How fast do you have to be until your good?

[Deleted member 36445]

I mean it depends on what event you are talking about. For 3x3, sub9 seems to be the typical barrier for calling someone "fast" these days. Keep in mind "fast" is a moving target based on people's expectations. If China keeps cranking out these amazingly talented kids in such short time periods, the definition of fast is gonna get a lot faster.

I'm fast by 1982 standards ;_;

 

[NmeCuber]

I am very fast, if you ask someone who averages 30. I am slow, if you ask someone who averages 6. Basically, you are fast compared to those slower than you, but slow compared to those faster than you.

"Don't call someone fast just because you are slower than them" -quote in someone's sig

 

[Megaminx lover]

For a normal person, sub-30
In the cubing community, sub like I don't knnow 6?

 

[THE_V01DL0RD]

that makes no sense to me. let me rephrase it
imagine that in the whole world there are 100 cubers, and 99 solve under 10 seconds, and 1 solve in 2 minutes, is he fast because he thinks he is fast?

If he thinks he's fast that's all that matters.

 

[ProStar]

I think generally most people would say "fast" is either sub-20 or sub-10. However, "fast" is completely subjective. The best way to look at it is look at the number/percentage of people who have achieved certain times, and decide what percentile you would like to aim to achieve. Feel free to download a copy of the WCA database (which is publicly available here) and look at the numbers yourself (I'm certain they've been posted somewhere on this forum but I couldn't find it).

 

[FenTheGoat]

Hey so I was wondering, how fast do you have to be in order to be a good cuber? Like what cubes should you know, and how fast should you be at them? Thought this could be an interesting discussion.

Ok is sub-30
Good is sub-20
Fast is sub-10
World class is sub-7

 

[Cuber Score]

1x1: Sub-10 minutes
2x2: Sub-0
3x3: Sub-3
4x4: Sub-10

 

[quanloh]

"How fast do you have to be until you are good?"
To me it works the other way round:
When I feel good, I think I am fast.
But hey I am not even sub 25 so dont take my word for it.

 

[OldSwiss]

Just look on your world ranking.
There you see how many people are faster than you, the rest of the 8 Billion people on the world are mostly slower than you

 

[Silky]

As most people already said its going to change from person to person. For me at least I see it as this:

0: Average
<20: Above Average
<15: Fast
<10: Really Fast
<8: Professional

 

[efattah]

Although the question is generally vague, it is fairly accepted that you have no chance of winning even small 3x3 competitions unless you are sub-10. While it is true that once or twice a year there is a small competition won with an 11.50 average, generally speaking you need to be sub-10 on 3x3 to have a chance to win a competition. So, you could say that sub-10 is 'fast', in the sense that you might actually have a chance to win a competition.

 

[THE_V01DL0RD]

As most people already said its going to change from person to person. For me at least I see it as this:

0: Average
<20: Above Average
<15: Fast
<10: Really Fast
<8: Professional

what about 2x2

 

[THE_V01DL0RD]

1x1: Sub-10 minutes
2x2: Sub-0
3x3: Sub-3
4x4: Sub-10

1x1: yes
2x2: WHY IS THERE TIME TRAVELING IN THE WCA
3x3 Only a few people have done it on camera
4x4: no

 

[THE_V01DL0RD]

I'm fast by 1982 standards ;_;

Wasnt the WR then like 22 seconds

 

[Cuber Score]

1x1: yes
2x2: WHY IS THERE TIME TRAVELING IN THE WCA
3x3 Only a few people have done it on camera
4x4: no

1x1: Only world class, but world class is good
2x2: Between 0 and 1 times are too high, must go down. Although, I once managed to get the timer on CSTimer to be 0.00.
3x3: If it's not impossible, then it's good.
4x4: yes

 

[THE_V01DL0RD]

Looks like 2x2 peoples fingers are faster than light and traveling back in time.
Also I can solve Megaminx in 0.2 seconds thanks to this rule.

 

[THE_V01DL0RD]

Good night.