What enhances cubing improvement

[asacuber]

I am thinking whether external things like YouTube enhances cubing improvement? The idea may not seem convincing at first, but still if you see the majority of cubers on YouTube their improvement pace is super fast.Apart from YouTube I am considering few things:
Competitions for experience
Cam with slomo to review my solves and stuff
Speedsolving account (which I have now got )
What do all of you think?

 

[shadowslice e]

Setting specific goals is a good idea and reviewing each of your solves (not necessary in slow motion) each time you do it is a good idea as well

Comps is probably a good idea but I never went to one so idk...

 

[asacuber]

Setting specific goals is a good idea and reviewing each of your solves (not necessary in slow motion) each time you do it is a good idea as well

Comps is probably a good idea but I never went to one so idk...

Thanks for the feedback

 

[AlphaSheep]

The idea may not seem convincing at first, but still if you see the majority of cubers on YouTube their improvement pace is super fast.

I don't know for sure, but I feel it has to do with the fact that maintaining a YouTube channel takes dedication, and improving also takes dedication, so the type of person who would run a successful YouTube channel is the type of person who will put in the time and effort to improve quickly. In other words, it's their underlying dedication that leads to improvement. I don't think just having a YouTube channel actually enhances improvement.

 

[DGCubes]

I don't know for sure, but I feel it has to do with the fact that maintaining a YouTube channel takes dedication, and improving also takes dedication, so the type of person who would run a successful YouTube channel is the type of person who will put in the time and effort to improve quickly. In other words, it's their underlying dedication that leads to improvement. I don't think just having a YouTube channel actually enhances improvement.

I agree and disagree with this. I can't say for sure, but I think my YouTube channel has helped me keep cubing, which is (obviously) necessary to get faster. If I only had cubing without a YouTube channel, it may eventually not feel rewarding enough and I may quit sooner than I actually will (if ever, of course). Although, I love cubing, so either way I'd still be doing it for a long long time; what I just said may be the case for others though.

 

[MoyuFTW]

Youtube I think gives you more motivation. Also, you can get feedback on your solves, to work on specific parts. Competitions would help increase motivation too.

 

[CubeWizard23]

youtube definitely is my one of my main drives to get faster, if i get a sub 10 whats the point if i have no proof? amiright? the other is my friends are getting fastish and like being faster than them, that and i want to eventually place in a comp.

 

[asacuber]

Thanks everyone for the feedback, I will think about it.

 

[pjk]

Most of it isn't external imo, but internal. Motivation, inspiration, etc. all help. But most of all it is putting in the time. I'd argue the best solvers in the world today are also the people who have put in the most time (there are probably some exceptions, but generally I think this is true).

There is practice and deliberate practice. At some point you'll reach a level where you'll have to practice deliberately on things to improve. The better you get, the less room there is for error.

Noah did a good video on practice and improvement here:

 

[asacuber]

Most of it isn't external imo, but internal. Motivation, inspiration, etc. all help. But most of all it is putting in the time. I'd argue the best solvers in the world today are also the people who have put in the most time (there are probably some exceptions, but generally I think this is true).

There is practice and deliberate practice. At some point you'll reach a level where you'll have to practice deliberately on things to improve. The better you get, the less room there is for error.

Noah did a good video on practice and improvement here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAHldlIJVBg

Thanks for the video,now I understand how to make progress.

 

[TheGamingCuber5]

I have been stuck at 20-23 seconds for about 5 months. I have been cubing for almost a year now and I really want to be sub 20 in less than a year. I have realized slowly that the reason that I can't get sub 20 is because of my inefficiencies while solving

 

[NewCuber000]

When I got sub-20 I was stuck at the sub-20 barrier for around 5 months like you. But one day all of a sudden something clicked, and all of a sidden I was averaging 19 seconds, and from there improved very quickly to about 15 seconds. There was no specific reason I broke the barrier, just lots of experimenting and practice I guess.

For starters, if you don't know full OLL, that's a (sort of) easy way to gain those couple seconds. If not, your speed is a good time to start learning x-cross and go through your F2L cases , finding better ways to do some of your F2L cases and just get a better overall understanding of the cube. Be able to do all of your f2l cases blindfolded and work on looking ahead.

 

[NewCuber000]

When I got sub-20 I was stuck at the sub-20 barrier for around 5 months like you. But one day all of a sudden something clicked, and all of a sidden I was averaging 19 seconds, and from there improved very quickly to about 15 seconds. There was no specific reason I broke the barrier, just lots of experimenting and practice I guess.

For starters, if you don't know full OLL, that's a (sort of) easy way to gain those couple seconds. If not, your speed is a good time to start learning x-cross and go through your F2L cases , finding better ways to do some of your F2L cases and just get a better overall understanding of the cube. Be able to do all of your f2l cases blindfolded and work on looking ahead.

 

[Walrusizer]

just practice 13.85 hours per day, boom instant official sub 3 average!

 

[BananaSlayer64]

just practice 13.85 hours per day, boom instant official sub 3 average!

Seems legit lol