Hazel
Premium Member
I haven't seen any thread like this, and I think some people like myself could use it. The purpose of it is for people who need general guidance on what direction they should head in terms of cubing. For example, a question I have:
I noticed that most world-class cubers specialize in one or a few events. Like Kevin Hays specializes in big cubes, Anthony Brooks and Kian Mansour specialize in 3x3 and 3x3 OH, Maskow specializes in MBLD (or at least he used to).
Since I've started cubing over four and a half years ago my main event has been 3x3, and I've gotten down to a sub-13 global average. The problem is I'm a bit tired of how slow my improvement rate is, and I'm just not enjoying 3x3 as much as I used to. I was wondering if I should start specializing in something else? I've been liking Square-1 recently, but algorithms are really important for that event and 3x3 has burned me out with algs. 4x4 is also lots of fun, but not something I would want to go full-force at. Bigger cubes aren't my thing, and neither are the other small events like Skewb and Pyraminx. I like 2x2, but not enough to learn full EG etc. I can do 3BLD, but I'm slow at it and I don't find it to be super enjoyable. What are your guys' thoughts?
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I noticed that most world-class cubers specialize in one or a few events. Like Kevin Hays specializes in big cubes, Anthony Brooks and Kian Mansour specialize in 3x3 and 3x3 OH, Maskow specializes in MBLD (or at least he used to).
Since I've started cubing over four and a half years ago my main event has been 3x3, and I've gotten down to a sub-13 global average. The problem is I'm a bit tired of how slow my improvement rate is, and I'm just not enjoying 3x3 as much as I used to. I was wondering if I should start specializing in something else? I've been liking Square-1 recently, but algorithms are really important for that event and 3x3 has burned me out with algs. 4x4 is also lots of fun, but not something I would want to go full-force at. Bigger cubes aren't my thing, and neither are the other small events like Skewb and Pyraminx. I like 2x2, but not enough to learn full EG etc. I can do 3BLD, but I'm slow at it and I don't find it to be super enjoyable. What are your guys' thoughts?
If a mod feels like this belongs in another thread, feel free to move it.