The "I quit / pause / return / change / etc." thread

[kcl]

Took my old Zhanchi after over a year, did a few solves, and that an average of 100. It's 14.17, which I think is not that bad considering I was just under 12 seconds when I stopped.

Anyway, I think I'm back!

Sweet, welcome back!

 

[TheNextFeliks]

I change to Roux!

 

[Renslay]

I change to Roux!

Hear, hear!

 

[Nilsibert]

I changed to hoya, both on 4x4 and 5x5. Especially on 5x5 it's really awesome and fun to do.

 

[Edward]

Hi I'm back again
Got a Weilong coming

 

[ThomasJE]

Hi I'm back again
Got a Weilong coming

I remember you. Welcome back!

Also, rj is the biggest Weilong fan there is; expect him to give you a hug.

 

[ExplodingPie]

Switched to Roux ~25 seconds.
Also making a color scheme change! Red to fluorescent pink because I don't want to have a default color scheme.

 

[DAoliHVAR]

OHHH SNAP
switching to roux
i like cfop,i dont find it boring,but something is calling me to roux for some reason
im 23 seconds atm with cfop
i think ill get to sub 30 with roux in a couple of months.im not in any hurry..
problem is i cant understand the lse step for the life of me

 

[Renslay]

OHHH SNAP
switching to roux
i like cfop,i dont find it boring,but something is calling me to roux for some reason
im 23 seconds atm with cfop
i think ill get to sub 30 with roux in a couple of months.im not in any hurry..
problem is i cant understand the lse step for the life of me

You can find many help in this thread.

 

[Bh13]

Hey all I haven't checked this forum or really checked on anything cubing related in about three or four moths. Right now my 3x3 average is 14.xx and my PB is 8.74 seconds (PLL skip). As for cubing news I've heard that a lot of new 3x3s have come out recently. Are any of them any good? I also heard that the 4x4 WR got below 25 seconds and that Felix broke OH WR single. Other than that the only other news is that skewb became an official event. So, hello again, hopefully I'll be able to spend more time on this forum and of course cubing now.

 

[Username]

I return to somewhat active practice!

 

[guysensei1]

I change... My color scheme! White opp fluro yellow, sky blue opp fluro green, light red opp fluro pink.
I've never understood why people think that pink/orange is a good contrast.

I return to 4x4! Once my aosu arrives. Was really into it some time ago and somehow I just lost interest.

 

[Fawn]

I'm trying something out this month. Only practicing Megaminx. I still toy around with my other puzzles but all my practice efforts go to megaminx. My times so far have improved greatly. Pretty happy with that.

 

[sech]

Returning from picking up the cube couple times a month to avid professional competition stuff. Average used to be 11 something but now it's 14 something, gotta get that lower and lower and lower...!

Have no idea what the good cubes are now these days.

 

[hkpnkp]

I am back after a break

 

[Bindedsa]

Returning from picking up the cube couple times a month to avid professional competition stuff. Average used to be 11 something but now it's 14 something, gotta get that lower and lower and lower...!

Have no idea what the good cubes are now these days.

What makes a comp professional?

 

[Lazy Einstein]

School is getting SUPEEEER busy. Barely solved in the last week and I have over 9000! assignments, labs, and tests in the next month. Two weeks to Toronto comp and I am not going to be able to practice at all. Burn.
Getting so close to sub-25 Global. Hope this pause didn't F my times. Back to studying... le sigh

Tl;dr Can't solve cubes for 3ish weeks except Toronto comp. School pwns.

 

[TDM]

I'm going to switch to ZZ.

I know this isn't the first (or even the second) time I've said I'd do this. Every time I tried to switch methods to either ZZ or Roux I reverted to CFOP after about a month. I'm going to do what 5BLD said in this post:

Also if you're gonna switch [...] don't ever use CFOP again until you get back down to your CFOP speed. Otherwise you'll give up.

Because it's just so true. I was comparing myself with CFOP times always and felt like I was being slow. I need to stop comparing my times to CFOP and start focusing more on improving that method.

I average 19 with ZZ now, just like I did in December/January. I've improved by 2 seconds with CFOP, but haven't changed my ZZ times, and that's because of my lookahead. I've done slower turning solves with CFOP and I now average 15 with slower turning, but my slower turning with ZZ is too slow. I'm going to focus on that and on speeding it up. I need to stop making the F2L pair and inserting the cross piece every time and start pairing the corner with the D layer edge more often, which will slow me down even further, but I need to stop giving up so easily. I set myself a goal to be sub-12 with ZZ by the end of the year, and part of this reason was to make me focus on something other than CFOP. I won't have much time with exams, but in the summer and when I have free time now I'm going too do slow ZZ solves (or even just EOF2L, but I know my LL is weak from CFOP) until my F2L is ~8-9 seconds like it is with CFOP.

 

[newtonbase]

I'm considering giving up the speed side of cubing. I really enjoy solving but I hate being rubbish at it. I average in the low 50s mark but have plateaued and I'm coming to the realisation that I'm simply not cut out for decent times. Maybe I'll suddenly get a good PB and be remotivated but I'm thinking I'll just look to learn bigger puzzles and to get the hang of blind.

 

[insane569]

I'm back.
It's been awhile people.