All these little 5-12 year old kids solving the cube in under 20 seconds makes me feel discouraged.

[EmmaTheCapicorn]

Seriously?! 5 and already sub 20? I’ve been cubing CONSISTENTLY for as long as this kid’s been alive!

I feel really discouraged. I waited FIVE YEARS just to get nowhere. A few of my latest averages:
2x2: 7.63
3x3: 30.84
4x4: 1:58.82
5x5: 4:01.97
Pyraminx: 9.84

What am I doing wrong? FIVE YEARS and some people who have been cubing a month are already faster than me, everyone is so impressed when I solve but on the inside I feel like crying. Countless hours spent trying to learn just some simple 1 look PLLs and not even remembering the G perms or the N perms. I’m not getting anywhere. I haven’t gotten anywhere with speed in maybe 3 months. I’m not quitting cubing, but why do I have to be so horribly awful at it?

 

[Areli Gómez]

HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?!

It’s perfectly OK! Again bro I’m the same way! I suck at memorizing algorithms! It takes as long as it takes. I remember being 10 and struggling to get sub 30. Here’s a saying that I told myself “It’s fine. Even if you’re last place, you still have a place. Effort is all that matters and every solve counts.” Every solve that you do is one step closer to that sub 10 goal you want! Even if it takes 1,000,000 solves, that’s ok! I’ve done 3,000,000 solves and look where it got me!

 

[SpeakCuba]

Seriously?! 5 and already sub 20? I’ve been cubing CONSISTENTLY for as long as this kid’s been alive!

I feel really discouraged. I waited FIVE YEARS just to get nowhere. A few of my latest averages:
2x2: 7.63
3x3: 30.84
4x4: 1:58.82
5x5: 4:01.97
Pyraminx: 9.84

What am I doing wrong? FIVE YEARS and some people who have been cubing a month are already faster than me, everyone is so impressed when I solve but on the inside I feel like crying. Countless hours spent trying to learn just some simple 1 look PLLs and not even remembering the G perms or the N perms. I’m not getting anywhere. I haven’t gotten anywhere with speed in maybe 3 months. I’m not quitting cubing, but why do I have to be so horribly awful at it?

Also, for younger kids, it’s much easier for them to learn new algorithms and develop their muscle memory quicker and such.

 

[Areli Gómez]

Also, for younger kids, it’s much easier for them to learn new algorithms and develop their muscle memory quicker and such.

Yeah, I started at seven. It was easy to develop muscle memory.

 

[EmmaTheCapicorn]

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Also, for younger kids, it’s much easier for them to learn new algorithms and develop their muscle memory quicker and such.

That’s true. But I started at 11 years old. I have people starting at my current age (16) and getting sub 40 in a month. It took me 4 years to get to sub 40.

 

[JDAW6]

As long as you’re doing what u love and are passionat. You shouldn’t care about anyone else or how other people are doing better you. You just keep on cubing and practicing and learning. NEVER GIVE UP!

 

[NigelTheCuber]

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That’s true. But I started at 11 years old. I have people starting at my current age (16) and getting sub 40 in a month. It took me 4 years to get to sub 40.

don't compare, thats all i have to say
work on improving yourself rather than crying about being bad as that would not make you better

 

[Areli Gómez]

don't compare, thats all i have to say
work on improving yourself rather than crying about being bad as that would not make you better

Yeah, I can understand that struggle of not progressing and being discouraged by faster cubers. But it’s important to keep in mind that I and @EmmaTheCapicorn are both autistic and she has ADHD, maybe the disorders have something to do with it. She’s also colorblind so she has more trouble recognizing the colors.

 

[Arcanist]

HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?!

It’s perfectly OK! Again bro I’m the same way! I suck at memorizing algorithms! It takes as long as it takes. I remember being 10 and struggling to get sub 30. Here’s a saying that I told myself “It’s fine. Even if you’re last place, you still have a place. Effort is all that matters and every solve counts.” Every solve that you do is one step closer to that sub 10 goal you want! Even if it takes 1,000,000 solves, that’s ok! I’ve done 3,000,000 solves and look where it got me!

You've done 3,000,000 solves? That seems a bit unreasonable.

 

[White KB]

Seriously?! 5 and already sub 20? I’ve been cubing CONSISTENTLY for as long as this kid’s been alive!

