How long did it take for you to reach at least 10k rpm ?

[jason786]

Originally Posted by TiagoTiago

I recently got my first Powerball (though several years ago I had a cheap gyro-exerciser, it vibrated too much and simply literally fell apart after a week or so of use), on thursday last week I finally got to 9333 RPM, but I haven't reached even 9k ever since, at most around 8500 or so. How long did it take for you to break the 10k barrier reliably?

Just got my first powerball today and reached 10218 straight out of the box

[Nick the Greek]

Straight out of the box hardly doinh 10k now doing 11 k!

[DK_Boy12]

5 minutes to reach 10k

2 days to reach 11k

[jasonham]

i got my 10k in 10mins, then 11k in three days, 12k in 8days and then a friend dropped the ball so when my new one gets here roll on 13k.

[bman]

Originally Posted by jasonham

i got my 10k in 10mins, then 11k in three days, 12k in 8days and then a friend dropped the ball so when my new one gets here roll on 13k.

that is a good rate of improvement, good luck when your ball gets to you maybe after a few weeks of good training you will be a 14k+ spinner

[Adrena1in]

Originally Posted by jasonham

i got my 10k in 10mins, then 11k in three days, 12k in 8days and then a friend dropped the ball so when my new one gets here roll on 13k.

Apart from the damaged ball, that sounds about the same as me. Though actually it took me dozens of attempts over the space of a few hours to even learn how to get the Powerball spinning, once I did I broke 10k almost straight away, 11k a day or two later, and 12k within the week. 13k was a whole other matter...took months and months!!

[bob2703]

jep i think its mostly practice.

im a newbie 2 with powerballs.. but in a few days i got 12.049 on the 250hz..

also i think that if your technique is good it helps allot

[Vesa]

First day RH record was 10990. Dont remember LH but under 10k.

[caesartg]

I received mine a few hours ago. Hit 10000 after about an hour, 12000 after a couple of hours. However, I've now got a couple of blisters.

By the way, sorry if a little off-topic but is the ball meant to be firmly seated in its cage when newly purchased? Mine rattles about a bit - perhaps by 1 or 2mm. When it starts rattling,it feels like it hinders the rotation a bit. Normal?

Cheers

EDIT: Ah, I see from this http://www.powerballs.com/faq.php?m=Works&id=13 that there's meant to be some up/down movement when stationary.

Cool to read all of your individual stories, guys!

I was 14 yrs old when my dad suprised me with a real powerball, I had been practicing on a cheap gyroscope for a couple of weeks before that and had been watching Akis's 16.3k video on YouTube and idolizing him lol. I was so excited and probably spun it for two hours. I got maybe 10.8k-11k the first day and 11.5k the second. Probably took me a week to 12k and a month to 13k but after that I hit a roadblock and couldn't score 13k for a very long time....
...Three years to reach 15k.