Greetings fellow cubers!

[EvilGnome6]

Hi Everyone!

I think I'm one of the older newbies to this hobby at age 41 but I got into cubing about a month ago. Well, I actually learned to solve a cube when I was 15 or so (and still have the little book I used to learn a beginner's method) but I hadn't touched a cube in 25 years or more.

I finally broke the 1 minute mark last night and I currently average around 90 seconds (as long as I don't screw up an algorithm). I still have a long way to go and a lot of algorithms to learn but even my best times FEEL slow so I think I can definitely get better. 30 seconds perhaps? I don't know... we'll see. I'd like to get more consistent and be fast enough not to embarrass myself too badly if I go to a competition.

Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself and say that I'm happy to see that cubing is alive and growing.

 

[Lazy Einstein]

Howdy!

Welcome to the SS forums. Glad to hear you broke 1 minute mark. It only gets more addicting. =P
Hope to see you break more PBs soon.

 

[DeeDubb]

Hi Everyone!

I think I'm one of the older newbies to this hobby at age 41 but I got into cubing about a month ago. Well, I actually learned to solve a cube when I was 15 or so (and still have the little book I used to learn a beginner's method) but I hadn't touched a cube in 25 years or more.

I finally broke the 1 minute mark last night and I currently average around 90 seconds (as long as I don't screw up an algorithm). I still have a long way to go and a lot of algorithms to learn but even my best times FEEL slow so I think I can definitely get better. 30 seconds perhaps? I don't know... we'll see. I'd like to get more consistent and be fast enough not to embarrass myself too badly if I go to a competition.

Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself and say that I'm happy to see that cubing is alive and growing.

Hi! Welcome! You should never feel embarrassed at a competition. Unless you are among the best in the world, you will always run into faster people at the comps, so just compete with yourself 30 second goal is great. My original goal was just to be consistently under 1 minute, and it's just kept going from there. Best of luck!