Speedcubing as a career?

[Cheesestick]

There’s a 9 year old thread about wether speed cubing could be a career, which at the time was a no, but I’m wondering if the answer has changed since a decade ago?

 

[Kbeast]

You could make it a career if you do YouTube or something but it might take a little while.

 

[ProStar]

Not now. But eventually. Currently, I'd say the only people that could make cubing their career would be Feliks, Max, and maybe someone like J Perm who has a big YouTube channel. But right now, Dylan isn't living off of YouTube, and none of the three are adults who have a family to take care of. Feliks and Dylan both have jobs outside of cubing, and Max is living with is parents

 

[Cheesestick]

Not now. But eventually. Currently, I'd say the only people that could make cubing their career would be Feliks, Max, and maybe someone like J Perm who has a big YouTube channel. But right now, Dylan isn't living off of YouTube, and none of the three are adults who have a family to take care of. Feliks and Dylan both have jobs outside of cubing, and Max is living with is parents

What does jperm do for a job?

 

[ProStar]

What does jperm do for a job?

He tutors. Although he does make some money off of YouTube through Patreon

 

[MJS Cubing]

You could make it a career if you do YouTube or something but it might take a little while.

Agreed. Sponsors like Gan, Qiyi Moyu, The Cubicle, SCS also help.

 

[Sub1Hour]

Once the sport becomes large enough then maybe it could be. I think the tipping point would be getting something like worlds or nats broadcasted on television, and from there it would really pick up. Right now, speedcubing isn't a job, but I could see it happening very soon as long as speedcubing keeps growing as fast as it has been recently.

 

[BenChristman1]

I don’t think anybody can live off of cubing until competitions start being on TV (like @Sub1Hour said).

 

[Kbeast]

i agree with everybody but cubing can always be a career it just at least rn cant make you all the money you need to life but you can always do what you like and it can be a career.

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

Cubing has been making the change from pure hobby to potentially a sport over the last decade which makes cubing as a career more of a possibility in the future.

I DONT think you’ll make enough money to support a family just being fast, solving, and winning competitions. I DO think that leveraging other skills and using cubing as a platform could be a decent source of income. Examples are Chris Tran using his scientific knowledge at the cubicle, Phil starting the cubicle, people with good radio/screen personalities with monetized content, etc.

My college roommate raced RC cars as a kid, became sponsored, kept racing and then went on the become a mechanical engineer for Team Associated designing the cars he raced. He leveraged his engineering knowledge to use his racing hobby to pay the bills. I think a situation like that could be possible in cubing but you’re going to need to be exceptional at more than just solves.

 

[BradyLawrence]

I mean, there are YouTubers making enough to live off of, I know for sure J Perm does YouTube as a job. I know these are the great exceptions, but the thread is about the possibility so,,, yeah it is a real possibility.

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

I mean, there are YouTubers making enough to live off of, I know for sure J Perm does YouTube as a job. I know these are the great exceptions, but the thread is about the possibility so,,, yeah it is a real possibility.

Isn’t he in college though? Making money on the side is a very different thing than having a cubing centered career. I agree there’s profits to be made though

 

[Kit Clement]

Agreed. Sponsors like Gan, Qiyi Moyu, The Cubicle, SCS also help.

These don't come anywhere close to making enough money to support yourself to call it a career.

 

[Nmile7300]

Job? If you are a talented speedcuber or popular content creator, then definitely yes.
Career? Heck no.

 

[Cheesestick]

Isn’t he in college though? Making money on the side is a very different thing than having a cubing centered career. I agree there’s profits to be made though

wether or not he is choosing to, the man gets a little under 1/2 a million channel views a day, so unless his cpm is terrible, he is making more then enough money to support a family, let alone himself. Wow. I just read this again, and I didn’t mean to come off as snarky as it sounded.

 

[Tabe]

wether or not he is choosing to, the man gets a little under 1/2 a million channel views a day, so unless his cpm is terrible, he is making more then enough money to support a family, let alone himself. Wow. I just read this again, and I didn’t mean to come off as snarky as it sounded.

Not quite. He's averaging roughly 190,000 views a day according to Socialblad (5.7m over last 30 days). Cubing is going to have a very, very low cpm because of the subject matter. Even still, he's probably clearing $2-$3k a month just from the channel.

 

[abunickabhi]

In India, speedcubing definitely is not a career.

I can see that happening in US and China. 100+ cubers turning pro and fully financed there.

 

[ProStar]

In India, speedcubing definitely is not a career.

I can see that happening in US and China. 100+ cubers turning pro and fully financed there.

May I ask why you posted in this 3 year old thread after posting in a thread that was just made on the exact same topic?