Renslay
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I don't understand the question. The hardest achieved barrier is always the latest PB. It took the most time to get to it, didn't it?
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What is the hardest barrier you've faced?
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I had a very long time with a 20.60 Ao5 that I just could not beat. I think it was my PB for a couple of months.
Sub-20 average also took me a long time, because I didn't do any practise other than repeatedly solving with bad cubes. Then, I got my ShuangRen (my other cubes were either so loose they popped too much or were dead) and I went down to sub-20 average. I was stuck averaging 22-24 for probably 4-5 months.
Sub-10 single also took a while, but was a bit unexpected. I was averaging 15.5-16 that session (I always do better on weeTimer for some reason; my usual average was 17) and my PB was 10.72, then I got a 9.23 NL single.
Sub-20 average also took me a long time, because I didn't do any practise other than repeatedly solving with bad cubes. Then, I got my ShuangRen (my other cubes were either so loose they popped too much or were dead) and I went down to sub-20 average. I was stuck averaging 22-24 for probably 4-5 months.
Sub-10 single also took a while, but was a bit unexpected. I was averaging 15.5-16 that session (I always do better on weeTimer for some reason; my usual average was 17) and my PB was 10.72, then I got a 9.23 NL single.
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Getting a sub 10 3x3 avg12 took a really long time for me. I got a 10.7x avg100 before I got a sub 10 avg12. Getting a sub 6 single took really long as well and only happened when I was averaging like mid 9.
Tao Yu
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Sub 9 avg12. I just get too many 11s and not enough 8s. My PB is still 9.22.
Sub 10 avg12 was hard too. So many close misses. I almost wanted to quit cubing after the frustration.
Sub 10 avg12 was hard too. So many close misses. I almost wanted to quit cubing after the frustration.
mark49152
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I would interpret "barrier" as meaning some level at which you got stuck for a long time, or longer than expected. It's kind of meaningless to talk of a target as a barrier just because it's a difficult target. Barriers aren't targets, they are things that impede your progress.
arcio1
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Sub1 Megaminx ao5 or sub10 3x3 ao12, these were really hard to do.
MatejMuzatko
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I can get even close to 10 second average... Well, my PB is 11.2X avg12, but that was kinda lucky for lookahead
larosh12
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How much time it took you to avg sub 12 and how much time it took you for your first sub 10 solve ?
JackJ
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Probably consistently sub 15. I was around 15.2 average for 2 years before I finally broke it. Now I'm in the 13 second range.
applemobile
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Sub 15 avg of 12. Been sup 15 for ages and ages now, and have only just realised that solving over and over again isn't helping me.
5BLD
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sub 10 took forever
after that it kinda happened naturally. and then like, i stopped practising
after that it kinda happened naturally. and then like, i stopped practising
Richy
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Learning algs 
. Well, more exactly learning to execute them quickly
. Well, more exactly learning to execute them quickly
Trexrush1
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Sub-20 took me forever, and so did sub 1:30 single on 4x4.
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Sub-15
sneaklyfox
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^This. First barrier was something like 36. Got over it rather quickly. Next was 22. Took a little longer. Right now stuck at about 16 for like the better part of a year. Though I have felt some improvements in the last few months because of it being easier to get better singles than before, but for average I'm still stuck. I blame not being able to practice as regularly as before and also the constant sleep deprivation. (When will those babies ever sleep through the night??!?)
Escher
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The hardest barrier for me was probably getting sub 20 consistently, honestly. It was such a grind but I really wanted it and I knew I was missing a few things to hit it, and it was so frustrating. Everything after that was a product of insane passion so it didn't feel 'hard' per se - just took infinitely more practise than getting sub 20 did.
KrisM
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Getting Sub 2 minutes on a 5x5 took the most practice and frustration for me.
onionhoney
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Getting sub 9 consistently. I had been like ~9.5 for a year, then I achieved it for a few days like 3 yrs ago while preparing for a comp, with mysteriously smooth fingertricks and look-aheads... After the competition though, the "aura" is gone for good...for some reason I can't explain to this day. and the inconsistency coupled with heavy school work really frustrated me into quitting it a few months later... lol
SpeedSkewber
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I got stuck at 22 for about a month (I got there after about one month because I learned full OLL and PLL so fast) and I just kind stopped solving for the summer and came back to it. I quickly dropped to a 14 second average, I just started doing a lot more look ahead by turning slower.
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