Roux for OH is underrated

[Deleted member 55877]

I've been getting bored of OH recently, and so I decided to mix things up and try Roux for OH. This was probably one of my best cubing decisions I've ever made. Two weeks have passed since I switched to Roux for OH, and I am already getting similar times to that with CFOP for OH. My enthusiasm for OH has been never greater.

CFOP for two handed solving is good. CFOP is relatively inefficient, but it is mostly R U moves, which allows for very high TPS. Also lookahead is very easy with CFOP. But for OH you don't have nearly as high TPS as with two handed solving, which means efficiency is important. This is why Roux shines for OH. Roux is super efficient. It's true that lookahead is worse with Roux, and Roux requires more thinking, but the nice thing is that for OH you turn more slowly, which allows more time for thinking/lookahead.

I think the main reason why most people are skeptical of Roux for OH is because of the M moves. Let me make this clear: M moves for OH are easier than you think.

In this thread I would like to hear your thoughts on Roux for OH.

 

[ProStar]

Roux is really good for OH; at least equal and potentially better than CFOP. I don't think it's underrated, there's just less Roux 2H users, which means there's less OH Roux users, as typically people's methods are the same for 2H and OH.

 

[porkynator]

I would not say Roux is underrated for OH, it is widely considered to be better or at least just as good as CFOP (for OH), for the reasons you mention (most importantly lower movecount). The fact that it is better for OH, at least relatively to CFOP, also shows in the official rankings: 3 out of the 10 top OH solvers use Roux (Kian, Iuri, Tudor), while just one does out of the top10 3x3 solvers (Sean)

It is true that the fingertricks are harder for Roux OH, but modern hardware makes them much easier. So if you read old posts saying that M moves are hard, they are not wrong, it's just that cubes have changed

 

[DNF_Cuber]

I switched from CFOP oh, to Roux oh, And now ZZ oh. I think roux is probably the best of the three, but I am not great at the fingertricks. ZZ is easy to pick up and better than CFOP for oh IMO

 

[Jam88]

yRuru for OH all the way (;

 

[the dnf master]

I do agree Roux is the best for oh, but I use CFOP mainly because I suck at Roux in general.