What was the hardest barrier for you?

[EmersonHerrmann]

No one mentioned this had to be only 3x3 speedsolving(even though many people infer that it is), I prefer OH since I don't have a disability like in speedsolving...anyway, for me sub-30 OH was hard to get to for my average. For my single it was hard for me to break my unlucky sub-17 until i finally got 15.98 Woohoo

 

[Sa967St]

There are many point that I have been stuck at, but the point that took me the longest to pass was the sub30 barrier, but thats because I used LBL F2L then

 

[Garmon]

Sub 30 average. I hit 30.xx nearly every solve.

 

[Escher]

how time flies... 2 months ago, i didnt even have a sub20 pb...
now im consistently averaging JUST sub-20 once ive warmed up. sub25 not much of a barrier then!
Sub 15s have been very rare, which is annoying. I know why though - my last layer is three looks, and my cross making is pretty bad. at home my f2l is ridiculous (im happy to boast lol).
but definitely the biggest barrier for me is...
Nerves.
It ruins my look ahead, makes me pop, and hampers my recognition. my averages go up by about 6 seconds when im racing with a friend.

 

[elimescube]

Yeah! Lets go Africa!

 

[Neutrals01]

my averages go up by about 6 seconds when im racing with a friend.

same here...when I am competing with friends I get like 32~39 seconds.. but when I am training at home, I get like 25~34 seconds.. barely above 35 seconds..wonder why..might be the cube I am using too, because when competing with friends..we keep switching cubes with each other for each solve(to make it fair)...

30 seconds average barrier should be the longest for me currently... I took like 2~3 weeks from 50 secs avg till 35 secs avg... and now it have been almost 1 month and my time only improved till around 30~33 average..improved by 1~4 secs.. =.=" ... really don no how some ppl reach average 20 secs in 2~3 months.. I am still stucked at average 30~33 after 4 months .. argh !!

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

Yeah! Lets go Africa!

Ha!! Dude i didn't even know you had an account here! It's Ettienne man!

Great to see you here. Now we've got TWO South Africans speedcubing

 

[n00bcubix]

my hardest barrier was 15-14 and 14-13 xD

 

[HelloiamChow]

I'm still dancing around sub15. I just can't always count on a sub15 average. Oh well.

 

[Escher]

dammit why is your name even noobcubix when thats like a top 100 average!?! hehe and i was one of those people who got sub 20 in a few months - 75 days to be precise although i have hit nearly a month long brick wall now - since late august i havent gone anywhere... probably because of the OLLs i havent learnt
dammit the UK open is really soon, i need to get practicing (i want at least a sub 20 avg at comp )

 

[n00bcubix]

dammit why is your name even noobcubix when thats like a top 100 average!?!)

i suck. (period)

 

[ThePizzaGuy92]

i was thinking my hardest barriar was my most recent [sub-15] but i stopped practicing, so i think i have to do it all over again, lol

 

[n00bcubix]

i was thinking my hardest barriar was my most recent [sub-15] but i stopped practicing, so i think i have to do it all over again, lol

heh that's what happened to me

 

[Faz]

definitely sub 15.

 

[shafiqdms1]

hmm...for me..sub 20... because I havent broke it yet, but i am almost there (avg of 23-24 atm), getting times such as 21 and 22 are frequent.

 

[Vulosity]

hmm...for me..sub 20... because I havent broke it yet, but i am almost there (avg of 23-24 atm), getting times such as 21 and 22 are frequent.

Me, too! I get some rare 20's also.

 

[Kenneth]

Not was, still is, the 25 seconds for 3x3x3 average 10(12). I regulary did 27-28 like 1.5 years ago and still does.

If I only practice 3x3x3 I can probably do it in a week or two... but I don't.

 

[ScottKidder]

I was around 25 average with a pb of like 20.21 after 6 months of cubing but I quit practicing all summer and am just starting up again. I still haven't had a sub 20 solve but I've had 21 and 22 averages. Sub 20 averages in 2 months

 

[Kolraz]

Although my progress has been fairly consistent, sub-30 avergaes seemed to take a while. In the past 2 weeks I've started averaging under 30 everytime, at around 28 sec average.

Hopefully I can go to about 25 avg before UK Open, see you there Escher.

 

[krnballerzzz]

In the past, from Sub 18 to get to sub 17 consistently... that took forever.

For now, get sub 11 consistently (I can get sub 11.5 no problem hehe)