are you happy with your times?

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i remember when i started. i said if i could get it under a minute id be happy. right. that just made me want 45, then 30, 20 and so on.

now im at 15 avg, and im telling myself ill be happy if i can get 12-13. i wonder what will happen when i do?
 
Same here, haha. Except that 15 avg is more of a 21ish for me. =\

It's part of what I love about cubing though, the constant desire to improve. But, unlike most things for me, I actually see improvement. ^_^

I honestly don't believe I'll be happy til' I'm the WR holder, and even then I'd probably want to beat my own time. But that'll never happen, so... ah well, haha. It's fun none-the-less! :p
 
Given what I face evey time I scramble any puzzle product apart from the 1x1x1 cube, I am happy right now.

But I know I can go low 6 minutes for a 5x5 and about 2:40 for a 4x4.
 
I am starting to finally see solves in just under a minute...each time I get one you would think I won the lottery! I look at this as being similar to when I started riding motorcycles...the first time I hit 20mph I was excited and terrified...now during some of the races I see up to 167mph and actually use that time to relax since it is on the straights. I can see how those who are more advanced want to push themselves so I am enjoying the struggle to simply solve in under a minute...I hope someday I improve and can enjoy faster times but for now when I see only seconds VS minutes I am quite happy. When I see those with 20 seconds and faster it is amazing to me.
 
I also am stuck at about 15 seconds on average for 3x3x3. Ever since I switched to the type C cube though I have been getting sub-15 averages much more consistently than I used to (but still not consistent enough for my satisfaction). I also have gotten sub-14 about 3 times now using my type C.

My big goal right now is to finally do a sub-15 average of 100, but I know if I achieve it that my goal will be to do a sub-14 average of 100 ;)

Like you I am never satisfied with my times, but I do always make a point to celebrate my milestones and achievements. If you don't take time to allow yourself to celebrate your achievements you will spiral into a non-healthy über-competitive mindset, and that just sucks.

Having said that though, how I'm never satisfied with my times, that feeling is ten times worse for BLD for me ;) I REALLY want to improve my BLD times, much more so than for 3x3x3 speed.

Chris
 
I am happy with some of my average times (like computer 4x4x4), but I certainly won't get to that point with all puzzles. I'm not hyper-competitive, so if I am consistently fast enough at something then I can be happy with each solve. Of course I always want to improve, but it doesn't necessarily have to be because I think I am slow, but rather because I would enjoy faster solves even more.
 
My goal right now is to beat the first world record that was set. It seems like a good goal. then I can tell myself "If I was there, I might've won"

... I know this isn't true in the least bit, since the meathod I'm using didn't exist then... but it keeps me working at it. I just 2 days ago got my first sub-30, so I'm on my way
 
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