Am I good for a beginner?

[PaintballCat]

Hey guys, so I just started cubing a couple months ago, and I average around 35 seconds and I got my first sub-20 solve today. I don't have any friends that cube so I'm wondering if this is good for a beginner?

 

[Drad]

Hey guys, so I just started cubing a couple months ago, and I average around 35 seconds and I got my first sub-20 solve today. I don't have any friends that cube so I'm wondering if this is good for a beginner?

Those are good times for a beginner but it depends on what method you use and algs you know.

 

[PaintballCat]

Uhh I do cfop and I know about 10 oll algs and 10 pll algs

 

[DTCuber]

Uhh I do cfop and I know about 10 oll algs and 10 pll algs

That's great! I was averaging 35 seconds after about a year.

 

[Drad]

Uhh I do cfop and I know about 10 oll algs and 10 pll algs

Before you try to go for full pll or oll try to learn look ahead look it up on cyotheking yt channel then learn full pll then oll and if you want alg subsets like ZBLL or CMLL

 

[AirbusCube]

If you want to have fun when practising i recommend you to try Roux.

 

[adimare]

That's pretty bad. You should try other hobbies.

 

[AlphaSheep]

About average. There are some who average sub-20 after a couple months and there are some who aren't even sub-50. At that stage, it depends purely on how much time you can find to practice.

Also, never ask "Am I good for a beginner?" You never hear anyone ask "Am I good for a pro?" and there's a reason for that. Rather ask yourself what you can do to improve even more.

 

[PaintballCat]

About average. There are some who average sub-20 after a couple months and there are some who aren't even sub-50. At that stage, it depends purely on how much time you can find to practice.

Also, never ask "Am I good for a beginner?" You never hear anyone ask "Am I good for a pro?" and there's a reason for that. Rather ask yourself what you can do to improve even more.

I only ask because I don't know what's good for a beginner. Everything I see on youtube is people talking about their sub-10 solves which I really don't care about

 

[Goosly]

I only ask because I don't know what's good for a beginner.

Why does it matter? Just improve at your own speed and make sure you're having fun. Cubing is a hobby, not a competition for improving fast.

 

[shadowslice e]

I only ask because I don't know what's good for a beginner. Everything I see on youtube is people talking about their sub-10 solves which I really don't care about

The point at which you are a beginner is less about the time which you have spent cubing and more about what sort of times you go because they are more reflective of how much you have practised. For example, while pdf may be getting to around sub-8 after a year and a half, some people are averaging maybe 20 at the same point. Both of them could be considered beginners in one sense but pdf likely practised and solved a lot more than the other person did over the same time so may be less of a beginner in the techniques and other similar things because of it.

 

[AlphaSheep]

I only ask because I don't know what's good for a beginner. Everything I see on youtube is people talking about their sub-10 solves which I really don't care about

The way I see it, either you plan on staying a beginner, in which case it doesn't matter whether or not you're good, or you don't plan on staying a beginner, in which case you've got lots of room to improve, so you can only get better from here.

In other words, set a goal for yourself independent of what others have acheived, and if you reach that goal, then thats good.

Unless you're at that really competitive level where you're getting sub 10 solves, cubing is a very individual activity, so comparing yourself to others is pointless.

 

[Loiloiloi]

Before you try to go for full pll or oll try to learn look ahead look it up on cyotheking yt channel then learn full pll then oll and if you want alg subsets like ZBLL or CMLL

Like cyoubx has said, you should really learn full OLL/PLL and be sub-20 before you learn look ahead.

 

[AlphaSheep]

Like cyoubx has said, you should really learn full OLL/PLL and be sub-20 before you learn look ahead.

I don't really agree. Personally I find learning algorithms really easy. Almost effortless, in fact. I am just sub-20 and look ahead is really difficult now, and my TPS has reached a point where it's quite difficult to see pieces while I'm turning. I feel if I had concentrated on look ahead while my turn speed was lower, it would have much been easier to force myself to use it.

Also, you don't "learn" look ahead. You realise you should do it and then you force yourself to do often enough it until it's automatic.

 

[SpeedcuberJH]

I only ask because I don't know what's good for a beginner. Everything I see on youtube is people talking about their sub-10 solves which I really don't care about

Here are some tips that will get you a lot faster:
Some of the OLL algorithms are literally 2 triggers and you should really learn a few of the super easy ones.
Make sure your cube is right for you, go to competitions and feel other cubes, having a bad cube can sometimes worsen your times by a few seconds.
Make sure you know intuitive F2L.
In F2L solve slower with more look ahead, speed will come with time.