Have you ever quit or taken breaks from Cubing?

[Puzzle Maniac]

In the almost 3 years I've been cubing, I've never taken a break or quit before. If you've ever taken breaks from cubing, what was it like? What did you do instead? How long was it until you wanted to begin cubing again?

 

[abunickabhi]

I have never taken a break.

I started cubing in 2008 and speedcubing in 2013.

I do not plan to take a break in the future yo.

 

[wasted_youth]

I started cubing around 2010 and longest break that I've had was one year. I can't force myself to solve regularly, thus I make a lot of short breaks and try not to have longer ones, because it's hard to get back in form.

 

[bldcuber314]

I took a 2 year break and it's been more than 2 years since I got back into it!

 

[CubeLite]

I've been cubing for more than 2 years, and I had 2 breaks of 1 month in the first year because I was still new, but I also had a 2 months break because I had the gypsum

 

[precompsubwr]

I've had a few breaks from cubing

Some of which bc I got grounded, injuries, sickness, stuff like that (most recently was 3 days from injured shoulder but I'm fine I think)

 

[NmeCuber]

I quit cubing for a summer because of chess, and then I stopped this last winter also because of chess, but I'm hoping to get back into it

 

[AhsanDaCuber125]

I got bored of cubing this winter, and took a break for two months, but then I thought abt how fun cubing is, so I came back.

 

[Chicken-Cuber]

Never and don’t plan too

 

[LukasCubes]

I started cubing in 2018, and I took a 2-year break that lasted from 2022 to 2024.

this was due to me spilling BBQ sauce on a bunch of my main cubes so I got pissed and just quit.

 

[Thomas.Caleb]

I took a break for 8 hours to get some sleep

 

[Thomas.Caleb]

Actually I had a 1 month break when I broke my hand

 

[Thomas.Caleb]

Not sure if it counts cuz I went to UKC 2023 during that period and cooked somehow with no practice

 

[Jorian Meeuse]

I've had a few breaks from cubing

Some of which bc I got grounded, injuries, sickness, stuff like that (most recently was 3 days from injured shoulder but I'm fine I think)

If you count 3 days as a break I'm afraid you might be a bit too addicted lol

I took a break for 8 hours to get some sleep

Actually I had a 1 month break when I broke my hand

Not sure if it counts cuz I went to UKC 2023 during that period and cooked somehow with no practice

I doubt it will be at all effective but let me just remind you of the existence of the edit button if I'm posting here anyway

 

[precompsubwr]

If you count 3 days as a break I'm afraid you might be a bit too addicted lol




I doubt it will be at all effective but let me just remind you of the existence of the edit button if I'm posting here anyway

My longest was 3 months

 

[EvanCuber1]

i have only taken one break at it was for about a month because of burnout after mid atlantic champs

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

Started cubing from 2014-2015, took a break until 2017, then took another long hiatus until 2022 (longest time I've been actively involved, and constitutes 28/30 of my comps).

There weren't any nearby comps when I was a kid, and I just kinda lost interest for awhile.

 

[Abram Grimsley]

I've been cubing since late 2019. In that time, I have taken one break for about 3 months in summer of 2020. Covid just hit and all comps were canceled. But once I started cubing again, I haven't stopped.

 

[ruffleduck]

I have taken many breaks and I quit about a year or two ago. I just wasn't interested anymore. I'm focused on studying math now as an undergrad

 

[Kami]

I didn't cube much at all in 2022