Cubing FML

[uniacto]

20 minutes to memo edges on 3BLD (i'm a noob, don't judge), open my eyes, 3 edges are in different places. I have no idea what happened. D:

 

[Michael Womack]

**** im starting to feel like Keven Hays by getting big 6x6 Explosions

 

[Clarkeeyyy]

Yep, but I wanted be good in that, for fun I play computer games or listen music. I wanted to be speedcuber, good speedcuber. And I train couple hours everyday, in home, in school, and now when I haven't progress I'm fu*king angry and today I smashed my cube out of anger.

Nothing should be done just to be good at it. You become good at something because you're having fun. Otherwise you will get bored very soon.

 

[omer]

Yep, but I wanted be good in that, for fun I play computer games or listen music. I wanted to be speedcuber, good speedcuber. And I train couple hours everyday, in home, in school, and now when I haven't progress I'm fu*king angry and today I smashed my cube out of anger.

I'm exactly where you are... stuck in the 20-22 zone for a long while. Just keep on going, I found that I get sub 20 solves more and more often with time and less and less sup 25 solves. Progress is less noticeable at this stage, but it is there.
Maybe you should try to learn some different methods like ZZ and BLD, take a break from CFOP. Personally it helped me improve on my CFOP a lot.

 

[WickedMartyb]

F-My Life (Cube Edition)

Solving my cube at work, easy x cross, fly through f2l, oll skip, glance at timer (on phone, iiTimer) just over 17 seconds, on track for a PB, clockwise u perm, got this no probs, solve it, slam cube down and smack my hand on Phone, cracking the screen all over.

Cubing broke my iPhone.. FML.

But my phone did stop the timer while being domestically abused, giving me my first sub 20 (19.97) (this was a few weeks ago, broke that PB since then) And got myself new iPhone 5 from insurance, FML < FTW!!

 

[Kattenvriendin]

We need a brick with a timer in it. No worries about breaking the thing, but then you might get this:

Cubing broke my wrist.. FML..


LOL!

Congrats on the sub 20!

 

[Zamulacz]

lol cubing is supposed to be fun, don't hate yourself just because you can't sub 20!

Nothing should be done just to be good at it. You become good at something because you're having fun. Otherwise you will get bored very soon.

I'm exactly where you are... stuck in the 20-22 zone for a long while. Just keep on going, I found that I get sub 20 solves more and more often with time and less and less sup 25 solves. Progress is less noticeable at this stage, but it is there.
Maybe you should try to learn some different methods like ZZ and BLD, take a break from CFOP. Personally it helped me improve on my CFOP a lot.

That's my character: I want be the best in something, and if I don't have fast progress I'm getting furious and angry. But when I realize I'll never be good and skilled, I do that (for example cs 1.6, I wanted be pro-gamer xD, after thousands hours of playing I became a good sniper on ESL) for fun, I become a good. That is evidence for that mind is powerful and if you keep calm you'll be the best.

 

[Clarkeeyyy]

That's my character: I want be the best in something.

We all do, but we shouldn't get angry or disappointed because we aren't instantaneously meeting expectations.

 

[TheRedBull]

A rather medium FML for me:
Getting a PB of 30.21 after 1.5 moths of cubing (about 2 weeks ago) and now I'm getting times of ~45 seconds again. But at the moment I'm learning 2L-PLL, so hopefully 40+ times are a thing of the past in a week or two

 

[Clarkeeyyy]

hopefully 40+ times are a thing of the past in a week or two

They will be soon. I have been cubing for about 4 months and I average around 25 seconds now. I had the same dip in times, I highly recommend to put away the timer for a while. I did this and when I started timing myself again a was solid sub 35.

 

[danfresh666]

When i showed my friend how to solve with roux with like 10 example solves, i got 4 CMLL skip in a row and my 5th solve got a CMLL and LSE skip!! on my 10th solve, got a second block skip. I wasnt timing and i solved it slow to show him.. Not a good way to show someone a method when i always skip a step would have been a great average if i timed myself. FML

 

[Schmidt]

/\ Go slow and l̶o̶o̶k̶-̶a̶h̶e̶a̶d̶ skip-a-step!

 

[brian724080]

Doing a otherwise-will-be-PB solve, but after i finish my PLL alg (correct alg) i realize that one of my edge pieces is dislocated (flipped over illegally due to cube being too lose)...fml

 

[yoshinator]

4 Second F2L+Cross on a super easy scramble. Easy OLL, a little lock up on PLL, and... my computer randomly restarts as I stop the timer. Would have been a low 7 (current PB is 7.54) and without the lock ups it would have been sub-7. FML.

 

[uniacto]

switched cube to Japanese Color scheme, first actual scramble and timed solve - easy cross, decent F2L, anti-sune and a PLL skip. Needless to say, I did not do as well as I would have if I used my regular color scheme.

 

[Lchu613]

Why did you switch color schemes then?

 

[uniacto]

Why did you switch color schemes then?

for fun. It was just unlucky of me to get such an easy scramble on my first timed solved with the new color scheme xD

 

[shengshou]

pros and cons of cubing

My parents are limiting my cubing time because they think i do it to long

 

[applemobile]

Your parents are probably right.

 

[Clarkeeyyy]

I feel it improves reaction time and certain aspects in logical problem solving. Other than that its just like any other hobby, don't let it take over your life and block out more important things like social and education aspects.