Where do you stop being a beginner and become a speedcuber?

[Escher]

ironically, not definite which section this should go in (speedcubing or beginners section), but any thoughts? I wouldve said sub 1-min but any other ideas? P.S please let me know if this should go anywhere else.

 

[tim]

There are speedcubers who are beginners.

 

[shelley]

When you're not just solving the cube to solve it and start trying to improve your times, you're a speedcuber. But there are plenty of beginner speedcubers.

 

[MistArts]

When you start solving the cube for speed not for just to solve it.

 

[Johannes91]

There are also cubers who are neither beginners nor speedcubers.

 

[Escher]

question promptly answered

 

[Ton]

When you start solving the cube for speed not for just to solve it.

I agree, the only thing we know that a top speedcuber is one with an average below 13 sec, all other cubers are still speedcubers if they solve the cube for speed and try to improve.

 

[Ron]

Speedcubing is a hobby. You are a speedcuber if you think speedcubing is your hobby.
You may be the best soccer player in the world, but if you never play soccer, then you are not a soccer player.
You may be a slow speedcuber, but you are still a speedcuber.

You may want to discuss who you think is a slow or a fast speedcuber.

Have fun,

Ron

 

[Lotsofsloths]

IMO, Sub15 is a speedcuber.
But I said sub20 was a speedcuber when I averaged 22.
And I also said sub30 was a speedcuber when I averaged 35 xD

 

[smskill12]

everybody that solves the cube and tries to get faster time is a speedcuber

 

[crazyasianskills]

Agreed, I believe a speedcuber is anyone who solves the cube as fast as they can. I think i heard that in the Cubefreak documentary.

 

[badmephisto]

i wouldnt call someone who solves the cube in 3 minutes a "speedcuber", because... there is simply no speed involved, relatively speaking of course
Besides there is the fact that it degrades me (and many others below me) in a sense, because I enjoy thinking of myself as a speedcuber

So anyway to me clearly that definition does not suffice. Imo speedcubing starts at around 40 seconds. If you get that far, you have shown that you are interested enough in the cube to have learned some new algorithms and that you actually care about your speed.

 

[Hadley4000]

Like the guy said in the extra second of Pursuit of Happyness, it just depends on your intentions. If you are at 2 minutes, and practice so you can hit sub minute, if you are at sub-minute and want to be faster, you are a speedcuber.

 

[fanwuq]

i wouldnt call someone who solves the cube in 3 minutes a "speedcuber", because... there is simply no speed involved, relatively speaking of course
Besides there is the fact that it degrades me (and many others below me) in a sense, because I enjoy thinking of myself as a speedcuber

So anyway to me clearly that definition does not suffice. Imo speedcubing starts at around 40 seconds. If you get that far, you have shown that you are interested enough in the cube to have learned some new algorithms and that you actually care about your speed.

Damn it! That means I hit sub 20 maybe 8 month after I started speedcubing. I submitted one year 5 days. Thanks a lot.

I'd say if you actually bothered to join this forum, you are a speedcubist.
(what's the difference between cubist and cuber? I use cubist as a noun and cuber as an adjective.) For example, Picasso is a cubist, and he is so much cuber than all the noobs.

 

[cmhardw]

I also think that if you solve the cube, and care about the time taken to solve and not just the solve itself, then you are a speedcuber.

Also, there was a big transition because of the documentary "Cubers". We all used to say speedcubist, or speedcubists. After the first trailers for "Cubers" the documentary came out, and also after the media at the 2003 World Championships started calling us cubers, we all took to the term too.

Back then I thought calling myself a "cuber" sounded weird, and I preferred "cubist". Now, calling myself a "cubist" sounds weird.

Chris

 

[Lucas Garron]

I'm still a beginner.

 

[A_Qber]

speedcubers are people who try and solve the cube at fast times. everyone thinks differently on how fast a speedcuber should be. for me, i think they should be less than 20 seconds... (I'm only at sub 40)

 

[Escher]

i dunno about sub-20... practically, that requires 2LookLL which is 78 algorithms (obviously not including learning dirty F2l algs), which is a LOT to learn... i think its possible to be a speedcuber without that. maybe im only saying that because i only just became a 3-Looker :S also, what does everyone think constitutes a speed-learner? Ive been cubing for about 10 weeks and am comfortably sub-30. any ideas?

 

[Tim_Likes_Cubing]

I like Erik's definition of a speedcuber:

"speedcubing means solve the Rubik's Cube as fast as you can with the desire of doing it faster every time, so it doesn't matter if you are at 10 minutes or 15 seconds of average to be a 'speedcuber'."

 

[tim]

i dunno about sub-20... practically, that requires 2LookLL which is 78 algorithms

4-look LL and a fast F2L is enough to average sub-20.