how long until you got a sub-20 average?

[Escher]

just wondering
i broke my sub-20 virginity p) 75 days after my first solve. this is pretty quick, but to be fair, i had competition from 3 friends (which definitely spurred me on) and the reams of cubing knowledge here and elsewhere (badmephisto, mackys site, dan harris' site, vandenbergs, etc etc etc). and a sweet-ass DIY
so when did you start? and when did you reach the landmark avg?

 

[MistArts]

I started cubing on September 22, 2007.


August 17, 2008 at 12:32EST was an average of 19.47

(Sadly on sub-20 average on 3x3)

Almost 8 months and like 3 months of just 1 or 2 solves a day.

EDIT: Time zone...

 

[DavidWoner]

solved my first cube on Sept 8, 2007, but did not get serious until january. Got a 19.99 average on August 30th, 2008. so technically it was almost a year. but if you consider that i did get serious until january, and that i did nothing but 4x4, 2x2, and clock for like 2 months, i got my sub-20 after about 6 months of actual work. but i went ahead and entered the UWR as 357 days i think. my best average is now 18.79, and i am still too lazy to finish learning PLL.

Edit: OMG i just realized that today is the 1-year anniversary of the first time i solved the cube!!!!!!

 

[AvGalen]

Started between 20 and 25 years ago. Haven't lost my sub-20 virginity yet

 

[pcharles93]

I started on Dec 31st, so I always have an exact count if I ever need to know. I hit sub-20 on June 9th. So 5 months and 9 days.

 

[MistArts]

I started on Dec 31st, so I always have an exact count if I ever need to know. I hit sub-20 on June 9th. So 5 months and 9 days.

You need to work on your months...

 

[JBCM627]

~3 years.

Seems pitiful, huh? Thats what I get for swimming 5 hours a day instead.

Only counting when I really practiced, it was probably close to half a year... there were several 10-month breaks in there

 

[AvGalen]

I started on Dec 31st, so I always have an exact count if I ever need to know. I hit sub-20 on June 9th. So 5 months and 9 days.

You need to work on your months...

Seems to be accurate to me

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

I used to not do anything else, except school and homework...so I usually got in about 500 solves a day. I reached sub-20 in about 8 months (December 1st - July ??).

 

[MistArts]

I started on Dec 31st, so I always have an exact count if I ever need to know. I hit sub-20 on June 9th. So 5 months and 9 days.

You need to work on your months...

Seems to be accurate to me

June is the 6th month.

 

[pcharles93]

I started on Dec 31st, so I always have an exact count if I ever need to know. I hit sub-20 on June 9th. So 5 months and 9 days.

You need to work on your months...

Seems to be accurate to me

June is the 6th month.

Take out a calendar and physically count out the 30-day periods between December 31st and June 6th; you'll get 5, give or take a few days.

 

[MistArts]

I started on Dec 31st, so I always have an exact count if I ever need to know. I hit sub-20 on June 9th. So 5 months and 9 days.

You need to work on your months...

Seems to be accurate to me

June is the 6th month.

Take out a calendar and physically count out the 30-day periods between December 1st and June 6th; you'll get 5, give or take a few days.

Oh...I thought it was December 1st.

 

[CAT13]

I've gotten a few sub 20 avg of 5s. But I suck so I can never stay that low. I've been cubing for a couple years but never really practiced a lot like most people.

 

[Vulosity]

I've hit sub 20 very few times. One 15, two 17's, three 18's, two 19's, and a few 20's. My average is 22-25 seconds.

 

[Lt-UnReaL]

I started on Dec 31st, so I always have an exact count if I ever need to know. I hit sub-20 on June 9th. So 5 months and 9 days.

You need to work on your months...

Seems to be accurate to me

June is the 6th month.

Take out a calendar and physically count out the 30-day periods between December 1st and June 6th; you'll get 5, give or take a few days.

Oh...I thought it was December 1st.

Wouldn't it have been 8 days then?

 

[fanwuq]

one year + one week.
one month break after first 2 month without any progress on LBL.
a 3 month break from nov 2007 to feb 2008, not a lot of serious cubing afterwards. Join forum and waste time reading stuff instead of actually cubing. No cubing at all during summer vacation. So actual cubing time is probably closer to 6 months.

 

[Harris Chan]

Around 3 months. That was back in Halloween of 2005 till 30th of January 2006. My cubes weren't the best (neither were my stickers), and there weren't as many sites as now. I did get some tips and help from Dave Campbell at the time (I started with the Rubik's booklet one for a week or so then switched to LBL, then Joel's beginner method, and so on...)

 

[waffle=ijm]

Start - January 2007

Order of studying and length
4 months of fridrich (no sub 20)
7 months of roux ( lots of sub 20)
2 months of petrus (some sub 20)
1 month of heise (no sub20)

14 months to get a good amount of sub 20s. I use roux, petrus, and heise since I use roux as a main and its good block building practice.

 

[Faz]

73 days - i am number 4 on the UWR page - you would be number 5

No. 1 is jay woo?

 

[ImNOTnoob]

Wow... so fast...
I have been cubing since I was nine, and now I am 13.
Help me count how many years I had been cubing
P.S. I didn't know anything about Fridrich or any other speedcubing method until earlier this year (at around january) since I was the only cuber in my school (until I thought my friends my beginner method, which was the cross on top, that sucked)

P.S.S. Sorry for the long 'P.S.'