How To Improve FASTER At Cubing

Do you want to learn how to improve faster, or do you just want to check if you're improving fast enough? If you answered yes to either of those questions, then you're in the right place!

In this video, I analyze data that I collected from my audience about how fast they are and how long they've been cubing in order to figure out what the "average" rate of improvement is. Then, I go over how your rate of improvement can influence how fast you can possibly end up being, and my best tips for improving faster.






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The music I used in this video:

Music from Epidemic Sound

Outro music:

Music Provided by Mitch Music
Title: Say What You Mean





If you're still reading this, I just want to let you know that you're awesome :)

[williamhancock]

I started cubing when I received cube for Christmas in 1980. I took me 6 weeks to come up with a method to solve the cube. About 18 months later I was averaging around 60 seconds. I continued to improve my system by creating more algorithms. I plateaued out at 23+ seconds (at home average) around 24 to 30 months. My fastest unofficial time was 14 seconds. My system used an average of 85 moves. With no competitions in my area, I gradually cubed less and less.

Four years ago, I saw a cubing video on Youtube and got hooked again. I purchased my 1st speed cube and began learning CFOP (I never learned the beginner method). I wanted to see if I could ever get back to my 23 second average. My biggest problem is my memory is really bad. I am now 57 years old, I am very slowly improving, and my average is 31 seconds (about 45 months after starting again). I have 3 sub 20 solves with my GAN 356i.

I have been cubing for 473 months and my average is 31 seconds. Where do I fit on your graph LOL

[twistiicuber]

Hypothetical person: hey uh I’m sub 15 within a month
Brody: *You’re lying to yourself*

[rajithadulam]

I’m one of those cubers who quit every 6 months and comes back to it

[louisrathier]

Shoutout to the dude who’s still 50 secs average after nearly 3 years

[Mko]

1 AM? Check.
Listening to Keaton from the CAH Steam? Check.
Tired from solving all day and seeing points of stagnation? Check.

Time to lap this up, I need this. ❤️

[DerKinGGonZo]

The x axis isnt long enough for me ;(
Im cubing over 12 years and in that time a lot changed. Now all info you need is just one youtube search away, but back in the days it was mostly figuring stuff out yourself or search the old forums.
I was way above the line all the time but I am averaging now around 10 seconds and I really believe that everybody can get there. Its nothing special. Have fun cubing guys!
Sincerely, a guy that feels really old now xD

[palmermeansguitar]

I currently practice a mixture of zen and tao concepts and have implemented these concepts into improvement in cubing. “Striving without striving” is a very important concept that I think cubers would benefit from. There is no objective reality and there is no rate that you “should” be improving at. You have inherent value regardless of your solve time.

[batlin]

Brody touched on it early in the video, but there's a couple of huge sampling biases inherent in the graph. This isn't just survivorship bias which he mentioned (people quitting because they're finding it hard to improve), but also self-selection bias in "top right" graph people like me being less likely to admit to their slow times in the survey. So we have over-representation of the very dedicated fast cubers and under-representation of long-time slow solvers.
I learned CFOP about 12 years ago and still don't know 1-look OLL or PLL, then picked up basic Roux a year or two ago (but only 2-look CMLL). Now I'm playing with the Petrus method just for fun and to get a better feel for block-building and EO methods.
So to those of you other "top-righters", don't feel bad about how long you've been on what side of a logarithmic curve. We're not in a race; just enjoy solving these puzzles the way you like doing it.

[higgledypiggledycubledy]

my hypothesis: this just shows that quick improvement makes people happy, which makes them unlikely to quit. In other words, you can totally get sub 10 if you improve slowly, it's just that you'll need way more motivation to avoid quitting.

[pbcuber]

This will help me out a lot. I average 21 seconds and have been cubing for three years. I took a year break and got back into cubing around two months ago. I was gonna learn full oll but working on my f2l will be better.thanks for the help!

[alt]

Thank you so much because this helped me realize how much my f2l is holding me back so ima learn better ways on doing f2l and doing them consistently till I get them into muscle memory

[someguy]

Brody thank you I have been cubing for 7 months and I was going to stop but when I saw some of your videos and got back on track I leaned full pll 1/3 of oll still learning I now average 18 seconds thank you

[TwistifyCubes]

Your hair is great today lmao, sorry to go off topic 😂

[AlfredSpeedcuber]

This video is great! I had a reflection on myself as a cuber and I remembered my flaws, my bad habits and the things that I should have done in the past

[TheRubySpider]

Checked this two months ago. I was averaging around 30-31 seconds 2 months into cubing (on or slightly above the line.) I’ve been busting my butt for the past 2 months, and now I average around 23-24 seconds after 4ish months of cubing, which is solidly below the line!

[nikoniforos]

Great video brother! I’ve been at it for about 1 ish weeks and I’m averaging between 2:15 - 2:25 my pr is 1:45. Slowly improving. Tbh cubing has been a great kind of “escape” from all the chaos that’s been going on in the world. Keep posting man I appreciate the way you make videos!

[jacobcornelius]

I’ve been off and on for about 15 years and my current average is better than I’ve ever had it around 21 seconds after finding your channel. I know full PLL and about 60-70% OLL. I knew it all about a decade ago but forgot most of it. I’ll keep working on it. There are algs nowadays that weren’t around when I started learning CFOP.

[iurigrang]

Low 30s after a year and still going. y u mean to me

[dustinhancock]

Best YouTuber for cubing period thanks Brody. I’m in Jayden Mcneils course because of you. Helping me out a lot. 😊

[Donut]

My new cube got her today! It’s kind of slow out of the box but once I break it in I think it’s gonna be great