Why we scramble the cube on white top green front

[mencarikebenaran]

Why we scramble the cube on white top green front?

 

[Reirto-RRNF]

What i know that is decided by Tyson Mao

 

[Garf]

Why we scramble the cube on white top green front?

Lightest color on top, darkest color in front. Older cubes had white as the lightest on top and green as the darkest color on front, because the shades were different back then. Technically, blue is the darkest color now, but to keep things uniform, it's now white top/green front for any of the puzzles, or light color top/dark color bottom.

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

The WCA regulation is below. I always assumed SOMETHING had to be chosen for the sake of uniformity in competitions. This orientation is just arbitrary but ensures consistency when scrambling, right?

• 4d1) NxNxN Cubes and Megaminx are scrambled starting with the white face (if not possible, then the lightest face) on the top and the darkest adjacent green face (if not possible, then the darkest adjacent face) on the front.

 

[Lucas Garron]

Tyson Mao (co-founder of the WCA) will give you the full story. ;-)

WCA’s scrambling orientation

Author: Tyson Mao Originally posted on this Speedsolving.com thread I would be lying if I said the WCA regulations were completely written by me with no reference to anything else. The truth is, wh…

uncletyson.wordpress.com

Story time with Uncle Tyson: WCA's scrambling orientation

Have you ever wondered why we scramble our cubes with white on top and green in front? Back in 2004, at the first Caltech competitions, cubes were scrambling according to the cross color given by each competitor at registration. Because not everyone starts with the cross (color neutrality was...

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So, it came time to decide how the WCA should scramble its cubes. White seemed like a logical choice for the top. White, after all, is not a color. And pretty much every cube has white, though some cubes substitute white for black. But almost every cube has white, and it's a very neutral color, since it's not a color. As is black, both white and black aren't really colors. So it made sense to put something neutral on top. What color, then would we put in front? Blue was out of the question, because Japanese color scheme cubes have blue opposite to white. So we were left with red, orange, or green. Of those three colors, my own personal favorite color is green. I prefer green to red or orange, and hence, I made my blindfold color scheme to utilize white on top and green in front. Conveniently, being in the position that I was, this became the official WCA color scheme. Since the color in front was pretty much arbitrary, no one really complained. Only a few people, perhaps only one other person out there, really knew the story to this, and I remember him making the comment, "Tyson's own personal color scheme." It's true... the WCA color scheme is my own personal color scheme. It's how I solve my cubes blindfolded, and it's how I displayed my cubes on my desk and on my bookshelf in college. And now, it's how the world scrambles its cubes.

 

[Timona]

I always thought it was because when Green it's front, the Red is on the Right side (R, Red?) so the cube is the right way?

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

Nice. This tidbit is the equivalent of musical deep cut. Thanks for sharing.

Tyson Mao (co-founder of the WCA) will give you the full story. ;-)

WCA’s scrambling orientation

Author: Tyson Mao Originally posted on this Speedsolving.com thread I would be lying if I said the WCA regulations were completely written by me with no reference to anything else. The truth is, wh…

uncletyson.wordpress.com

Story time with Uncle Tyson: WCA's scrambling orientation

Have you ever wondered why we scramble our cubes with white on top and green in front? Back in 2004, at the first Caltech competitions, cubes were scrambling according to the cross color given by each competitor at registration. Because not everyone starts with the cross (color neutrality was...

www.speedsolving.com

 

[FenTheGoat]

To have a standard to keep solves consistant.