A hopeless situation

[ooveehoo]

Why the heck are you telling this guy to switch method? Petrus is not slow! It's just rarer, so it's not as easy to get good advice as a Petrus solver. You just probably haven't practiced enough. Getting your block building fast in particular requires a lot of time. I would recommend you use this to practice your 2x2x2 and 3x2x2 blocks: http://laire.fi/jarcs/
Also, a good cube might help if you already don't have one. And go to competitions, it's a lot of fun.

 

[Cubenovice]

Here's something to make you feel better:
I have been cubing for 1.5 years and my latest average of 12 was 44.something.
Who cares? I just enjoy solving the cube...

Instead of practicing for speed I enjoy learning different methods.

 

[Dene]

Ditch Petrus, go back to Fridrich.

Start practising at least 1 hour every day, by repeatedly solving with a timer over and over again without break. You have to work hard to get good times; they don't magically appear out of thin air.

 

[maggot]

to be fast with petrus is almost like being fast with fridrich. you have to be able to recognize the cases fast and execute faster. if you are using beginner method for EO, y L'UL for 2 at a time, you will not become fast with this method. to be fast with petrus (and im not a petrus solver, but i do know much about petrus)
-learn almost optimal 2x2 block. find the block during inspection. solve the 2x2 blindly and track your 1x2x2 block as you are solving the 2x2.
-learn all the EO cases. the 2 at a time cases, the 4 at a time cases, and the 3 6 at a time cases. you should not be taking more than a couple of seconds on the execution of EO once you see the misoriented edges.
-the last 1x2x3 block can be solved 2 gen, so it can be solved super fast. for me the easiest way is to construct the rest of the cross and solve the last 2 F2L pairs 2 gen without cube rotation. this can take a lot of practice, but this can be almost the fastest part of the solve.
-learn all the OCLL. dont go for the CP route. its too many steps. if you like the EPLLs, just learn COLL. if not, learn OCLL and PLL.
-practice practice practice. the lookahead for this method for me is much more difficult. i cannot really see the EO easily and the expansion from 2x2=>2x2x3 is difficult for me. i dont practice it, but i think that it is more difficult that say, fridrich, where you can drone F2L pairs in your sleep while looking for the next one. if you suck at blockbuilding, like me, dont go for roux, although, it is a fun method to learn because it is also very little steps and the concept is very simple, much like petrus.

 

[Tim Major]

Focus on maggot's post, and the second half of Dene's. They give great advice. I average (or did a few months ago before I became a slacker), 14.5 with CFOP and 21 with Petrus. As an ex-fmcer, I never had trouble with efficiency, more lookahead. The first 2x2x2 block should be always solved in 6 moves or less, unless it's a really bad scramble. And I suggest becoming colour neutral, it really helps for petrus.(being able to solve starting with any colour.)

 

[Shamankian]

Definately stick to it. I'm not a very fast cuber (low 20's on a good day maybe?) and I've been cubing for over a year (! did you just see how slow i am!? what a disgrace!). Not everyone can progress like Feliks, and.. so what if you're a little slow, do you have intentions to own Feliks?

 

[OMGitsSolved]

Ditch Petrus, go back to Fridrich.

Start practising at least 1 hour every day, by repeatedly solving with a timer over and over again without break. You have to work hard to get good times; they don't magically appear out of thin air.

I sort of agree with you. Remember not to just mechanically practice. Practice your steps such as the 2x2 block or edge orientation and such.

 

[cmhardw]

@OP

Read this multiple times. I'm serious. Take notes if you have to, and yes I'm serious about that part too.

Also, you learn more in a one day competition talking to other cubers than you could hope to learn in 6 months of practicing on your own. Find the next competition that is within driving distance of where you live and GO. I'm serious about this last part too.

And always remember, Happy cubing!

 

[Anonymous]

For the record, most methods have similar potential. Just use the one you enjoy the most.

 

[Blablabla]

At this point the method has little to do with your times, so don't listen to them. You should give more information about your solves (how many moves do you use for Petrus F2L, how long does it take you, etc.) so we cacn help you.
And you don't have to be embarrassed about your times, I've been cubing for 4 years and I'm still not sub-20 .P

Also watch this tutorial, it helps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeC3JUbDcL0

 

[JonnyWhoopes]

Don't switch to roux. It's not a fast method :3

Waffo be back?

Anyway, I wouldn't suggest switching to Roux unless you're ready to make a big commitment (and since you said it doesn't interest you). I would say stick with Petrus and practice 10 times more than you think is actually necessary.

 

[tievoke]

Thanks very much for all replies everyone.

I'll try to stick with Fridrich once more, for a couple of month and see if it gets better.
It should though, as I'm way more experienced with the Petrus method than the Fridrich method, and I see that the Fridrich method actually is getting me a better time now, so I should get faster seeing as I'm quite inexperienced with Fridrich (like I said, I know all the cases but I still hesitate at times due to not having practiced enough with Fridrich)

Did an average of 50:

36.30, 35.89, 38.61, 36.00, 38.91, 36.53, 38.72, 41.20, 40.21, 32.46, 38.72, 39.69, 39.86, 40.37, 33.97, 36.74, 36.00, 39.89, (41.54), 35.10, 38.11, 38.03, 30.53, 39.44, 37.75, 41.10, 30.74, 35.87, 34.35, 36.51, 36.64, 40.59, 37.09, 38.01, 38.75, 32.75, 31.12, 34.37, 34.40, 31.98, 36.98, 37.17, 39.76, 32.43, 34.13, 33.01, 34.08, 34.70, (27.97), 38.54

number of times: 50/50
best time: 27.97
worst time: 41.54

current avg5: 33.93 (σ = 0.70)
best avg5: 33.03 (σ = 0.99)

current avg12: 34.74 (σ = 2.05)
best avg12: 34.13 (σ = 1.68)

session avg: 36.54 (σ = 2.87)
session mean: 36.47

edit:
LOL! lucky avg of 12:

38.56, 34.78, 31.70, (41.51), 38.21, 26.26, 30.27, 31.52, 32.98, 34.45, 27.79, (25.10)

3 sub 30's.... :/ One day, I can't get below 40, and the other day I get sub 30's. I don't understand.

 

[Dene]

Just keep going at it. Do 50 solves every day for a month.

 

[QCcuber4]

I know the thread is a little old now but hey:

Petrus isn't THAT slow, I met a guy at TOF2010 who used petrus and avged 24ish.

But yeah, learn 2look OLL/PLL if you don't want to learn all of it, you definitly could sub 30 with that alone, and practice F2L alot, read some algs for it and triffle with them, you should eventually start to figure harder cases on your own (Hence ''Intuitive'' F2L)