Which barrier is easiest?

[Ordos_Koala]

recently, there are many new races and I'm curious, what do you think is easier to get? 1 minute on 4x4 or 2 minutes on 5x5 or 20 sec on 3x3? In comment please tell us why and which is the hardest for you

 

[bcube]

Depends on:

- used method
- cube conditions
- single / average time
- ...

Btw. Praha? Hura, tak to uz sme tak 4

 

[antoineccantin]

Hardest is probably sub-2 minutes on 5x5.

Easiest for me is sub-20 3x3.


I average: around 20 seconds 3x3, 2:30 minutes 4x4, 5 minutes on 5x5.

 

[JianhanC]

Sub-1 on 4x4 for me.

 

[MTGjumper]

Sub-1 on 4x4.

 

[Hyprul 9-ty2]

Sub 2 on 5x5.

 

[LouisCormier]

I voted for 5x5 but I thought it was hardest not easiest, easiest has to be sub 20 on 3x3

 

[That70sShowDude]

sub-20 3x3 is easiest, sub-2 5x5 is hardest

Achieved sub-20 3x3 avg12 like 18.25 months ago.
Probably have only had ~15 sub-1 4x4 solves.
Can't get a sub-2 5x5 single.

EDIT: I thought it said hardest at first, changed my post.
EDIT2: YOU'VE MADE IT CONFUSING. The poll says which is easiest. The question description says which is hardest ........

 

[Daniel Wu]

Sub 1 4x4 for me. I've gotten a 1:00.xy average and a few sub 1 singles but it always seems out of reach. 5x5 would be easier if I actually practiced it.

 

[Yes We Can!]

Definitely sub-20 3x3 imo.

 

[Mike Hughey]

I'm pretty sure I'll be able to average sub-2 on 5x5x5 before I can truly average sub-20 on 3x3x3. I've worked very very hard on 3x3x3 for the past year, and still am a long way from averaging sub-20. 5x5x5 improves really fast for me, though, and I think I could be sub-2 pretty quickly on it. Of the three, sub-1 on 4x4x4 seems most impossible for me - I doubt I'll ever achieve it.

 

[cannon4747]

in reality its about just as hard to get all three but people spend much more time solving the 3x3 than anything else for some reason. but if i had to choose one i'd say that getting sub-2 minutes on 5x5 is very hard because you have to spend much more time practicing than on the others for no other reason than that it simply takes longer to solve.

 

[somerandomkidmike]

I achieved sub-2 minutes on the 5x5 way before sub-1 on the 4x4, but I've only had bad 4x4's until I got my mini QJ. However, even with the mini QJ, I'm barely sub-1 minute.

My first sub-2 single on the 5x5 came with my rubik's 5x5 when I was averaging about 16-18 seconds for the 3x3.

My first sub-1 on the 4x4 was with a Maru. I was lucky enough that it only came out of alignment a couple of times that solve. That was when I was around 15 seconds for the 3x3.

 

[Erzz]

Poll asks for easiest
First post asks for hardest
Which do you want?

 

[RyanReese09]

Easiest-Sub20
Hardest, sub2.

I average 15 and I get excited by sub3 solves..

 

[amostay2004]

Question is too vague. If you base on number of solves, I bet it took most people here wayyyy more solves on 3x3 to sub-20 than 4x4 and 5x5 to sub-1/sub-2 respectively. 3x3 is just easier/faster to practise. Also it depends on how fast is your 3x3 when you practise 4x4/5x5 because you generally have more potential in bigger cubes if you already are fast in 3x3.

 

[uberCuber]

this is a stupid question, it depends on which size cubes you practice more. I personally practice 3x3 more than 4x4 or 5x5, so I am sub-20 on 3x3, but not sub-1 on 4x4 or sub-2 on 5x5.

 

[Mike Hughey]

For me, 5x5x5 is really fun to practice, and 4x4x4 seems pointless to ever practice. So that's probably why I think 5x5x5 is easiest and 4x4x4 is hardest.

 

[ElectricDoodie]

Poll: which one of these is easiest

Thread: which is the hardest

Wait, what?


Anyway, 3x3, for me, because that's all I practice.

 

[Ordos_Koala]

sry, my bad and fixed...