Colors and speed

[adimare]

Hello everyone.

Do any of you think that starting with a white/yellow cross offers any advantage in f2l recognition? Ever since I started cubing I picked the blue cross. I've noticed that sometimes I insert a wrong edge during f2l. For instance, I'll insert the white/red edge with the yellow/red/blue corner (confusing white with yellow) or the orange/yellow edge with the red/yellow/blue corner (confusing orange with red).

Now, this happens very rarely, but the fact that I sometimes confuse the colors might mean that I'm having a harder time recognizing them during f2l. Do you think that this is the case? And if so, do you think that it could be improved by switching to the white cross? I'll still have orange and red to deal with, but maybe green and blue are easier to tell from each other than yellow/white.

Thoughts? Also, do any of you color neutral cubers have any noticeable difference during f2l depending on which cross you chose to start with?

 

[Edward]

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15860

Welcome to the forums Btw.

 

[4Chan]

If you choose a dull color across from a bright color, it makes recognition slightly easier.

 

[adimare]

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15860
Use the search bar next time please. Its located above every thread.
Welcome to the forums.

I did read that whole thread before posting this one. But it mainly discusses if color neutrality gives any advantage in the number of moves involved in the solving of the cross. I'm more concerned with f2l color recognition, which is not discussed in that thread at all.

Thanks.

 

[Edward]

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15860
Use the search bar next time please. Its located above every thread.
Welcome to the forums.

I did read that whole thread before posting this one. But it mainly discusses if color neutrality gives any advantage in the number of moves involved in the solving of the cross. I'm more concerned with f2l color recognition, which is not discussed in that thread at all.

Thanks.

Well its good to know you did your research. (So glad your not a n00b like I was when I got here.)
Ill be back in a few with my actual thoughts.

Edit: I don't think its you, its your stickers obviously. Going white cross probably wont help differentiating colors. Mabye if you Get some Cubesmith bright stickers, it would help more with color recognition.

I'm a color neutral cuber, and it usually doesn't make a difference. Sorry if that doesn't help anything.

 

[adimare]

I don't think its you, its your stickers obviously. Going white cross probably wont help differentiating colors. Mabye if you Get some Cubesmith bright stickers, it would help more with color recognition.

I'm a color neutral cuber, and it usually doesn't make a difference. Sorry if that doesn't help anything.

Thanks! I'll definitely try those out.

 

[Zubon]

With color recognition, one thing that I experimented with was putting black stickers on the last layer face.

(I use the standard color scheme with a white cross on the bottom and a black cube)

By having black stickers on the black cube, when I am doing F2L, the cubies with a black "void" on them are much easier to ignore. It almost looks like there are black "holes" and by glancing at the cube, I can instantly see which cubies belong in the F2L.

For me, with the regular color scheme, cubies with yellow stickers are harder to ignore.

 

[Tim Major]

The same thing sometimes happens with white cross, mixing up green and blue, or orange and red.