How Long Did It Take You To Average Sub 20?

[whitejustice93]

About 6-7 months .. and now i'm stuck at 15s

 

[JyH]

Not sure, but to be safe, I put 4-6.

 

[DaveyCow]

1.5 months and still only 90 sec lol

 

[Phlippieskezer]

Since I started (including my LBL days): around 5 - 6 months; when I switched to Roux (didn't sub-20 until then; I was around 30 with CFOP): around 3-4 weeks.

I'm sort of kinda stuck at 15 at the moment, though. I'm not as hardcore as a lot of (non-cubing) people around me think, but I did progress somewhat fast.

(I voted 4-6 months, btw)

 

[Verack]

After one year I was around 20. A few months later I was sub-20.

 

[chrissyD]

about 9 months

 

[rubikmaster]

I started in July 2010 and became sub-20 in December 2011,so it took me 1 year and 5 months,8 months since I started Fridrich.I had my biggest breakthrough in April 2011 because that was when I started using Fridrich,switched from a Rubik's DIY to an Alpha-V and started practicing like crazy.In 5 weeks I got from 75-80 seconds to 40 seconds.BTW,I also think I should mention something.In late November 2011 I started practicing a little more and in about 1-2 weeks I eventually got down from a 25 second average to a 24 second average and I was really unhappy with my slow progress,but a couple of days after that I suddenly started averaging 22.It was really weird.And my progress from 22 to 20 seconds also went pretty fast(about a week).After that my rapid improvement slowed down quite a lot.But anyway,I want to ask you guys,has any crazy rapid improvement ever happened to you like that?

 

[AndersB]

I got sub -20 in six months, March-September, 2011. To answer rubikmaster's question, I went from averaging 29, down to 23, I only one day, when I switched from Rubik to guhong:-D .

 

[Jaycee]

I got sub-22 in about 7 months, but it took another 4 to get sub-20.

 

[Specs112]

I started cubing in 2008, but I didn't care about my times until about a year ago. It took 6 months from the point that I started really practicing to reach sub-20.

 

[rubikmaster]

I got sub-20 in six months, March-September, 2011. To answer rubikmaster's question, I went from averaging 29 down to 23 in only one day, when I switched from Rubik to guhong:-D .

Yeah,but I am asking you guys about any sudden rapid improvement not affected by anything at all(getting a new cube,learning new methods,algs,etc.)

 

[Ninja Storm]

It took me about six months to become sub-20 from being sup-40. Not too bad

After that my rapid improvement slowed down quite a lot.But anyway,I want to ask you guys,has any crazy rapid improvement ever happened to you like that?

Hm...

Dropped 2 seconds from 37 to 35 when I got my Guhong.
Recently, had a drop of about two seconds, which puts me at ~18 for my averages.
Times just dropped a whole minute with 7x7.

 

[Cheese11]

About 4 years.

 

[blackzabbathfan]

About 13 months. My biggest barrier was 25-21.

 

[Escher]

Started June-ish 2008, I remember I was getting 20-23s in September (I have a pic on an old phone of my PB at the time ) and I think I was sub 20 consistently by the October school break, so I guess 3-4 months.

 

[samkli]

Maybe around 2 years from the day I learned how to solve the cube, and around 7 months from the day I got serious about speedsolving.

 

[chrissyD]

4-5 months

 

[5BLD]

Under 2 months... Not sure exactly

 

[PandaCuber]

Under 2 months... Not sure exactly

................You gotta be kidding me.

 

[aznanimedude]

only started seriously attempting to speedcube maybe 1 year ago, hit my current 23 second wall a few months ago, hoping to drop those 3 seconds within the next 2-3 months