Just a little 3x3 survey.

[GENERATIONXRAY]

I'm super curious about what different cubers know and how certain knowledge/skills translate to faster solves. So I thought I'd make this little survey to quench my thirst for data. I encourage everyone to respond regardless of skill level!

I'll start:
PB: 36.50
Primary method: Edges-first keyhole with CLL/ELL
Secondary method(s): Quadrangular francisco, ZZ-orbit
Number of algs you know: 9 F2L + 6 ZZ-orbit + 7 CLL + 10 ELL (including the 4 EPLL's) = 32
Your main cube: DaYan LingYun v2
When you started cubing: April 2020
What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?: Method
Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?: 7
---
PB:
Primary method:
Secondary method(s):
Number of algs you know:
Your main cube:
When you started cubing:
What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?:
Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?:

--
(Edit: Added main cube question)

 

[Deleted member 55877]

PB: 8.25
Primary method: CFOP
Secondary method(s): Roux, ZZ, Petrus
Number of algs you know: around 150 (for 3x3)
When you started cubing: February 2020
What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?: Color
Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?: 8

 

[ProStar]

PB: 6.883

Primary method: CFOP

Secondary method(s): Roux, ZZ, CFCE, Petrus, PCMS, LBL

Number of algs you know: I'd estimate 50-100

When you started cubing: September 2019-ish

What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?: CN by far; MN is almost impossible because you need to be really good at a bunch of methods and also be able to decide which one to do and inspect all during your inspection time

Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?: 5ish maybe? Scales like this are really arbitrary

 

[goidlon]

PB:6.94
Primary Method: CFOP
Secondary Method(s) Roux, My own method cpeoppz
Number of algs you know: 40 f2l + 21 pll + 57 oll +6 coll + 3 zbll + 2 cmll + 14 P ( part of my method)
When you started cubing: December 2018
Whats more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?: Method
8
Note: I say method because, I am sub 12 cfop, sub 15 roux, sub 13 my method.

 

[YaleZ1023]

PB: 13.51
Primary Method: CFOP
Secondary Method: LBL and my own method (Sandwich)
Number of Algs I Know: 40 F2L + 21 PLL + 42 OLL + 6 LBL (Beginners) + 2 P + 1 PEL + 3 OEL (My Method)
Time I Started Cubing: March 2020
Color Neutrality or Method Neutrality: Color
How Serious am I to Cubing: 6
My method is kinda bad (I combined a few methods together and got my "Sandwich" Method.)

 

[CyoobietheCuber]

PB: 9.93
Primary method: CFOP (obviously)
Secondary method(s): Roux, ZZ
Number of algs you know: 100 - 200
Your main cube: GTS2
When you started cubing: ~3 years ago
What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?: colour neutrality
Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?: 3ish

 

[Skewb_Cube]

PB: 8.60
Primary method: CFOP
Secondary method(s): Roux
Number of algs you know: 125ish
Your main cube: Gan 356 XS
When you started cubing: November 2019
What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?: Colour neutrality
Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?: 6-7

(used bold in the questions to make things easier to recognize)

 

[Micah Morrison]

PB: 4.67 (global: 8.2)
Primary method: CFOP
Secondary method(s): none
Number of algs you know: 21 PLL + 57 OLL + ~25 COLL + ~20 ZBLL + a few miscellaneous f2l algs = ~150
Your main cube: Moyu Weilong WRM2020
When you started cubing: January, 2017
What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?: Color neutrality
Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?: 9.5 (all events)

 

[BenChristman1]

PB: 10.34
Primary method: CFOP
Secondary method(s): Petrus, LBL
Number of algs you know: ~200 for all puzzles, only ~70-80 for 3x3
Your main cube: Dayan Tengyun v2 M
When you started cubing: February 2018
What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?: CN
Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?: 6

 

[Sub1Hour]

PB: 7.06
Primary method: CFOP
Secondary method(s): Petrus, ZZ
Number of algs you know: ~50
Your main cube: Valk 3 M, Valk Elite, Dayan Tengyun v1
When you started cubing: March 30th, 2018
What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?: Color Neutrality, method neutrality is a handicap
Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?: √54

 

[Kaneki Uchiha]

