How Long did it take you to come back to your normal times after a break?

[RaresB]

I though this would be interesting. I just came back from a 5 month break about how long do you think it would take me to get back to my sub-20 averages. Right now after just coming back it takes me 28-ish seconds. Don't forget to post how long it took you to get back and how long your break was, if you ever did take a break.

 

[uberCuber]

I took a couple week break once. Came back and was faster than I was when I left.
I don't want to vote in the poll, because " days", even though 0 is definitely less than 3, kinda implies that I was still slower when I first came back.

 

[Anonymous]

I took a month long break in the few weeks leading up to Christmas because I had a crappy cube. It took me a few days to get back to where I was (averaging 19-21), and then a few more to dramatically improve to averaging just under 19 consistently. Like uberCuber, I find that breaks sometimes help, although a month long was a little too much I think. Week long breaks, I think, can be really useful if you're in a rut.

But as for the poll, I don't want to vote, only because I think that a month long break is still a little short for the purpose of you're poll.

 

[RaresB]

I took a month long break in the few weeks leading up to Christmas because I had a crappy cube. It took me a few days to get back to where I was (averaging 19-21), and then a few more to dramatically improve to averaging just under 19 consistently. Like uberCuber, I find that breaks sometimes help, although a month long was a little too much I think. Week long breaks, I think, can be really useful if you're in a rut.

But as for the poll, I don't want to vote, only because I think that a month long break is still a little short for the purpose of you're poll.

1 month would be fine, you can vote, but how long do you think it will take me to recover from my 5 month long break

 

[JeffDelucia]

Just a few hour long sessions

 

[That70sShowDude]

Was actually faster after my last 2 breaks.
Most recent one was ~11/30/09 to 2/2/10
My pb avg12 on 11/30/09 was 18.48. Then got a 17.03 avg12 the day I came back.
It's almost been a year since that break and I don't plan on taking any more.

 

[Anonymous]

Alright, then I voted for less than three days. I really have no idea how long it'll take you. You're back to 28 seconds, and you can expect to cross that ten second or so gap to sub-20 much faster than back when you were first averaging around 28 seconds. Considering it took me a few months to get from sub-30 to sub-20, I'd be surprised if it took you more than a week or two to get back to where you were.

GL!

 

[Joël]

A few long session...

Or a weekend of cubing with friends.

Often you can come back stronger after a healthy break.

 

[Tall5001]

you know when i take a break from cubing i usually get better it doesnt make sense but thats how it is

 

[KitKat]

Like a month ><" my brain is very slow in catching up!!

 

[Shortey]

I took a break from 2H for 2-3 months because of an injury, and when I could cube 2H again I was back at my normal averages the same day.

 

[abctoshiro]

I was averaging 28's 2H and 1min OH when I took a week long break due to sickness. During the break, I just did OH over and over. After that, I was surprised-- my 2H average went down to 23's and my OH average is in 40's. Quite good for me.

 

[Sin-H]

Breaks make you better!

 

[Blablabla]

It took me about a month to get back to 28-29 averages after a 2 (2.5?) years break.

 

[Xishem]

I would say no longer than 4 or 5 days. The day after I came back from about a 6-month break I got an average PB as well as single PB.

 

[koreancuber]

I've been on a 4~5 month break from cubing and I average around 18s (before was 15s). 2 weeks is more than enough.

 

[theace]

I lost my ghosthand and a month and a half later, i had virtually forgotten all my 1 look PLLs (I had learnt then just a week before I lost the cube, so it was difficult then). My (then negligible) look ahead was screwed and i had gone from sub 40 to sup 1. It took about a week for me to relearn all my plls, get my fingers back in order and my look ahead straight.

 

[Moss]

I took a 2 week break and my times are same. I didn't increased my skills nor decreased.