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I would like to echo Cubenovice here. There will always be discussions, arguments, and occasionally flame-wars over which method to use. Don't let it get to you. It's up to you, not them (but it looks like you already know that).

This may be SPEEDsolving.com, but there is far more to puzzles than speed alone.
 
thackernerd said:
A lot of people say that petrus and roux are just as fast as fridrich when it's just not. I'm not trying to make noahaha use fridrich because I don't think he really cares about time right now, but you have to agree with me that CFOP is faster though.
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I don't have to agree with you on anything. CFOP is simply the most popular method, that's why there are a lot more fast CFOP solvers than Petrus solvers. And because most people use CFOP, most cubing information on the web is about that method which makes it easier and more accessible to new cubers. If Petrus were the most common method, most fast cubers would use Petrus. I'm always supportive of people who don't use CFOP because variety is always good and I don't want CFOP to get any more popular than it is now.
 
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I wouldn't say there's no fastest method. We just don't know which one is the best. All we know is that You surely can get Sub-8 with CFOP, Sub-13 with Petrus, Sub-10 (or 9?) with Roux and Sub-12 with ZZ.I think You should learn to solve with each of these methods (and maybe some others) and then choose which one is the best for You. For example, I got not-that-bad at CFOP but I think it's not too optimal (though remember that HTM is not the most important thing), I learned Roux (with 2-look CMLL) but I didn't like the fact that almost everything is intuitive. I learned Petrus, but Blockbuilding is not really my thing. Than I learned ZZ and I think it's the best for me. In fact I liked it so much that I started looking for my own algorithms for advanced phasing and started learning ZZLL (1LLL Rules!). So, take Your time, try to know each method and then choose. Just PLEASE, don't forget about ZZ (not necessarily ZZ-a, b, or d).
 
Wiki says CFOP was known in the 80's and the Roux method was proposed in 2003. I guess that when Roux was proposed people who knew Fridrich wanted to stick with it and newer cubers wanted to learn a method they knew they could get good times with. Thankfully there are some "rebels" who learn and practice other methods.
 
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A fair comparison as to "how fast each method is" can only be made by comparing the total percentages of users of each method under a certain time. If you took the number of sub-10 CFOP solver s divided by the total number of CFOP users and compared that to the number of sub-10 Roux solvers divided by the total number of Roux users, you would get an accurate comparison. CFOP has age on its side which has gained it popularity, it is like Internet Explorer's unbreakable hold on browser usage, it takes years for the new methods/browsers (Roux = Google Chrome, for example) to gain popularity and break the vice, however, over time, the numbers equal out. I am currently switching from CFOP to Roux. Besides, how fast you are is much more based on how much you practice than which method you use.
 
OP:Ignore all the people who are telling you to switch to CFOP and use whatever method you like most. I made the mistake of using CFOP because I believed that it was the fastest method. Then I found out about Roux and fell in love with it because it was the method that fit me best.

EDIT:Oops, I didn't realize that I bumped this
 
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