Why did you get into speedcubing?

I learned how to solve the cube with Dan Brown's tutorial and I saw people in the video responses solving it in like a minute, so I thought I could get faster than that, and once I tried to get faster I just didn't stop.
 
I was on a Pen Spinning gathering in winter 07.
some dude taught me how to solve it and he did a solve and got 33 sec.
...33 sec that was my goal. and when I got 33 sec i just made up new goals.
and now i average about 15 sec =D
 
I first wanted to learn to solve it, like Sarah says, just to see a solved cube in my hands. After I knew the beginner's method well enough that I didn't need a cheat sheet, and could do it from memory, I was enthralled with my newfound cube solving superpower for about a month. At the end of the first month I was really starting to get bored with it to be honest. At that point I discovered the Fridrich method, and the promised 17 second averages that were possible (I was at probably 1-2 minutes on average at this point). I honestly don't really remember very well my decision to learn the Fridrich method. I remember looking into Petrus at the time and I remember being confused by it as well (I regret now not learning it then). Once I discovered Fridrich I think the combination of being bored with the beginner method, and the possibility of being really good at something (17 seconds seemed impossibly fast, but it also piqued my interest) made it an interesting challenge that I wanted to give myself. Get to 17 seconds - ... just because it's possible.

I think my true addiction to cubing started the first time I ever saw a solved cube. This was before I even learned to solve it, since I had to disassemble my cube and fix it being in an unsolvable state (as described by the solution guide I was using). I think part of the reason I chose to stick with speedsolving is that I knew I was getting bored with the beginner method, and yet I was still fascinated with the cube in general. In order to stick with cubing I had to just take the next step and learn new stuff. It's been a snowball effect ever since.

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?
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Just on a personal level I feel that my attitudes have changed quite a lot over the years. First I was in the excited to be learning Fridrich phase. Then came the OMG I know ALL of Fridrich phase! Then the excited to be improving steadily phase. Then came my first major plateau. Still stuck in the first major plateau. Still stuck.... still stuck.... Stuck some more... FINALLY break this plateau and improve quickly to sub-20. Lots of shorter lived plateaus later until I finally hit my current plateau of 15 seconds global average with the occasional sub-14 average on a super-mega awesome day. This gets me to about 2005. At this point I started to realize that I really have peaked with my speedsolving abilities. My wrist problems will not let me seriously pursue big cube speedsolving, and it limits my 3x3 a bit as well. At this point I moved over to blindfolded cubing. The next 6 years were the excited to finally be improving at something again phase, leading up to today where I am still improving at BLD.

I don't see myself quitting cubing, but I wouldn't be surprised if my cubing interests and focus continue to change. For now BLD is my focus, but in 10 years or so it might be Fewest Moves or maybe even speedsolving again, who knows.
 
When i was 8 i could do a coler in 11 seconds and my family's friends were very impressed,but i started getting bored doing one color over and over so it ended up in my closet for about 3 years,and last summer i was digging around in my closet and i found this i desided i wanted to solve it so i tried and it took me a few hours but i learned(Dan Brown)then from there i just wanted to get faster and faster.
 
i was around 3 minutes and not very interested in my speed when i got a 4x4 as a birthday present. when i figured out that you need to solve a 3x3 at the end of a 4x4 solve i thought about learning a better method than beginner.
i thought that i would have to learn all the fridrich algorithms for getting faster and started this very big project just to become sub20. when i was sub20 i went to my first comp and saw the other people being faster. so i decided to just practise on.

i always practised nearly ALL events but once i decided to choose one as my main event. OH. now i made in into the top10 of the world and hope to stay there a bit :D. but i dont really know whether this was my final goal to achieve.
i once wanted to break a ER. but that seems to far away now.

oh and btw when i started cubing s/o told me that there are people who can do it in 10 seconds. i never believed this. so my actual goal was a sub10 solve. then my goal was a nonlucky sub10 solve. then my goal was an official sub10 solve. now i have all of them.

so in fact i achieved everything i ever wanted. and nowadays i practise rarely and focus more on my other hobbies.
 
I stole some noob's Rubik's Brand at school about 3 years ago.
I wanted to look smart in order to complement my wise-ass attitude, so I looked up on Youtube and found Robh0629's (hope I got that right) tutorial.
Et voilà.
 
i was at work one day and this dude had one. i asked him if he could solve it and he could. the guy liked to be the best at everything so when i asked how long it would take him he said 1 minute 57. He then went on to say that he was the fastest in Australia HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA.

So i used Dan browns tutorial and got down to 1 minute. Went back to his desk and completed his cube. I have never seen someone more speechless.
 
I got a crappy on for chirstmas it ws from the $2 shop. It didn't pop it exsploded it had titles and they came off after a while. The plastic was thick. Then my Dad wnated a good qualtily one looked on TRade ME (New Zealand equlievent to Ebay). GOt one that couldn't be disabled. Pulled a corner and it broke the piece the stickers were worse than Ruubik. Theb I got a shop broght. A kid i my class could solve it learned. And then practed got to ust over a minute then started learning OLL...
 
Learned to solve, but then a newspaper came across and I saw an ad about an upcoming rubik's cube tournament (not official of course), and I said to me: 'Ohh, what the hell, lets practice'. I remember the inscription was like 3000COP (which would be like 1.50USD) and all of the participants were averaging about 1min.
 
OMG A SRS WAFFO ANSWER THIS IS RIKE SO RARE!

Well, I need to tell the background story a little bit. I started cubing because my friend and I were both trying to impress this girl that was really into smart guys. We could both solve it so for some reason it became a contest of who can go faster to impress that girl. Surprisingly (or not) she picked neither of us and I disliked cubing for a while so I was on rage mode with a cube trying to break it by turning and solving it as fast as possible. Eventually rage turned into love. The reason as to why I was turning so fast became extremely silly and pointless. I acquired this new talent from it so I just said "eh why not" and I was just going to make the most of it. I progressively became obsessed with breaking time-barriers for no absolute reason whenever I solved. besides I didn't have anything else to do anyway. And the rest is history

So in conclusion to my introduction and why I speedcube
1) I dislike Cubes
2) Every time I solve them I hope they die. Faster = Most likely to fall apart and die
3) Now I love cubes
4) Every time I solve them I make a fluffy face.
5) I found myself in a situation where I learned to love something I didn't like.

I'm still trying to get faster with no limit set in mind. Limits are silly and are made to be broken so why make them? I don't make (realistic) cubing limits knowing that I'll surpass it....eventually. Even when I just started speedcubing, I was just like "Oh, I broke x seconds....yay....and kept solving" I didn't even keep track of my fastest solve back then....I don't even know my PBs unless I check CCT. Without a limit I know I can keep cubing because I just won't stop at a certain point.
 
I just kept watching other people on youtube solve it. Such as Yu Nakajima and Harris Chan. As time went on, it just grew onto me. I loved the noise and how calming it made me feel and I now my goal is to just as fast as those who inspired me.
 
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