What Happens When You Take a Year Off From Cubing? 

Glad to see you're back! You'll probably pick everything back up pretty quick.

You’re back!!!!

Hey all! My reasons for being gone are mostly due to the stage of life that I am currently in. I've missed making videos for you all and I am very glad to be back. As for the future of this channel, I am planning to create videos outside of cubing in addition to cubing videos. What kind of stuff would you all like to see?

When you stop cubing, you start to realize that GTS3M actually has ridges.

I started cubing in 2007 and since then I’ve had two periods of time I didn’t cube much if at all. I wouldn’t say I quit... because I’d pick up a cube every few months just to see if I was forgetting. After about two year of this I noticed I was starting to forget a few of my oll algs along with any deeper alternate or special alg I ever knew... big cube parity’s... gone... then I got back into it again and learned what I forgot and then learned even more added COLL to the mix. Then I got a wrist surgery and I fell off cubing again for another year or year and a half. I think it was 2017ish or beginning of 2018 I got the itch to cube again. But I had not forgotten all the COLL algs I learned... surprisingly they came back super quick like within a week of just reviewing. You will bounce back fast... I did every time I stopped cubing. Motivated me to get better each time I came back.

I have no idea how to solve a rubix cube It’s 2 am Why was this recommended to me? What am I doing here?

Yayyy glad to see you back! 😍 Just an amount of practice deffo will get those times back!

Really bad solve: 25 sec My best solve ever: 28 sec

Yay, you're back! I remember your Ortega Method tutorial video which is the firsr video that I watch on your channel

Yooooo good to see you back brother! I’m excited to see what new content you’ll put out!

my times are much slower, and same here, only recently I've been trying to get my head back into the cubing world, community, whats best, what feels good, the rhyme and rhythm. glad to see I wasn't the only one who poofed off rubik's radar bout a year ago

I just recently got myself back into cubing after a year, too. My average at first was a lot worse than it was before, but when I got to sit down and relearn stuff everything became good again. So I believe you'll be able to pick everything back up again fairly quick, too. Good luck.

I kinda fell out of cubing for a few years when I joined the Marine Corps. Then, once I got out I fell back in love with it. I wasn’t very good before I stopped so my expectations were low. After a month of relearning, I went from sub-45 before the break to sub-30 as of my last ao100. I’m really excited for the journey to sub-20 and I’ve even started learning 3BLD. I hope you keep pushing and making videos! Good Luck, Have Fun!

I've been speedcubing for 10 years now, and I've 'quit' three times already, last time more than two years. I forgot one algorithm or two (one OLL and one 444 parity), but I quickly remembered them (after looking them up in the internet again). I never planned to take those breaks. I only cube when I feel like it, and sometimes it takes a couple months until I do. Look ahead and extreme inconsistency were my biggest problems, it seems as if I just couldn't concentrate anymore, as if the algorithms didn't come naturally as they did before. It took me like two months to drop my times back to what they were (after a two year break) so you'll probably be fine after less than a month, relax and welcome back.

i was off cubing for about 1 year also the effect are : 1. Lost some of muscle memory on some algorithm 2. a little bit worse on the look ahead 3. somewhat slower. But i still around sub 15 4. sometimes get triggered by the fingertrick cuz i miss lots of move

I took 3 years off cubing and that messed me up

What happened when you stop cubbing: You Breathe

Good video keep it up you will soon hit 100k subs

YESS!! Making a comeback 😄

I cubed a lot during the Daiyan Zanchi, Fanshi Shrungren I think we're names around 2014-2016. I stopped cubing all the way to December 2019. When I came back my times were crap and I had no idea what cubes are releasing and was a mess. Was shocked to see the prices of cubes now but still picked up a 356x haha

completely forgot all algorithms over a few months then again I only had cubed for like 7 months

I stopped for around 2 years. Didn't take that long to get back into the swing of things at least for 3x3.

I stopped and I'm not going back. I still do a solve or two every month. The reason I'm not going back is that I think it's very time consuming. Now I'd rather pick up a book then a cube. I'd rather study then have a long cubing practice. I'd rather go out with friends then stay home and do solves. Cubing will still have it's own place in my heart and I dont think I will ever completely stop.