PB: 8.40 (global:11.8)
Primary method: Roux
Secondary method(s): CFOP
Number of algs you know: ~50
Your main cube: Rs3m 2020, Wrm 2020
When you started cubing: March 2020
What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?: Color Neutrality
Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?: 7.5

 

[2018AMSB02]

PB: 7.58
Primary method: CFOP
Secondary method(s): None really, sometimes ZZ or Roux
Number of algs you know: Hundreds. Full OLL, PLL, COLL, Many more.
Your main cube: Tengyun v1 M
When you started cubing: January 12th, 2018
What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?: Color neutrality
Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?: 8

 

[DNF_Cuber]

PB:8.70
Primary method:CFOP
Secondary method:ZZ, Roux
# of algs: 120ish for 3x3
Main cube: Valk m
When you started cubing:1 yr, started speedcubing 7 months ago
What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?:CN DUH
Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?: 8-9

 

[RiceMan_]

PB: 8.71
Primary method: ZZ
Secondary method(s): Roux
Number of algs you know: 16 algs for COLL, Full PLL (21), and a few OLL
Your main cube: GTS3M (will buy RS3M 2020 for christmas
When you started cubing: September 2019
What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?: idk
Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?: 7

 

[VIBE_ZT]

PB: 9.63
Primary Method: CFOP
Secondary Method: ZZ

Algs I know (assuming on 3x3 only): 21PLLs + 57OLLs + ~60 edge comms + ~40 corner comms = ~188 algs

Main: MoYu RS3M 2020

Started cubing in 2017

Useful: color neutrality by far

I'm probably a 6. I like it, but i dont care about record breaking or anything.

 

[Micah Morrison]

PB: 9.63
Primary Method: CFOP
Secondary Method: ZZ

Algs I know (assuming on 3x3 only): 21PLLs + 57OLLs + ~60 edge comms + ~40 corner comms = ~188 algs

Main: MoYu RS3M 2020

Started cubing in 2017

Useful: color neutrality by far

I'm probably a 6. I like it, but i dont care about record breaking or anything.

oh lol if comms count then add 700 to my number of algs

 

[GenTheSnail]

PB: 6.31

Primary method: ZZ-A

Secondary method(s): ZZ, but just with COLL/EPLL

Number of algs you know: Over 80% of ZBLL (~400), plus maybe 200 more for a random amount of algs for alternate ZBLLs/F2L/LSLL/other puzzles. It's hard to give a number to that, or even to determine what counts as an alg.

Your main cube: MoYu MF3RS V2 (non magnetic)

When you started cubing: Learned how to solve in the summer of 2015, had been actively doing the first two layers for 2-3 years before that.

What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?: The utter lack of color neutrality; being totally fixed in orientation, like in 3BLD, but for 3x3 solving.

Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?: 8 I guess? I have a very apathetic yet intense motivation for cubing right now.

 

[Deleted member 54663]

PB: 12.9
Primary Method: CFOP
Secondary Method: Roux(slow)

algs: Full pll, 20 olls, roux eos, ortega, 5 5x5 l2e algs, edge flip, corner flip, Comms

Main: WRM 2020

Started cubing in June 2020

Useful: Cn for sure, but method neutrality if you want some fun.

Scale: 8, I have been grinding so I'm almost sub 15 in about 5 months of cubing.

 

[rusty cuber]

PB:17.65 (lucky scramble)
Primary method: CFOP
Number of algs you know: 5 plls and 6 olls
Your main cube: YJ mgc v2
When you started cubing: about 2 years ago on and off
What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?: i'd say color neutrality cause knowing the methods is useless unless you know how to solve the cube from any side
Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?: 5 as I'm just memeing rn

 

[PetraPine]

PB:17.65 (lucky scramble)
Primary method: CFOP
Number of algs you know: 5 plls and 6 olls
Your main cube: YJ mgc v2
When you started cubing: about 2 years ago on and off
What's more useful, color neutrality or method neutrality?: i'd say color neutrality cause knowing the methods is useless unless you know how to solve the cube from any side
Right now, on a scale of 1-10, how serious are you about cubing (1 being casual, 10 being serious)?: 5 as I'm just memeing rn

color nuetrality deffinitely,
but method neutrality is fun just not useful.