JLarsen
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The title is pretty descriptive. I've noticed since my long break from cubing that interest in the Petrus method has really dwindled. Back maybe a year or two when I was really trying to get fast, before Roux really caught on in popularity, there were lots of people interested in Petrus. I was constantly asked questions, and so was ErikJ. It was commonplace for newbies to say something like "Petrus is slow". And when anybody said that, they were just overwhelmingly smashed into the ground by people saying the opposite. I don't really see any of that today. I see a TON of Roux solvers nowadays, and a lot of them are realllly fast. But I'm not really seeing any new, fast Petrus solvers.
I think that Petrus just isn't as fast as Roux or Fridrich anymore. Let's try not to argue semantics or technicalities here either. We do that wayyyyy too much on the forum. I'm not attacking anything, or anyone. Now, when I say it's not as fast, I mean that if you were to put an equal time into practicing Petrus, Roux, and Fridrich, that you would have the highest times using Petrus. I'm really curious to see what the community thinks nowadays. Is Petrus still a viable method? As fast as Fridrich/Roux?
Edit: I know I left the poll answers pretty cut and dry with the yes/no, but I wasn't sure what to put otherwise. I just wanted a general idea.
I think that Petrus just isn't as fast as Roux or Fridrich anymore. Let's try not to argue semantics or technicalities here either. We do that wayyyyy too much on the forum. I'm not attacking anything, or anyone. Now, when I say it's not as fast, I mean that if you were to put an equal time into practicing Petrus, Roux, and Fridrich, that you would have the highest times using Petrus. I'm really curious to see what the community thinks nowadays. Is Petrus still a viable method? As fast as Fridrich/Roux?
Edit: I know I left the poll answers pretty cut and dry with the yes/no, but I wasn't sure what to put otherwise. I just wanted a general idea.
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