with 10.5cm copy paper in about 6:40
Thinner paper would have been quicker, I think. And it wasn't very neat.