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stoic said:
Welcome Marcel!
Good introduction. Nice to have some more of us "oldies" on here (I'm 39).
Hope you enjoy it here.
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I realize that this is a very old thread, but here goes. I'm 60! AAAAGGHH! I fell in love with speedcubing December of 2014 - almost 2 years ago. I'm still trying to average under a minute, and my PB is 33.50. Not bad for an old-timer.
 
Shaky Hands said:
@PlainCuber - welcome! Plenty to learn here! Good luck with your progress. :)
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Thanks!

Jason Green said:
Awesome to have you @PlainCuber! Even though this thread is old it's very very active (like hard to keep up!). Glad to have an adult join us (we need some supervision maybe haha). [emoji14]
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Yikes! You don't want me to supervise. LOL Thanks, though.

Speaking of old, do older folks ever go to a competition, or is that too creepy? I'd love to go to one, and there's one just up the road from me Sept 9th or 10th.
 
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PlainCuber said:
Speaking of old, do older folks ever go to a competition, or is that too creepy? I'd love to go to one, and there's one just up the road from me Sept 9th or 10th.
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I have one this weekend! They are great. If you read through the history some you'll see most of us love them, a few have not got to be at one yet.

I was worried about fitting in but now I just go find a spot at a practice table and the kids usually act like you're one of them. Nothing but good experiences in my 3 comps so far.
 
PlainCuber said:
Speaking of old, do older folks ever go to a competition, or is that too creepy? I'd love to go to one, and there's one just up the road from me Sept 9th or 10th.
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Yes most of us active posters compete. I have been to 9 comps. It's not creepy although I'm always happier when there are fellow oldies there too. Go for it.
 
Jason Green said:
I have one this weekend! They are great. If you read through the history some you'll see most of us love them, a few have not got to be at one yet.

I was worried about fitting in but now I just go find a spot at a practice table and the kids usually act like you're one of them. Nothing but good experiences in my 3 comps so far.
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All right! Thanks for that feedback.
 
PlainCuber said:
Speaking of old, do older folks ever go to a competition, or is that too creepy? I'd love to go to one, and there's one just up the road from me Sept 9th or 10th.
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Definitely worth going. Even more so if it's just down the road from you.

You'll see a lot of us in this thread have WCA: "idnumber" under our username in the forum, which links to the profile of the various competitions we've been to.

Good luck, but most of all enjoy the experience! :D
 
mafergut said:
I'm one of the few oldies in this forum that has not had the chance to go to a comp yet. But if I had the opportunity I wouldn't hesitate.
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I didn't realize you haven't competed. You are way too fast not to have an official time!

I haven't competed myself either. There's a comp within reasonable distance next month, but I don't think I'll have time to go. No time to practice right now either. But on the other hand, I still have a few years before I qualify for the most important ranking, the "How fast are the over 40's in competitions?"-thread, so no real hurry to get any official results. ;)
 
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