Same

This vid is great. I’ve been planning on taking a break off cubing and this vid helped a lot

I still remember how to solve a 3x3 and 2x2 and a skube. My times are slower since I’ve taken about 6 months off cubing. But now I forgot 4x4 algs and forgot how to solve a pyraminx and square 1. I want to cube again but don’t feel like it

You appeared in my recommended, and u have a new sub. I hope to see your evolution!

My friend used to solve a 3x3 in 20 - 25 seconds, he took a 2 year long break and forgot entirely how to solve it.

i left for 1.5 years i forgot all my algs almost all plls even the basic 7 olls RIP im just to lazy to learn them anymore

Glad your back!

Glad to See you Bake

hey, good to see you back! (also seccond comment, just wana flex)

Even a few days off are enough to make me lose consistency to the point I do 10 seconds worse than normally

I forgot all my algs but when I started learning them again they were easier to learn

I stopped cubing for only 3 months but I forgot some of my algs (I only know 4 look cfop) but i remembered it all again. That was in like august or something around that month.

How the hell does RU-vid know what I'm doing rn. Yesterday I was literally talking to my friend about how I haven't cubed in like a year, and today RU-vid's like "Sup Nagster, we know you had pancakes for breakfast :D"

I took 2 years off of cubing. I recently got back into it and I’m doing fine

Last time I was solving cube in 2019 December. Now it's 2020. Man, year without cube just flew by.

U haven't been cubing for a year ,and u are still better than me... damn

I once took a break of a half year and my average was about 40 sec. But now Im ok again

I took almost 2 years off and I only remember 3 plls . I used to be sub 20 but now close to 50-1:00

i just got back from cubing after 2 years and this video is the first thing that i saw. i was also sub 15 back then and now my average is freaking 40

I did the same thing, I remembered most of the algorithms, but I had to relearn the steps and stuff

I took two years off I had to learn the 3x3 again i remembered cross and f2l but I could never get the yellow face I know it now and I leant the square 1 but all that took me an entire year to do because of the parity algorithm lol

Video:-What happens when you stop speed cubing Me:- You forgot all The PLL's

took 3 yrs of when i quit cubing( when vanilla weilong was new) comback when magnets where new tried it above my avg when i quit but got faster than before 18 avg to 12 to 10 avg( even sub 10) breaks can help you

I literally took a year off cubing and i think im back subtly now, but this video came in my face like a sign or something 😂

I've done it, my times actually went down, but I forgot a few algorithms, but I relearned them pretty quickly.

Damn bruh I quit cubing for 2 years averaging around 17 seconds back then And now that I'm back I'm averaging sub 15 And got a 8.38 seconds Which is insane Quitting Cubing really made me a better cuber

The bye at the end was kinda cringe. Other than that the video was really informative because I'm not going to want to practice an hour a day for the rest of my life, and knowing what will come of a long break is very useful information. Thanks for uploading this video, you have earned my subscription.

Why did you stop cubing?

Your baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack yay

I am back in speedcubing after 4 years...

I stopped cubing when I was 15, and now I’m turning 20 and all I did was forget a few Oll algorithms and went from an 18 second avg to 25-30

I also took a break on about a year. Got my PB short after starting again.

this is what i did then i saw derpy fall out of a washing machine...

I haven’t cubed in almost a year, and I’ve previously taken long periods off. Interestingly I never saw my times tank, I suspect it’s because I don’t stress or overthink so much during my solves.

Hooray for TheEpicCuber

I took three years. Before this gigantic break, my average was 20 seconds. Now after three weeks of "repracticing" I managed to go from 40 seconds up to 22

i didn't cubing for 2 years then i came back and i solved a cube with my instinct :V. Hope u comeback soon

From my experience of quitting cubing in 2018 and coming back in 2019 , I have only gotten faster . I used to average sub 30 in 2018 , and I have only started again for 2 months ( November and December. I quit in June 2018 , so more than a year ) and I have become sub 15 . I also got a yuxin little magic m , which was definitely an upgrade from my mf3rs.