I feel really discouraged. I waited FIVE YEARS just to get nowhere. A few of my latest averages:
2x2: 7.63
3x3: 30.84
4x4: 1:58.82
5x5: 4:01.97
Pyraminx: 9.84

What am I doing wrong? FIVE YEARS and some people who have been cubing a month are already faster than me, everyone is so impressed when I solve but on the inside I feel like crying. Countless hours spent trying to learn just some simple 1 look PLLs and not even remembering the G perms or the N perms. I’m not getting anywhere. I haven’t gotten anywhere with speed in maybe 3 months. I’m not quitting cubing, but why do I have to be so horribly awful at it?

How often do you practice, and for how long?

I'm only asking because it took me several years to get to 30 seconds, and even longer to get to sub-20, with friends of mine being able to reach almost my level within 3 months. Then I realized that I didn't cube as often as I thought I did, and made a habit of regularly practicing. My times didn't improve instantly, but I was able to shave a few seconds off my average within a few months.

 

[OldSwiss]

For some it's easier and for some it's harder. It seems that for you it is much harder than for most others.

With my 46 Years I know that I will never be able to get sub 10, maybe not even sub 20 average but cubing is about having fun and beating his own goals not the others.

But maybe you can work on your weaknesses. You could learn the algs you already know, so you can also learn some more.
The more algs you learn the easier it gets.


You mentionied N-Perm. Maybe you should try this one:

Na-Perm

x 5
It's probably not the fastest but very easy to remember.

Same on the left side
Nb-Perm

x 5


Just turn down the block of two, push the D-Layer (both directions work if one fits you better), turn the block back up, do a U2 and repeat the whole process 5 times.

Maybe the pictures or the description could also help you to learn the algs.
They are from this page, but it is in german

CFOP Speedcubing-Tutorial: PLL, Übersicht über alle Perms

CFOP-Methode: [Einführung und Cross] [F2L] [OLL] [PLL-Einführung] [PLL, alle Perms] In diesem Artikel: [Grupppe 1: A-Perms, E-Perm] [Gruppe 2: U-Perms, H-Perm, Z-Perm] [Gruppe 3: T-Perm, J-Perm und…

freshcuber.wordpress.com

If it helps you, I could translate some of the other pages to you or send you some more pictures.
I likes this page very much when I was learning the Perms. The Pictures also helped me.
But in the meantime after I learned all those PLL cases, I learn much faster and don't need the pictures anymore

 

[JDAW6]

I am not trying to be mean or anything but how am I sub 30 in one month. Am I overachieving or something? Like this doesn’t seem normal I learn intuituve f2l in a few hours. I am only 11.
PS: thanks for the n perm, the curse of the n perm always strikes me from nowhere.

 

[Arcanist]

I am not trying to be mean or anything but how am I sub 30 in one month. Am I overachieving or something? Like this doesn’t seem normal I learn intuituve f2l in a few hours. I am only 11.
PS: thanks for the n perm, the curse of the n perm always strikes me from nowhere.

No, it's not. I have seen many people achieve sub 30 or faster in a month. It just depends on how much you practice, how good your hardware is, and how motivated you are.

 

[Areli Gómez]

You've done 3,000,000 solves? That seems a bit unreasonable.

I’m just trying to do a rough estimate probably nowhere near it

 

[F'prime]

Hey....

 

[F'prime]

Hey....

I'm literally on my road to sub 15 and im 12 ;-;

 

[JDAW6]

Ok @Arcanist i is also solve cube. I is thanks

 

[EmmaTheCapicorn]

I am not trying to be mean or anything but how am I sub 30 in one month. Am I overachieving or something? Like this doesn’t seem normal I learn intuituve f2l in a few hours. I am only 11.
PS: thanks for the n perm, the curse of the n perm always strikes me from nowhere.

I’ve seen so many ppl get sub 30 in a month. It took me 5 years! It took me 1 hour to learn intuitive F2L. I don’t know why everyone is so much faster, it makes me feel awful about myself. Sorry

 

[JDAW6]

what should be the next event I should go to after 3x3 I am feeling like pyra but it seems weird.

 

[Arcanist]

I’m just trying to do a rough estimate probably nowhere near it

I just thought it was a little much. Assuming each cube took 20 seconds to solve, scramble, and inspect it would take you cubing 24 hours every day for 694 days straight to achieve that.