My humble progression

[Chuberchuckee]

START: 15 December
1. Sub-60 - 31 December (16 days or approx. 2 weeks since start)
2. Sub-50 - I would estimate around 13 January. (29 days or approx. 1 month since start)
3. Sub-40 - 31 January (47 days or 1 month 2 weeks since start)
4. Sub-35 - 5 February (52 days or approx. 1 month 3 weeks since start)
5. Sub-30 - 28 February (75 days or approx. 2 months 2 weeks since start)
6. Sub-25 - 20 March (95 days or approx. 3 months since start)
7. Sub-20 - I hope to get this by the end of this month.

I currently use F2L, full PLL and 2-look OLL (3LLL). My F2L and cross typically take anywhere from around 15-20 seconds, and everything else is last layer. I'm focusing primarily on improving my F2L; I am looking for more efficient ways to solve certain cases and avoid cube rotations.

How am I doing? What do you think of my practices (focus on improving F2L)? Am I neglecting LL too much?

 

[cubekid]

Geez, I forget how dedicated kids are these days.

Honestly, you're doing great. I may be out of the loop a bit, but F2L is definitely what you should be concentrating. LL is easy to get good at, F2L is much harder.

Maybe learn full OLL after getting sub-20. Good luck.

Edit: I've been cubing since 2002, and I'm still not sub 20. So congrats for getting so far so quickly.

 

[JL58]

I second what cubekid said. You are doing very good. You did in a month what I could not in a year. Your focus on F2L is what makes the difference. 3LLL will take you very far (sub 20 probably). PLL recognition from any angle helps a lot, and the rest of LL is all about dexterity and finger tricks (repeat and repeat, in front of TV, pretending to read your email, etc.

Good luck to you. Your progress is energizing!

 

[Ellis]

6. Sub-25 - Soon. (Before the end of this month).
7. Sub-20 - I hope to get this by the end of this month.

???

I'm not saying that you can't do it, I just don't see that happening by the end of the month (which is like what, ~10 days?). It would be awesome and I hope you can prove me wrong. Will you post back in this thread when you get your first sub-20 average of 12?

 

[byu]

Just to let people know, I got my first sub-20 avg of 12 in 3 months after I started speedcubing.

 

[Chuberchuckee]

Just to let people know, I got my first sub-20 avg of 12 in 3 months after I started speedcubing.

You're proof that it is possible.

Unfortunately, 3 months have already passed so I think by the end of the month would be a reasonable deadline.

6. Sub-25 - Soon. (Before the end of this month).
7. Sub-20 - I hope to get this by the end of this month.

???

I'm not saying that you can't do it, I just don't see that happening by the end of the month (which is like what, ~10 days?). It would be awesome and I hope you can prove me wrong. Will you post back in this thread when you get your first sub-20 average of 12?

Don't worry; I tend to have goals like that (see the Goals Thread: "sub-10 by the World Championships").

Just wait...

 

[cubekid]

Well then.... you suck.

Lol, just kidding, congrats on the quick speed. I'll probably go another year before i get sub-20.

 

[Chuberchuckee]

Well then.... you suck.
[...]

Thanks. In fact, all my goals in life are like that.

They're crazy.

 

[Ellis]

You're proof that it is possible.

I'm not saying that you can't do it

I just wanted to point out that you had the same goal from sub-25 and sub-20, and it took you ~3 weeks to go from sub-35 to sub-30. Your progression is great... I'd like to see when you actually get that sub-20.

Don't worry; I tend to have goals like that (see the Goals Thread: "sub-10 by the World Championships").

Just wait...

I'm waiting

 

[cubekid]

Well then.... you suck.
[...]

Thanks. In fact, all my goals in life are like that.

They're crazy.

Ah, crap, I actually meant that at byu, since he did in 3 months what I haven't been able to do in 7 years.

You're okay, I'm still faster than you , at least for the time being.

 

[Chuberchuckee]

I just finished an average of 12. Sub-25. Now all I need is sub-20 by the end of the month. WOOT.

Statistics for 03-20-2009 00:57:00

Cubes Solved: 12/12
Number of Pops: 0
Average: 23.97
Standard Deviation: 2.53
Best Time: 19.54
Worst Time: 29.15
Individual Times:
1. 26.73 D' U' B' F L' R' U B D' B2 F' L D2 U B R2 F2 D B2 F' R B' R' F2 U2
2. 24.97 B2 D L R' U' B2 F U L R B' R2 D2 L F D2 R2 D2 B' L2 R2 D' U2 R' F
3. 21.68 F' U' L F' U' B D' F' D2 B R' D' U B' U' L R2 D U2 L R B L' B R'
4. 25.94 R' B' R2 D B' F' D2 F' R D U' L2 R D' F2 L' R F' L F L B2 F' D F
5. 23.86 L R2 B F L B2 F' L2 R' D F' D U' B' R F D2 U2 F2 D2 L' R' D R2 F2
6. 24.22 B2 F D' B' F L' D2 L B' D' U' B' F2 D L2 F D U' B' F2 D2 F D R2 U
7. 29.15 L2 R' B2 L' R2 B' L B D2 L2 R' U' R D' B2 F D2 U L U' L2 R D' U2 F'
8. 19.54 B2 D' B' D' U' L2 B2 U2 F2 L' R2 U' F2 D2 U L2 R B2 F' R D' L' R' B2 R'
9. 24.12 R2 D U2 L' R2 B' D' U' L' R D' R2 U' L' R' B' F L' R2 B F2 L2 B2 U' B'
10. 23.21 R' B2 R' F' L' D U R2 B2 D2 L R F2 U B2 F2 L D2 U B D R' D' B' R2
11. 23.68 D U R2 U' R2 B F' U2 L R' U L2 F L' D' L R' U2 B2 L' R' B D' U' L
12. 20.50 D' U2 R2 B2 F2 D U2 F2 R B F' U2 F D' U2 B' F2 L R' F2 R2 U B D' U'

 

[Ellis]

You weren't kidding when you said "soon".

 

[Chuberchuckee]

Yep.

I think the main thing that contributed to my getting sub-60 in two weeks was all the free time I had during holiday. If I hadn't started speedcubing during the holiday season, I hypothesize I would not have progressed so "quickly" (at least according-to-all-of-you quickly).

Geez, I'm starting to sound like John F. Kennedy: "I believe this nation should commit itself, to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth."

Except my version is "I believe I should commit myself, to achieving the goal, before this month is out, of achieving a sub-20 second average and doing so with a storebought Rubik's cube."

 

[pinoycuber]

all i can say is your better than me..

 

[Deleted member 2864]

Hmm... I started a few months before you and I'm level with you... scary... you'll probably pass sub 20 far before I do...

You're doing great by the way! I wouldn't seriously work on last layer until sub 20 (Not that I am sub 20, that's just what I'm told)

 

[Calvin Rhodes]

Argh sub 60 in 2 weeks!? I'm only just sub 60 after about 4 months! Great going!

 

[rachmaninovian]

omg you are overtaking me soon at 3x3 noooooooooooooooo.

 

[riffz]

Just to let people know, I got my first sub-20 avg of 12 in 3 months after I started speedcubing.

The last competition you went to was on February 14th, where your best time was 32 seconds.

Am I missing something?

 

[cubekid]

Yea, I was actually wondering the same thing.

Not that I doubt you, it's just odd.

 

[Chuberchuckee]

Just to let people know, I got my first sub-20 avg of 12 in 3 months after I started speedcubing.

The last competition you went to was on February 14th, where your best time was 32 seconds.

Am I missing something?

Competitions can do strange things to your nerves.