Did you like cubing more as a beginner, intermediate cuber or an advanced cuber ?

[That0newe1rdo]

This question came up when @Adm_cb
Said in a thread I made asking if there was a way I could sort my solves so I can prperly switch timers "I know it hurts but cant you just restart everything".

For some reason this made me think "hmmm, do I like cubing more now or more when I just started out ?".

I personally don't have an answer ti my own question.

But, what about the people on the forums ?

 

[That0newe1rdo]

Im gonna class beginner as anyone who averages more then 30s (3x3)
Im gonna say Intermediate is some who avgs 15 - 30 seconds (3x3)
And advanced is anyone averaging sub 15 (3x3).

 

[Adm_cb]

I started passing more time here than cubing....
So yeah i enjoyed cubing more when i just started.

 

[Adm_cb]

Im gonna class beginner as anyone who averages more then 30s (3x3)
Im gonna say Intermediate is some who avgs 15 - 30 seconds (3x3)
And advanced is anyone averaging sub 15 (3x3).

Regardless of the lvl i think that for most people (beginners)there is a lot much to do compared to more advanced cubers (sub 20 ~)
And you enjoy something more when ur doing it for fun rather than improvement.

 

[ILCubing]

now, because when i was new i was struggling to find other cubers and now im able to talk to other people that cube easily
thanks no flash/j

 

[Michael Wimberly]

If I could say when I was averaging sub-40, I would. That's when I joined SS, no one asked. But That's not really much of a statement, since I haven't really been cubing for long enough to really say anything for certain.

 

[VortexCuber]

When I averaged about 30 seconds i really enjoyed cubing the most but i got burned out for about a year after struggling to learn f2l then later i finally learned it and my average dropped from 30 to 20 in half a year and here i am now

 

[Silky]

I think I was most into cubing in 2020. I frequented the forum way more and kept up with a lot of the method development; exciting times, I remember them well. I've been cubing, on and off, since 2008ish so I go through phases of interest. I pretty much always cube casually tho. Since 2020 I've averaged ~20 seconds. I've had small improvements, here and there, but nothing major. Mostly, I'm holding myself back because I refuse to learn more algs - it's for sure a me problem.

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

i enjoy cubing more the faster i get. Globaling 7.0 + creating my own method is really fun for me

satisfaction levels from sub-7s:

 

[L4NC3_D4_AS14N]

I like cubing right now as a sub-15 cuber. It's not just 3x3 that I care about, I also really enjoy playing with different puzzles like squan, FTO, megaminx, ect. My goal is to get better at some of these side events, but I also enjoy learning new random puzzles like CTO. I also wanna learn 3BLD and FMC

 

[abunickabhi]

My best experience in cubing was when I was a beginner from 2008 to 2014. After that learning too many algs, and getting harsh comments from top cubers really made it hard to continue.

Fortunately, I have a lot of passion for speedcubing especially multi-blind so I did not quit all these years. My peak came in 2018 which is almost 8 years back now!

 

[SpeedCubingLord]

2019 was really fricking fun.

But, otherwise, cubing has stayed fun consistently for me.

 

[qwr]

I'm still intermediate, but the cubes nowadays are way more satisfying to turn than when I started. A lot of the time I just buy new cubes because I like how they feel to turn.