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Just a thought I had, why did you guys choose to speedcube as a hobby? I've been seeing posts about people wanting to quit because they believe they have reached their limits in speedsolving stuff, and I wonder if it was their intention in the first place to try to get to this point.
When I started off cubing I was doing it just for the sake of wanting to see a solved cube in my hands. After doing so I realized that it was pretty fun to solve it, so I scrambled it again and solved it again. A few more solves later I started to time myself with a stopwatch, and from then on I wanted to get faster. I had no idea how fast I could get and I didn't have the intention to reach my limit, I just wanted to keep trying to beat my personal bests because I found it fun for me.
Why did you guys decide to get into speedcubing? Is it because you saw it on TV/the Internet and thought it was something you could become good at, or because you like solving puzzles and be good at them? How about for the sake of having a unique impressive talent? When you first picked up a cube, did you decide then that you were doing to pursue getting fast at solving it, or did it just happen naturally without much thought?
I'm curious about how your views of your cubing/speedcubing has changed from the time you first did solves up until now. For those who are still trying to get faster, do you have a specific limit in mind, or are you waiting to figure it out? What will happen when you reach this point? For those who believe you've gotten as fast as you can, what do you think about finally getting to it? Is your current average something you expected from the very beginning?
Note: This is different from this thread, I'm asking why you chose to pursue getting faster at cubing and what you expected from it, not why you started to cube.
When I started off cubing I was doing it just for the sake of wanting to see a solved cube in my hands. After doing so I realized that it was pretty fun to solve it, so I scrambled it again and solved it again. A few more solves later I started to time myself with a stopwatch, and from then on I wanted to get faster. I had no idea how fast I could get and I didn't have the intention to reach my limit, I just wanted to keep trying to beat my personal bests because I found it fun for me.
Why did you guys decide to get into speedcubing? Is it because you saw it on TV/the Internet and thought it was something you could become good at, or because you like solving puzzles and be good at them? How about for the sake of having a unique impressive talent? When you first picked up a cube, did you decide then that you were doing to pursue getting fast at solving it, or did it just happen naturally without much thought?
I'm curious about how your views of your cubing/speedcubing has changed from the time you first did solves up until now. For those who are still trying to get faster, do you have a specific limit in mind, or are you waiting to figure it out? What will happen when you reach this point? For those who believe you've gotten as fast as you can, what do you think about finally getting to it? Is your current average something you expected from the very beginning?
Note: This is different from this thread, I'm asking why you chose to pursue getting faster at cubing and what you expected from it, not why you started to cube.