Petrus Move Count

[Radical Seal]

hi ive been using petrus for about two weeks now and i currently average about 35 moves for the f2l. i was wondering if this was good and what a reasonable goal would be.any feedback would be greatly appreciated

 

[Johannes91]

Reasonable goal could be 25-30 moves, with a distribution something like this:

Step 1: 5 moves
Step 2: 5 moves
Step 3: 5 moves
Step 4a: 5 moves
Step 4b: 7 moves

By looking ahead you can often make the next step easier or, especially in steps 2-3, get a cancellation. Averaging below 25 moves is doable.

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

Johannes you get 10 moves 2x2x3s?

 

[MiloD]

do you mean in a speed solve or when going for few moves?

 

[Johannes91]

Johannes you get 10 moves 2x2x3s?

Only sometimes. But it's a reasonable goal.

do you mean in a speed solve or when going for few moves?

When talking about move counts, I'm usually thinking about linear solving, a bit more slowly than speedsolving but still similar.

 

[skorm909]

can somone tell me where to find the petrus or fredrich methods?
and wut do i lubracate my cube with is vasaline ok?

 

[Radical Seal]

vaseline slowly destroys the plastic on your cube. to lubricate your cube i would suggest using 100% silicone spray.

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

can somone tell me where to find the petrus or fredrich methods?
and wut do i lubracate my cube with is vasaline ok?

I find it to be quite interesting that beginners always suggest vaseline. However, I never did for some reason...

http://www.ws.binghamton.edu/fridrich/cube.html
http://www.lar5.com/cube

There are other sites for Fridrich. But I really don't know of any other good ones with Petrus.

 

[Radical Seal]

ya there is hardly any sites with pertrus on them

 

[Lucas Garron]

:rolleyes:

ya there is hardly any sites with pertrus on them

For a good reason. Webmasters probably know how to spell. Seen Johannes'?

 

[Lofty]

As I've stated in a few threads I've been practicing Petrus so I was wondering about move counts. Obviously if something is possible it should eventually be the goal in speed as well as FM.
Anyway what are the maximum's I should try to go for? Like I heard in one tutorial never to get more than 6 moves on step 1. normally I can get around 15 moves or less for my S1+2 but not at full speed.
I'll take an average of my move count for F2L and edit it in I should start with the 23 moves I just got
Loosely related does anyone remember the threads on one of the cube related yahoo groups on the PHZB method?
Edit: This is more Linear FM as this is like a 30-60 second f2l with a big pause between steps.
S1- 5, 5, 7, 8, 7 = 6.6
S2- 8, 6, 4, 8, 6 = 6.4
S3- 5, 3, 7, 7, 6 = 5.6
S4- 18, 9, 14, 14, 18 = 14.6
total: 33.2
My last step is surprisingly bad for a Fridrich user... I suppose I'm not used to doing these restricted cases, some of them can quite nasty.