How fast were you when you switched to a DIY?

[nathanajah]

I think I was about sub 40 before I knew about breaking in the cube, and it ruined my storebought, breaking the centers. And it happens 3 times :fp. So, I bought a Rubik's DIY.

 

[BigSams]

I switched to diy at 25s.. and then I went back to storebought because I got really lucky at Zellers maybe if/when the storebought shatters (like my old one), I'll switch back to diy.

 

[uberCuber]

am sub-30...have not switched yet

 

[Samania]

My first cube was this horrible cheap Chinese cube that was 2 years broken in. When that broke, then I got into storeboughts. I got my first diy when I was about sub 35

 

[PatrickJameson]

I switched to an old type D when I was about 15-16 seconds. Then I switched back to a Rubik's and then went to a C4Y when I was about 14-15.

 

[Owen]

I've had DIYs since I averged 40s, but I didn't like them, and I didn't actually speedcube with one until I averaged about 29.

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

Sub-40: Cube 4 You DIY

 

[Daniel Wu]

I averaged around 21s

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Sub 1.

 

[RyanO]

I first got a DIY when I was averaging around 40, but I should of switched much sooner.

 

[Sa967St]

I got my first DIY cube when I was averaging 17 seconds.

 

[RCTACameron]

I voted sub-1 minute (then, my record was 57s), but I probably averaged 1:20-1:40.

I wasn't using a Rubik's before, though. I was using some cheap immitation with snap-on centers.

 

[XXGeneration]

I started cubing last summer, and I was in China. Therefore, the only cubes I could gets were knockoff DIY's =.=
I guess it was very useful to learn finger tricks very easily without lubrication.

 

[eastamazonantidote]

Only reason I was not faster on my storebought was the lack of lube (6 months without seeing a can of spray). I was ~24 back then. Dropped to 22 with lubed DIYs. Figured out that it made no difference. Now slightly faster with CII because of some serious modding.

 

[CoolGuyIsCool]

I was probably around 40 seconds. That was around a year and a half ago. No with DIY's I average 20 seconds. Around there, yepp.

 

[Akuma]

I was averaging around 45 seconds when I bought my first DIY.
It was a purple Cube 4 You DIY.

 

[uberCuber]

Only reason I was not faster on my storebought was the lack of lube (6 months without seeing a can of spray). I was ~24 back then. Dropped to 22 with lubed DIYs. Figured out that it made no difference. Now slightly faster with CII because of some serious modding.

how did you do sub-25 without lube?? when i cleaned out my storebought recently, before i lubed it again i tried turning it fast, and it hurt my wrists...if i had done more than like 2 solves it would have damaged my wrists to the point that i would have had to take several days off from practicing piano

 

[Chapuunka]

My first cube was this horrible cheap Chinese cube that was 2 years broken in. When that broke, then I got into storeboughts. I got my first diy when I was about sub 35

This, pretty much exactly. Although the storebought I used before I got an AV was heavily modded.

 

[Ravi]

I'm currently sub-12.5 consistently, with a pb average of 10.81, and still using Rubik's brand. I've bought DIYs twice (I think) over the years. I gave up the first ones because their center caps wouldn't stay on; the second time, one corner piece broke internally, causing massive lockups (and, unfortunately, this happened about 20 minutes before the 3x3 final of Nationals '09).

Good news though: I ordered an alpha V and an FII yesterday! Hopefully they'll arrive in time for the Nebraska Open next weekend. Maybe I'll do better at Wimbledon after trading in the wooden racket, so to speak.

 

[hic0057]

I was sub 1 min when I got my first cube. The cube I was using before it was my Vcube 5 to solve as a 3x3 and before that it was a cheap old version.