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Autonomous Anonymous - A Community to Help YouTube Cubers Break Barriers

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When I saw the title of the thread, and while watching the beginning of the video, I had a feeling that this was just going to be another noob moaning about how speedcubing is hard. I was WRONG.

I think that this is a really nice idea for breaking barriers, but I think that the technique that I use is probably easier.
Whenever I think that I'm at a barrier, for example, sub-50 on 4x4, I solve continuously until I get a "good" average of 12 relative to what I normally get, then I stop solving 4x4 for about a week. I try to speedsolve a LOT during that week, but no 4x4. This keeps my brain into cubing, but takes me out of the brain-dead stage on 4x4 that you mentioned earlier.

After the week is over, I come back to 4x4. A week is long enough that I get out of the brain-dead stage, but short enough that I don't get any slower. Every time that I've used this technique I've broken the barrier almost immediately (within 50 solves).

Regardless, I still think that this is a really awesome idea for people who don't like my technique. Thanks for giving us this idea!
 

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When I saw the title of the thread, and while watching the beginning of the video, I had a feeling that this was just going to be another noob moaning about how speedcubing is hard. I was WRONG.

I think that this is a really nice idea for breaking barriers, but I think that the technique that I use is probably easier.
Whenever I think that I'm at a barrier, for example, sub-50 on 4x4, I solve continuously until I get a "good" average of 12 relative to what I normally get, then I stop solving 4x4 for about a week. I try to speedsolve a LOT during that week, but no 4x4. This keeps my brain into cubing, but takes me out of the brain-dead stage on 4x4 that you mentioned earlier.

After the week is over, I come back to 4x4. A week is long enough that I get out of the brain-dead stage, but short enough that I don't get any slower. Every time that I've used this technique I've broken the barrier almost immediately (within 50 solves).

Regardless, I still think that this is a really awesome idea for people who don't like my technique. Thanks for giving us this idea!

I could in no way be able to leave a puzzle unused for a week :D
 

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When I saw the title of the thread, and while watching the beginning of the video, I had a feeling that this was just going to be another noob moaning about how speedcubing is hard. I was WRONG.

I think that this is a really nice idea for breaking barriers, but I think that the technique that I use is probably easier.
Whenever I think that I'm at a barrier, for example, sub-50 on 4x4, I solve continuously until I get a "good" average of 12 relative to what I normally get, then I stop solving 4x4 for about a week. I try to speedsolve a LOT during that week, but no 4x4. This keeps my brain into cubing, but takes me out of the brain-dead stage on 4x4 that you mentioned earlier.

After the week is over, I come back to 4x4. A week is long enough that I get out of the brain-dead stage, but short enough that I don't get any slower. Every time that I've used this technique I've broken the barrier almost immediately (within 50 solves).

Regardless, I still think that this is a really awesome idea for people who don't like my technique. Thanks for giving us this idea!

Thanks for the response! Yes, there are many ways to break barriers, but I find this way one of the most effective.
 

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You should maybe consider making a facebook group

Hmm... I just don't want to exclude people who don't have a facebook, and also I'm not sure how many people want to have privacy for their real names. People can always communicate on this thread and in the comments on YT.
 

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If you DID make a fb group though, I'd join. It could be like an optional thing too, I mean nobody has to join the FB group if they don't want to. It could just sort of be an addition to the YT "community"
 

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What's funny about that?

It made me realize that there are different categories of cubers:

-Those who just learn to solve
-usually beginner's method
-some like speed, some learn once (probably because they saw cubers and followed the bandwagon) and will likely never solve again
-Those active on the internet (YT, SS, TP)
-speedsolvers
-collectors

Ehh, I found it a bit funny
 
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