Age of competitors?

Mike Hughey said:
Yeah, I'm oooold, like Kenneth says. I wouldn't consider myself a "veteran cuber" at all, though, since I wasn't in the cubing scene at all back in the early 80's - I just solved it a little at home back then. I'm a relative newcomer to the scene.

Please don't worry about being 10 at a competition. The younger you are, the nicer people treat you. My 7 and 9 year old daughters both compete, and they love the extra attention they get from being so young. At age 10, you're probably still young enough to get at least a little of that nice extra attention.
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I thought it was so cool, and speaks a lot for the attitude of cubers, when everyone, AND I DO MEAN EVERYONE, stopped what they were doing to applaud when your daughter finished her 4x4 solve in Atlanta.
 
Carson said:
I thought it was so cool, and speaks a lot for the attitude of cubers, when everyone, AND I DO MEAN EVERYONE, stopped what they were doing to applaud when your daughter finished her 4x4 solve in Atlanta.
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Thanks - I really appreciated that from everyone, and I think Rebecca did too. She was nervous, and she was a little embarrassed to take so long (she messed up the PLL parity something like 5 or 6 times before she finally got it right, and that after sailing easily through the OLL parity), but I think that she was glad that people cheered her on like that. Thank you to everyone for being so kind to her.
 
shelley said:
crazyasianskills said:
Ya im 14 and I would do competitions but there aren't enough in California, and every time there has been I've been busy.
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What planet are you on?
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28/64 in the US on the record have been in California... there have been no less than 4 a year there, and are usually spread out fairly well across the state...

The average age at the Cincinnati Spring competition was 18 years, 9.5months.
At Cornell 2008, the average age was 20 years, 10.5months.

There was quite a large spread of ages, though...
 
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I'm definitely older than average (28), but I'm teaching my son to solve right now. He's only 5. He can almost complete F2L. With any luck, I'll be taking him to a competition in the near future. He's totally excited about it.
 
cubetimer- my brother is 5 and he wants to learn, but im NOT a good teacher at all... any tips? :p

anyway- im 14, but i started cubing when i was 12. of course that was when i got one side and then messed up the whole thing and did one side again...

i really got into it Last November- so ive been doing it for 8months, i also took a two month break for school/ sports so really, only been doing it for 6 months.
 
JBCM627 said:
shelley said:
crazyasianskills said:
Ya im 14 and I would do competitions but there aren't enough in California, and every time there has been I've been busy.
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What planet are you on?
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28/64 in the US on the record have been in California... there have been no less than 4 a year there, and are usually spread out fairly well across the state...

The average age at the Cincinnati Spring competition was 18 years, 9.5months.
At Cornell 2008, the average age was 20 years, 10.5months.

There was quite a large spread of ages, though...
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Woah, I have only seen a couple, but I've only been looking into competitions the last couple of months.
 
most cubers at competitions are probably in the the 15-18 range with the next with a good deal a bit older or younger than that. i'm 22 and i'm certainly one of the older people at most events, but not so much so that i don't feel comfortable speaking to those younger than me. there are sometimes those that are significantly older than me, but there are not many.

kids in hs tend to be the ones that cube competitively, i think, b/c they have time. i know i had a lot more free time when i was in college to cube and now that i'm in the working world its much more difficult to have the time to be competitive. i gather that's one of the main reasons we see so few cubers after college aged-kids. its just tough to put in all the time necessary.
 
Kian said:
most cubers at competitions are probably in the the 15-18 range with the next with a good deal a bit older or younger than that. i'm 22 and i'm certainly one of the older people at most events, but not so much so that i don't feel comfortable speaking to those younger than me. there are sometimes those that are significantly older than me, but there are not many.

kids in hs tend to be the ones that cube competitively, i think, b/c they have time. i know i had a lot more free time when i was in college to cube and now that i'm in the working world its much more difficult to have the time to be competitive. i gather that's one of the main reasons we see so few cubers after college aged-kids. its just tough to put in all the time necessary.
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In China,the Middle school students are very very very busy,not enough time for them to cubing.
 
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