The "I just made sub-20" thread

[DAE_JA_VOO]

So, since there has recently been a bit on an influx of threads about getting sub 20, and a recent poll shows that Sub-20 was the hardest barrier to break, I figured we'd start a thread to discuss our progress.

I've been stuck at just over 20 for a while now, but I'll be knocking this barrier soon. I was actually challenged to break it before the end of next week. I just did a new PB avg of 20.27, so I'm pretty close

How's YOUR progress?

 

[Rama]

All I can remember was that everything (improvement) went fast after getting sub 20 average.

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

Yeah, the same happened to me and sub-30. It took me something ridiculous like 2 months to break sub 30, but once I did, improvement was pretty fast

 

[Muesli]

I'd be happy with sub 40.

 

[4Chan]

I got sub-20 around this time last year.

From there, I'm around 17 seconds now, sometimes 16.

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

I have never gotten a 19.xy average in competition, so when I am sub-20, I am pretty far sub-20

Now I average around 16, but I don't remember ever being at 19.xx actually... So just like Rama, improvement went pretty fast after breaking sub-20.

 

[marineasalia]

i am very inconsistent ..
you can seen in my signature that i even had sub 19 avg of 12 but still most of the times, my averages are sup 20 say 20.1x - 20.9x.. and sometimes 21.xx-23.xx...
that is why i cannot consider myself as sub20 cuber ...most of my sup20 solves (20.xx) are just because of lock up during PLL so mostly i blame my cube (which is actually cheap 1.5$ storebought)..
hope to get real sub 20 soon

 

[Kian]

Glad to hear it was so quick for some others, but my journey from ~20 to ~17 was long and gradual.

 

[Yes We Can!]

I am just around 20 seconds... PB avg of 12 is 19.59 and of 5 is 18.31...

It's not thaaaat hard

 

[Ian]

I am just around 20 seconds... PB avg of 12 is 19.59 and of 5 is 18.31...

It's not thaaaat hard

True. I feel the same too. I'ts not that hard to break sub 20 barrier

 

[That70sShowDude]

i am so close ... avg 5 - 20.90 ... avg 12 - 22.20

 

[Novriil]

I was over-20 averages for a long time. Very long. And then just BOOM! 18 sec average of 12. Can't even believe it

 

[tfkscores]

ive been going for around a month seriously before i couldnt get sub 50. now i can get sub 40 very easily but getting sub 30 happens maybe once or twice a day. its very hard for me. i think learning more pll's will help. i only know like 8 lol. any tips? i use 2 look oll btw

 

[Deleted member 2864]

I've broken sub 20 so far in an average of 5 twice and 12 once.

I'm getting there, normally I get a sub 20 about every 7 or so solves.

 

[ajmorgan25]

I just got my first sub 20 average about a week ago and it took a little over a year. But I'm glad to say that I almost got a 19.xx average the other day. I was just a few tenths over.

 

[endless_akatsuki]

Sub-20 was hard to break, but it went fast until like 16. I'm still kinda stuck there. sub-14 is hard.

 

[Kolraz]

I used to get Sub-20 avgs pretty often but then I had to stop because of exams and stuff and now I struggle to break a 21 second average. =(

 

[mcciff2112]

I broke sub 20 average about a month ago, and I recently just broke sub 19 (although I've only done that one time). I still struggle to get sub 20 consistently, I'm usually around 20-21 unless I have a really good average.

 

[Edmund]

Don't remember my first but it probably happened around 4-5 months ago. Now I'm 17. I really want 15 but that's pretty hard for me.

 

[a small kitten]

I struggled with sub 20 but right after that I dropped to around 17-18.