My Quest for Sub 8 Petrus

[whaffle]

I think Petrus, though it has it's flaws, is not a bad method as many people suggest. I think that even without ZBLL, it is at least as good as CFOP. To prove that Petrus is a good method, I have decided to embark on a quest to get sub-8 with it. I will be updating this thread each week with my progress.

Spoiler: Progress

Spoiler: Week 1 (after I started cubing again)

Sub 40, working on fingertricks

 

[ThisNameIsAlreadyTaken]

Yay, another Petrus user! I'm sub-25, so, might be racing with you... Don't know if 2x2x3 + EO in inspection is possible though. 2x2x3 is doable, I think, but further than that would be very hard. Good luck!

 

[PetrusQuber]

This is basically my quest for sub 8 petrus, but it seems I'm not supposed to make "my quest for" threads anymore, so yeah. I really like petrus as a method, and I think its only bad point is eo in the middle of the solve. I think when people become faster with it, though, they might be able to plan 3x3x2 + eo in inspection. At the time of writing I am sub 30, but expect that to go down fairly quickly until around sub 15.

So I thought this would be a good place to post my times, ask questions, and hear your thoughts on this.

@PetrusQuber
@brododragon
@xcross
Do you wanna race?

@Tao Yu If it isn't too much trouble, could you add JuJu ZBLL to your trainer?

Nice! Bit too fast to race (sub 14), but maybe I’ll take a break along the way
I notice a bit of your post is basically my post
EO can be really fast, at advanced levels, I expect to start influencing it in 2x2x3, and predicting it.

 

[whaffle]

Nice! Bit too fast to race (sub 14), but maybe I’ll take a break along the way
I notice a bit of your post is basically my post
EO can be really fast, at advanced levels, I expect to start influencing it in 2x2x3, and predicting it.

Were you fast with other methods before Petrus? I'm already sub 14 with roux, and sub 18 cfop, so I think my progression speed to sub 15 may be a bit faster.

 

[PetrusQuber]

Were you fast with other methods before Petrus? I'm already sub 14 with roux, and sub 18 cfop, so I think my progression speed to sub 15 may be a bit faster.

No, I went straight from beginner's to Petrus. Took a long time to get used to it

 

[Username: Username:]

No, I went straight from beginner's to Petrus. Took a long time to get used to it

I went from beginner to Roux lol

 

[PetrusQuber]

I went from beginner to Roux lol

I remember taking a month to figure out Petrus, and in the end, still only managing to:
Do 2x2x2 by mini crossing, inserting a corner, then an edge
Do 2x2x3 by, again, adding a cross edge, then corner, then edge.
Do EO with one alg and setups
Solve F2L 2x2x1 by solving a corner and using two inuitive algs to insert edges
Solve pair by inserting corner and learning edge insert which preserved EO.
Solve LL with Beginners Method

 

[Username: Username:]

I remember taking a month to figure out Petrus, and in the end, still only managing to:
Do 2x2x2 by mini crossing, inserting a corner, then an edge
Do 2x2x3 by, again, adding a cross edge, then corner, then edge.
Do EO with one alg and setups
Solve F2L 2x2x1 by solving a corner and using two inuitive algs to insert edges
Solve pair by inserting corner and learning edge insert which preserved EO.
Solve LL with Beginners Method

for me, I just did blockbuilding lol and sune and J perm and for EO, well not actually hard in fact.

 

[whaffle]

for me, I just did blockbuilding lol and sune and J perm and for EO, well not actually hard in fact.

Wait, how do you do sune and J perm for EO?

 

[Username: Username:]

Wait, how do you do sune and J perm for EO?

noo I meant I only used Sune and J perm for Roux in CMLL. edit: this is getting off-topic, let's not discuss about other things now.

 

[Owen Morrison]

noo I meant I only used Sune and J perm for Roux in CMLL. edit: this is getting off-topic, let's not discuss about other things now.

I love how you say 'edit' but you didn't actually edit your post.

 

[whaffle]

Am I supposed to update this every day or something?:confused: :? anyway I learnt like 20 algs yesterday and I'm now sub 25

 

[Deleted member 51471]

Am I supposed to update this every day or something?:confused: :? anyway I learnt like 20 algs yesterday and I'm now sub 25

Every week, or every 2 weeks

 

[ProStar]

Am I supposed to update this every day or something?:confused: :? anyway I learnt like 20 algs yesterday and I'm now sub 25

Whenever something interesting happens. Try to update it often, but don't feel pressured by a deadline

 

[PetrusQuber]

Am I supposed to update this every day or something?:confused: :? anyway I learnt like 20 algs yesterday and I'm now sub 25

No, please don’t feel the need to post regularly. Just update whenever you feel like telling us something. I update every week.

 

[whaffle]

yay sub 20! My splits are:
2x2x2: 3 seconds
Expansion to 2x2x3: 4 seconds
EO: 4 seconds(lol)
Finish F2l: 4 seconds
LL: 5 seconds
Is it worth it to become full CN? I saw some of PetrusQuber's vids and it seemed like he was. I'm currently x2/y CN, which lets me start with any 2x2x2 and gives me 2 options for expansion. Full CN just gives you one more option for expansion, which I feel isn't worth it.

 

[PetrusQuber]

yay sub 20! My splits are:
2x2x2: 3 seconds
Expansion to 2x2x3: 4 seconds
EO: 4 seconds(lol)
Finish F2l: 4 seconds
LL: 5 seconds
Is it worth it to become full CN? I saw some of PetrusQuber's vids and it seemed like he was. I'm currently x2/y CN, which lets me start with any 2x2x2 and gives me 2 options for expansion. Full CN just gives you one more option for expansion, which I feel isn't worth it.

I think that’s fine, it’s just one expansion. I think your EO needs a bit of work, F2L is quite fast
But it’s always better to have more options, and if you want, you can do it. I generally build expansion in BRD, sometimes FLD, but only do BLU when there’s like a free pair,

 

[Deleted member 51471]

Is it worth it to become full CN? I saw some of PetrusQuber's vids and it seemed like he was. I'm currently x2/y CN, which lets me start with any 2x2x2 and gives me 2 options for expansion. Full CN just gives you one more option for expansion, which I feel isn't worth it.

You'll probably be fine with x2 y, but it's your choice.

 

[whaffle]

I think that’s fine, it’s just one expansion. I think your EO needs a bit of work, F2L is quite fast

Yeah I know lol, just need to work on recog a bit.

 

[rj]

This should be interesting. What's the hardest part about switching methods for you? Currently switching to roux, it's... not going well.