When to start competing?

[Nukenin16]

1. WCA website, just search in google, it will be there
2. Sign up on wca site and register at comp then go
3. You pay, unless you are beast enough to get sponsored
4. Definitely sub 10s. Jk lol sub 10mins. Thats the cutoff. Any lower than 10 minutes a solve and you will have fun.
5. Depends on the competition. You can get puzzles for 1/2/3 ranks, and sometimes cash prizes.
6. You wait for your name to be called in your heat, you give your cube, they scramble, you solve, repeat times 5, then you do it again if you made it to the second round. Usually, there are 3 3x3 rounds, so 15 solves if you are fast enough, but 5 guaranteed.
Youre english is great btw. I find it amazing how people have the confidence to type and talk to people in their non dominant language. Good for you! I havent been to a competition, because there are only a few a year in my area. However, i think my info is pretty good. Now imma try french:
1. Vous pouvez trouver les informations sur les competitions sur le (whats website?) du WCA.
2. Premierement, vous devez registrer au WCA. Apres, vous devez registrer pour le competition, et finalement, vous l y allez.
3. Vous devez payer.
4. Sous dix minutes.
5. Vous pouvez gagner des cubes est d'argent
6. Too lazy...
Hope my french is bearable. Ur english is alot better than my french...

Thanks for the speed reply, you perfeclty had answer my questions ! I'll go look to the wca websites and 10 mins gives me hope ;P. You're french is Awesome perfectly understandable(you can say "Tu" instead of "Vous" ,vous is more a sign of respect like when you talk to you boss ) , for my english I have took classes for about 2 months now. Also before I forget, website is "site web" in french, you just reverse the words most of the time in french lol. anyway, thanks for replying to my questions Ill follow all you're instructions!

 

[shadowkiller168]

FYI, Lucas Garron, who is in charge of the WCA and is in charge of competitive speedcubing as we know it, averaged 1:57 at his first competition.

No, 1:57 was his average for 4x4, and that was at a later comp. He got a 1:29.71 average for 3x3 at his first comp.

 

[nalralz]

GO FOR IT!!! I went to my first competition when I was sub-25 average AND I sprained my wrist. I still got a sub-30 average so I would if I were you.

 

[theROUXbiksCube]

1. WCA website, just search in google, it will be there
2. Sign up on wca site and register at comp then go
3. You pay, unless you are beast enough to get sponsored
4. Definitely sub 10s. Jk lol sub 10mins. Thats the cutoff. Any lower than 10 minutes a solve and you will have fun.
5. Depends on the competition. You can get puzzles for 1/2/3 ranks, and sometimes cash prizes.
6. You wait for your name to be called in your heat, you give your cube, they scramble, you solve, repeat times 5, then you do it again if you made it to the second round. Usually, there are 3 3x3 rounds, so 15 solves if you are fast enough, but 5 guaranteed.
Youre english is great btw. I find it amazing how people have the confidence to type and talk to people in their non dominant language. Good for you! I havent been to a competition, because there are only a few a year in my area. However, i think my info is pretty good. Now imma try french:
1. Vous pouvez trouver les informations sur les competitions sur le (whats website?) du WCA.
2. Premierement, vous devez registrer au WCA. Apres, vous devez registrer pour le competition, et finalement, vous l y allez.
3. Vous devez payer.
4. Sous dix minutes.
5. Vous pouvez gagner des cubes est d'argent
6. Too lazy...
Hope my french is bearable. Ur english is alot better than my french...

6. Vous attendez votre tour, vous donnez votre "cube", ils mêlent votre "cube", vous refaites cinq fois et un autre fois yew vous etês rapide.
Généralement il y a trois "3x3" tours, tellement quinze résoudrez yew vous etês rapide quand vous résoudrez le "cube" mais, cinq pour sûr.

My french is pretty attrocious as well.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

Thanks for the speed reply, you perfeclty had answer my questions ! I'll go look to the wca websites and 10 mins gives me hope ;P. You're french is Awesome perfectly understandable(you can say "Tu" instead of "Vous" ,vous is more a sign of respect like when you talk to you boss ) , for my english I have took classes for about 2 months now. Also before I forget, website is "site web" in french, you just reverse the words most of the time in french lol. anyway, thanks for replying to my questions Ill follow all you're instructions!

Wow thanks. I thought writing with vous would be good practice for plural subjects and verbs. Yeah 2 months and that skill in english is really good. I've been learning french for almost 8 years now (school, pretty obvious where I love now). 10 mins is a ridiculous amount of time. After doing 3 solves and memorizing the beginner method, I could easily do 5 minutes. Im pretty sure you can get sub 10 mins quite easily, unless you have something like 1 turn every 6 seconds... how fast are you by the way?

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

6. Vous attendez votre tour, vous donnez votre "cube", ils mêlent votre "cube", vous refaites cinq fois et un autre fois yew vous etês rapide.
Généralement il y a trois "3x3" tours, tellement quinze résoudrez yew vous etês rapide quand vous résoudrez le "cube" mais, cinq pour sûr.

My french is pretty attrocious as well.

Lol thanks. I was hungry and my phone had 2% battery so yeah...

 

[JasonDL13]

Well I'm one of the 10%. He's too slow and will hold up the competition. He should definitely wait until he's sub10.

No, let's wait 'till he's sub 5.

 

[Sauce]

Don't worry about it at all! Just go to the competition and have fun! Nobody will criticize you for your speed and plus, your new so in the unlikely event of you being criticized, you can always say, "I'm new, don't judge me! , as in sticking out your tongue at them.

 

[ataboy6500]

One time i went to a competition and there where many people with times worst than 45 seconds