How long?

[skyuzo]

lol... I consider consistently getting sub12 average pro.

 

[Lotsofsloths]

lol, i prob do 4-50 solves a day, depending on how bored I am, i get mainly around well..
heres 5 solves...
31.81
48.30
38.46
47.71
43.52
avrage:41.9
i've been cubing since about this time in june, so...about 3 months
another thing to remember, im only 12 years old and my fingers are stubby and short :*(

 

[mattman]

im not that great but ive only been doin it for about a month probly not even a month
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3x3x3 single best - 79.65
3x3x3 average - 97.90

im still tryin to break the minute barrier. i was only doing 2 and a half minutes then i lubed my cube and learned a few finger tricks and it dropped my time by over a minute.... just need to work on my speed now

 

[Radu]

gilles roux defines on his site that speedcubing begins at times below 45 seconds...so i guess that's his definition of a pro...

i'm a beginner now with averages over 1 minute, but i think everyone can reach averages of 25 seconds....below that you have to be really good. so i would call a pro someone with times below 25seconds...

 

[Lotsofsloths]

yea, 29 secounds and under i considered a pro to me

 

[CorwinShiu]

By definition, their is no person that can live off cubing, so the word "pro" doesn't apply to cubers.

But if you mean pro by the slang definition, then I would say sub 15, as that is considered world class.

 

[Theromy]

Did the DIY improve your times alot?

 

[annon]

I've been on and off for the last year and a half, but my average is still only around 35 seconds on a good day. My current "goal" is a consistent sub-30 average, but I'm not really doing much work towards that goal.

 

[fourdown00]

i am 14 and have been at this for a little over 3 months now and my best solve is 53.63 seconds i am just trying to learn the F2L now

 

[joey]

Did the DIY improve your times alot?

It depends, I think it is a common misconception that your times will drop dramatically. If you are at 2 minutes and you buy a DIY, then maybe your times will drop, because it is more than likely to be smoother than a store cube that ahs not been worn in much. If you are at 30s, you will probably not drop that many seconds.

 

[Johannes91]

gilles roux defines on his site that speedcubing begins at times below 45 seconds...so i guess that's his definition of a pro...

So all speedcubers are pro at speedcubing?

 

[Theromy]

If you use the word 'pro' meaning 'the best', 'highly ranked' or 'extremely good' at something then usually they are yes. To be a speedcuber you don't have to be able to solve the cube in sub20, though that's one of the aims in speedcubing, a speedcuber is just someone who aims to solve the cube as fast as they can.

You could say they are pro and speedcubing in one fashion, but it's not really a job/profession, it's more of a hobby/skill.

 

[Radu]

gilles roux defines on his site that speedcubing begins at times below 45 seconds...so i guess that's his definition of a pro...

So all speedcubers are pro at speedcubing?

hmm..right......i made a mistake in my statement

 

[adragast]

Actually, we use the word "pro" in French for a very skillful person ("un pro du rubik's cube"). I don't think this is a proper translation in English.
I also think that the time needed to become good/very good at cubing will depend on many parameters (are you naturally good / are you considering cubing as a minor hobby / are you going to spend all your days with your cube / have you a lot of friends who can show you a lot of tips...).
If you are seriously cubing I would say it would take some months to get under 40 seconds and some more months to get under 30 seconds.
Times someone needs to do to be considered as a "beginner/good/very good/excellent" are quite decreasing (22.95 was a world record in 1982 and today it would be a bad time for so many people...). Today, I think sub20 is needed to be considered as a very good cuber

 

[Kristoffer Absalonsen]

I been speedcubing for 4 months now.
My average is around 29, but lately I have started to get many sub-25 =)

 

[badmephisto]

i'd label anyone with sub20 average a pro...
getting to sub30 for me was 2 months, and sub20 4 months. It's nice and exponential sub10 in 8 months? doubt it

 

[Theromy]

I'd also say people with an average of sub20 are 'pro'

It took me about a month and a half to get 25(lucky) seconds and a few days later to get 23.77(lucky)

It's taken me two months (to this date) to get an average of 31.xx and a pb of 27.78(non lucky)