[Charlo]

My brother is getting pretty deep into speedcubing. His average on the 3x3 is down to 24 seconds or something. He's asleep ATM so I can't ask his advice, but he always mentions that the best cubers do hundreds of solves a day, whereas I don't think he's ever done a hundred in one day. So if you're serious about getting good, be ready to solve that dang cube a lot. Also, learn the Fridrich method right away. The "beginner method" that most people learn first is easy, but not very effective. I think the best cubers using that method can get their averages down to thirty seconds at best.

I personally never got past the "beginner method" so my solves are always over a minute, even when I'm trying to solve quickly.