How long did it take for you to get sub 20 seconds?

[mafergut]

For my 1st sub-20 single it was something like 5-6 months.
But it took me like one year and a half to get my 1st sub-20 Ao100.
And I'm still barely sub-19 globally after 2 years and a half.
But I'm 46 years old
By the way, my 1st sub-20 single was a 17.95 PLL skip

 

[Ksh13]

Like 5 months for sub-20, then another 3 for sub-15

 

[Ianwubby]

Three months down to the day for me.

EDIT: I should note I'm speaking about sub-20 single. It took a few more months before a sub-20 average of 5.

 

[shadowslice e]

IDK if I posted yet but it took me about a month or so for Ao5, 1.5-2 for Ao12 and ~3 for global. Add about 3 from the first time I actually solved the cube (with a cheat sheet)-this is measuring from when I started practising.

For OH it probably took me about a year though in all honesty I probably could have practised more instead of just TH.

 

[GenTheSnail]

Learned in mid June 2015.
Got a Speedcube in late august (Start).
Low thirty in late November.
Breaching sub-20 in February 2016.
Switched to pseudo ZZ (EOCross) and went up to low thirties in late Feb 2016.
Fully transitioned to EOLine before the end of winter 2016.
Made it to sub-20 early June.
September 2016 at mid 16.

Total =
12 months from learning.
10 months from actual start.
4 months after learning to solve the cube the right way.

 

[gateway cuber]

Hmmm... I think from the time I started to cube it was 5-ish months before I was consistently sub-20, another 5-ish months to sub-15 and today, after a year and 3/4 of cubing I avg about 12.2 seconds.

 

[TheSilverBeluga]

After reading these comments, I'm feeling bad that it took me two years to average sub-20. It happened a about 6 months ago now, and my global average is about 17.1.

 

[faisaleo]

I average just above 20 seconds, with many sub-20 solves but rarely sub-20 averages. I have cubed for 6 months already and I know full OLL and PLL. I practice at least 1 if not 2 hours every day.

 

[Dom]

For my 1st sub-20 single it was something like 5-6 months.
But it took me like one year and a half to get my 1st sub-20 Ao100.
And I'm still barely sub-19 globally after 2 years and a half.
But I'm 46 years old
By the way, my 1st sub-20 single was a 17.95 PLL skip

okay, I knew nothing about cubing 9 months ago, started practicing all the time, and now, my PB is just under 25. I thought it was because I am over 30, but you are living proof that you don't have to be a youngster to learn fairly quickly. And you have a full-time job, and you maintain a household, and maybe married, too? and you still devote plenty of time to cubing.
clearly, it's not about age, it's about dedication. well done, sir.

 

[asacuber]

Single it took a year
Average like 22 months iirc
2 months after that I became sub 15 and got my first sub 10
Now I average about low 12 I'D say

 

[mafergut]

okay, I knew nothing about cubing 9 months ago, started practicing all the time, and now, my PB is just under 25. I thought it was because I am over 30, but you are living proof that you don't have to be a youngster to learn fairly quickly. And you have a full-time job, and you maintain a household, and maybe married, too? and you still devote plenty of time to cubing.
clearly, it's not about age, it's about dedication. well done, sir.

To be honest I am a bit stuck lately but I'm devoting more practice time to big cubes now. Being 46 I never thought I could really get any faster than that but I know some people my age in this forum that are even around global 15 sec on average so now I feel slow [emoji2]

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[Torch]

I started cubing in spring of 2011 (March or April) and I had just reached sub-20 by my first comp (May 2014), so it took a little over 3 years for me to reach sub-20.

 

[austincubes]

first post on this forum I got my first sub-20 yesterday after almost 2 years of cubing

 

[G2013]

It took me, from the first time I learnt anything about cubes (back to 2007 when I learnt beginners F2L), to about early 2014 or late 2013.

So yes, about 7 years.

I shall say that I didn't learn to fully solve the cube until September 29, 2009, lol.
Early 2013: I become full CFOP and get sub 30
Early 2014: I become sub15
Late 2014? Mid 2015? idk: I become sub13
Now: sub12

Let's say that it takes me much effort to improve and I improve slooooowly. My advice is practice practice practice and learn useful algs once you're sub15.

 

[Oliver1010]

It took me 1 month to get my first sub-20 single, and 4 months to get my first sub-20 average. I got my first sub-20 average shortly after learning full OLL.

 

[Ordway Persyn]

I think it took me about 6 months for sub 20 single, and 11 months for sub 20 global.