If Fridrich weren't invented, what method would you use?

[Daryl]

Roux seems to be fast method too

 

[Florian]

I guess i'd learn zeroing, i learned all the algs last month, but my recog is ****, so i'm faster with
CFOP atm

 

[irontwig]

Probably CFCE or Petrus.

 

[Godmil]

Roux, because it's been demonstrated to be fast, though Rice is pretty cool.

 

[Iggy]

Probably Roux.

 

[somerandomkidmike]

Well, I use Waterman, but if Fridrich didn't exist, I'm not sure if I"d be using Waterman (even though that's what I voted for). I ended up switching to Waterman from CFOP. I'm not sure it would have been the same if I stayed with Petrus. I'm pretty sure I would actually be using Petrus.

 

[rk960925]

Why no ZB?

 

[Zhanchi1]

Why no ZB?

Because ZB includes F2L and even if you did the first part doing corners and then the edges/keyhole, there is ZBF2L.

Its hard to believe Roux is winning despite petrus is the second most popular method. Mabye speed

 

[Sa967St]

Probably CFCE.

 

[Cheese11]

It wouldn't impact me one bit, so Roux.

 

[JonnyWhoopes]

It wouldn't impact me one bit, so Roux.

I think you might be surprised at how it affected you.

In less tactful terms, <citation needed>

 

[Ickathu]

Probably Roux. Maybe ZZ or Petrus.

 

[Dacuba]

I think I would have been too stupid to learn any other method without experience.
I seriously think I wouldn't cube. Maybe if I were dedicated enough, but rather not.

 

[Pascal]

Of course Roux or maybe ZZ too.

 

[Cool Frog]

1. Rainbow
2. FreeFOP
3. KirFOP

 

[Zhanchi1]

Whats rainbow and kirFOP?

 

[Eazoon]

I chose the "I'd make my own method" option. I'd discover what is now known as Fridrich/CFOP.

that made me laugh out loud, and I never laugh out loud when I'm alone (which I was when I read it just now).

The thing is its not that I wouldn't cube, but I wouldn't speedcube. Speedcubing is now a big part of my life, but I never decided to "become a speedcuber", I just searched videos, and learned f2l, then 2-look oll, and so on. I wouldn't be a speedcuber if it weren't for cyoubx. But either way beginners method is based off of fridrich, so whatever the beginners method would be based off of, I would have learned that and learn algs to make that method faster.

 

[Cubenovice]

Whats rainbow and kirFOP?

Both are very colorfull methods...

But either way beginners method is based off of fridrich, so whatever the beginners method would be based off of, I would have learned that and learn algs to make that method faster.

Whut?

 

[Godmil]

beginners method is based off of fridrich

Other way around I'm afraid, Fridrich learned the beginners method before deciding to do all the OLL and PLL in one stage each... later F2L was added.

 

[~Adam~]

How can anyone honestly answer the question in the poll? There is no way to know.

If the question was 'If you could retroactively pick your main method, without the option of CFOP, what would it be?' then I would go for Petrus.