I took a year off cubing and I forgot the longest PLL alg the n perm I think

Was 5th in the country, took 8 years off and now I’m terrible hahha

I've taken 2 years off of cubing, and I can relate to a lot in this. I was still learning when I took the time off, so I didn't know everything just then, but I had over a year of experience on hand and averaged around 27 seconds using beginners method, aside from a handful of OLL's and full PLL. I recently got a Giiker cube for christmas, thinking it would pull me back into cubing, and for the 2 weeks that it did, I found I was averaging around 33 seconds. I had forgetten all OLL except for the 7 basic ones, and a handful of PLLs. I was able to relearn them quickly as muscle memory kicked in, but it took time. As for cubes, none of my cubes felt the same. I would occasionally pick up either my 2x2 or 3x3 off the desk while doing other things over the past 2 years, but getting back into it, I wasn't used to them. My turning speed was inconsistent, so i would repeatedly use either too muh or too little force when making moves. I also became very poor with scrambling, as my brain failes to comprehend most of the moves I tried making (especially with D, D', B, and B'). As you stated, I also forgot nearly every brand name or cube name, and I wasn't quite able to reconnect with those. Even the puzzle names, expecially along the lines of Pyraminxes and Megaminxes were difficult. My color recognition was poor, as I favored stickerless cubes to better recognize colors. And so much more just showed me how much I had forgotten. In the end, I was decently surprised with how the depth of my memory and muscle memory could bring me back, but I had forgotten so many things.

Well I put off cubing for a long time before and all I have to say is that I forgot the algorithims for 5x5.

If you think a year is bad, try three decades.

What happened in terms of remembering algs?

I forgot most of my pll the easy ones stick but the rest went to hell

This is just vsauce but he is a cuber

I stopped cubing for about 8 months and i got a bit worse but i relarned most algorithms that i used to know and im still about as good

I've stopped cubing for like 5 months now, but i have a comp coming what do i do 😭

Didnt know Superman cubes :O

This happened when I moved to another country and left/lost my cubes. I know the algorithms but I lost the muscle memory. And my average dropped up to like 43 sec

I this moment I stay without cubing for a 1 month (because I have health problems, in my right hand) and this video its pretty good for say what I'll be made when I return to cubing Pd:sorry for my English but I talk spanish :)

I took 1-2 years off cubing and when I came back everyone was using magnetic cubes!!

Welcome back! :-)

I was sick and didn't cube for a week til yesterday. I didn't do bad at my first comp tho. Yesterday I got a pb ao5 and ao12

I took a few months off of cubing and I forget some algorithms

I've taken a year and a half off speedcubing and I used to be sub 15 and now I'm a solid sub 25 but that's my case

I'm struggling with turning smarter and consistently. I'm perfectly capable of sub 15 but I constantly get low 20's and my best is 18. Cross is inconsistent, 2-8 seconds, f2l is inconsistent, 7-14 seconds and I know full oll and pll which is actually consistent at almost always 6-8 seconds

My parents told me to stop cubing because they didn't liked it but after 6 months or more I picked up a cube and I was firstly sub 12 and now I am sub 18:(

Yay you are back !!!!!

Not the 3x3 but I lost my 2x2 and I couldn't solve I still haven't picked up a 2x2 yet and I have forgotten my ortega accept for oll but my ortega is gone but maybe I might learn it again fast

I did stop cubing. The effect did a LOT of things Forgot to lube my cube now and its all rough. Lost my 4t second ave. into 1 min. Forgot some of the algs

It's been three months since I'm not cubing

My dad didn't solve the 3x3 for 20 years that was 3 years ago.Now he learnt blindfolded 2x2. he isn't quick

I took about 4 years break..now i cant even solve the PLL..lol

i forgot how to solve the 4x4 and the 5x5 by taking a break big sad

the real answer is that your video gets recommended to me

i took a month off from cube and now i'm better than before lol

He’s back!

Wich timer on your phone do you use Ly vids

this happend to me and i acually forgot jperm the easiest alg ever lol

i havenT practiced in about 6 months and i've kind of improved i dunno im not cubing rn

#kingisback :)

I just took a year off as well

Yoo that app that you are using is broken it is slower by i think 4 sec every min you should change the app

Congrats

YASSSS!

he literally came back on the same day as me