Should I use Petrus

[KuatSyen]

Petrus is a method that I am interested in using at a professional level and wanted your opinion as to whether or not it is worth practicing. Personally I am drawn to less common methods as I can't seem to retain interest in any of the big 3 meaning the consistency of my practice and progression isn't great. I think petrus could be quite good for me as I want more freedom when it comes to my block building and personally I prefer the option to use COLL and EPLL or maybe ZBLL (not that I know ZBLL... yet). Also, does anyone know if it is any good for other events such as bigger cubes, I know it isn't bad for OH. So, do you think it is worth me practicing?

 

[ruffleduck]

I would suggest ZZ over Petrus. If you can't "retain interest" in ZZ, you just haven't dug deep enough into the rabbit hole, lol. Petrus is a fine method but you're really just making it hard for yourself.

 

[Arcanist]

Petrus is a method that I am interested in using at a professional level and wanted your opinion as to whether or not it is worth practicing. Personally I am drawn to less common methods as I can't seem to retain interest in any of the big 3 meaning the consistency of my practice and progression isn't great. I think petrus could be quite good for me as I want more freedom when it comes to my block building and personally I prefer the option to use COLL and EPLL or maybe ZBLL (not that I know ZBLL... yet). Also, does anyone know if it is any good for other events such as bigger cubes, I know it isn't bad for OH. So, do you think it is worth me practicing?

as a fun method it's ok but trying to use it professionally might not be the best idea

 

[OreKehStrah]

There is zero reason to use Petrus if you aren’t going to use full ZBLL

 

[Hazel]

Cubing is about fun, do what you think will bring you the most joy.

 

[abunickabhi]

Doing EO early on is better, use ZZ over Petrus.

Agreeing with the previous posts.

 

[hyn]

Thanks everyone, I've decided to go with ZZ instead, I am going to start by relearning EO as i take about 20 seconds just to reognise the bad edges.

Check out my ZZ sub-10 progression thread if you are interested in following my journey.https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/my-zz-progression-thread.89358/

noooo what about 5-style yo

 

[EngineeredCube]

I started out solving in 2005, I used Petrus to get past the basic "beginner method" that came with the original Rubik's cube. I really enjoyed that method and I still play around with it today. The method is very informational, albeit Lars's site is kind of hard to follow at times. For my fastest and most consistent times nowadays I use CFOP. But really, my cross and first pair are sometimes built on the knowledge I learned during my time using Petrus as my main method. When I review example solves for some of the best cubers, I say, "man that sure looks like a block build rather than just cross to F2L, especially some X crosses". You should do what's the most fun for you. Tau Yu can get sub-10 with a Petrus solving style when he wants to. Sky is the limit with a lot of hard work: however, I don't see anyone breaking 3.47s with Petrus in all honesty. If you are shooting to podium, I wouldn't recommend Petrus, but if you want to learn a lot about the cube, Petrus is a good training method or stepping stone to a better method in my opinion.