Cubing Survey

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Hello everyone!

I have a friend that is gathering information for a study that calculates how much practice is required to have your speeds increase. If you would like put down your information here in order to contribute to this study, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

PHP:
[B]Real Name:[/B]
[B]Age:[/B]
[B]Gender:[/B]
[B]Current Approximate Average:[/B]
[B]Approximate Average 6 months ago:[/B]
[B]Approximate Average 1 year ago:[/B]
[B]Hours Practiced Weekly:[/B]
[B]Cubing Since:[/B]
[B]Cubing Environment:[/B]

Real Name: Edwin Zhou
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Current Approximate Average: ~18 seconds
Approximate Average 6 months ago: ~20 seconds
Approximate Average 1 year ago: ~25 seconds
Hours Practiced Weekly: ~2 hours
Cubing Since: July 2009
Cubing Environment: At my desk, music blasting in ears.

I have adjusted
 
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Real Name: Dave Wing
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Current Approximate Average: ~51 seconds
Approximate Average 4 months ago: ~92 seconds
Approximate Average 6 months ago: ~120 seconds (don't have records of times until 4 months ago)
Approximate Average 1 year ago: N/A
Hours Practiced Weekly: ~10 hours
Cubing Since: April 2011
Cubing Environment: Wherever I can, usually at my desk.

btw this is very interesting and informative - I'm glad you started this thread (and I'd be interested to see the results of your friends analysis! :))
 
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Real Name: Akash Rupela
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Current Approximate Average: 17
Approximate Average 6 months ago: 35
Approximate Average 1 year ago:N/A
Hours Practiced Weekly: 30-40 (on an average, in college days, it becomes 15-20, in holidays 70-80)
Cubing Since:may 2011
Cubing Environment:mostly in front of laptop.On bed in holidays. In College days, on some desk, or often on footpath, and mostly music in headfones
 
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Real Name: Jack Cowart
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Current Approximate Average: 19 seconds
Approximate Average 6 months ago: 37
Approximate Average 1 year ago: 1:30 (This is more like 10 months ago. I started cubing almost exactly 11 months ago, and the first month I was really inconsistent.)
Hours Practiced Weekly: 15 on average
Cubing Since: January 22nd, 2011
Cubing Environment: A desk at home, with music going most of the time
 
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DaveyCow said:
btw this is very interesting and informative - I'm glad you started this thread (and I'd be interested to see the results of your friends analysis! )
Thank you for your feedback, it's very appreciated. The results will most likely be posted by the end of January.
 
Real Name: Gillian Abadines
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Current Approximate Average: ~23 seconds
Approximate Average 6 months ago: ~35 seconds
Approximate Average 1 year ago: ~55 seconds
Hours Practiced Weekly: ~12 hours
 
Name: Brandon Llewellyn
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Current Average: 29 seconds
Average six months ago: 50 seconds
Average 1 year ago: 1:10
Hours practiced weekly: 10 (but only recently started practicing so much)
 
Real Name: Jason Kilbourn
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Current Approximate Average: 16
Approximate Average 6 months ago: 19
Approximate Average 1 year ago: 28
Hours Practiced Weekly: 17ish
Cubing Since: Early 2009
Cubing Environment: Desk in my room. No music but often videos or other stuff on the computer at the same time.
 
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Real Name: Trevor Mahoney
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Current Approximate Average: 13
Approximate Average 6 months ago: 16
Approximate Average 1 year ago: 25
Hours Practiced Weekly: 6-8
Cubing Since: Auguest 2009 (Didnt take it seriously until this year though)
Cubing Environment: In my basement at my desk with deathcore blasting in my ears

On holidays my time practiced goes up by a lot.

You should also ask when they started cubing.
 
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Real Name: Aron Puddy-Mathew
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Current Approximate Average: 13
Approximate Average 6 months ago: 13.5
Approximate Average 1 year ago: 14
Hours Practiced Weekly: 1-2 (mostly not 3x3)
Cubing Since: August 2009
Cubing Environment: At my desk, music/youtube blasting in ears.

;_;
 
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Real Name: Hwee-Chong Fong
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Current Approximate Average: 45 (Zhanchi)
Approximate Average 6 months ago: 2:30 (using unmodded and unlubed Rubik's storebought)
Approximate Average 1 year ago: 5:00 (using unmodded and unlubed Rubik's storebought)
Hours Practiced Weekly: 10ish
Cubing since: December 2010
Cubing environment: In my room, at my desk during daytime and in the toilet in the evening as it's the only place in my flat with sufficient lighting. Needless to say, I try to practise as much as I can during the day.
 
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Real Name: Alex(ander) Lau
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Current Approximate Average: mid 10 seconds
Approximate Average 6 months ago: 25ish seconds
Approximate Average 1 year ago: N/A (I've only been cubing since this February)
Hours Practiced Weekly: ~8 hours[/QUOTE]
 
Real Name: Florian Kreyssig
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Current Approximate Average: 12.2
Approximate Average 4 months ago: 13
Approximate Average 6 months ago: 13.5
Approximate Average 1 year ago: 17
Hours Practiced Weekly: ~10 hours
Cubing since: April 2010
Cubing enviroment: PublicTransport, MeetUps
 
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Real Name: Rickard Jonsson
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Current Approximate Average: 23 seconds
Approximate Average 6 months ago: 28 seconds
Approximate Average 1 year ago: 30 seconds
Hours Practiced Weekly: 1-3 hours maximum
 
Real Name: Samuel Klingström
Age:15
Gender: Male
Current Approximate Average: 17-18
Approximate Average 6 months ago: 25-30
Approximate Average 1 year ago: 60
Hours Practiced Weekly: 5-7
Cubing Since: For fun: Summer 2009 For serious: November 2010
Cubing Environment: At my desk
 
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Real Name: Maciej Prosowski
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Current Approximate Average: 12 (Best Ao12 Sub-12)
Approximate Average 6 months ago: 16
Approximate Average 1 year ago: 27-31
Hours practiced Weekly: 15-21
 
It's a nice idea, but I'm not sure if the results will have any accuracy. I've taught a lot of people martial-arts, and the ones who get anywhere, are the ones who think about it properly; you can practice all day every day, but if you don't think about it correctly, you'll only ever achieve a slight improvement. Do the survey, but be wary of the results, that's what I say.
 
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