Cube Sticker Colour Scheme

[Rubik the Cubik]

Hi,

I hope this is the right place to post.

I currently own a stickerless Dayan Zhanchi. I'm going to buy a Dayan Zhanchi 2x2 and will at some point upgrade to a faster 3x3 too.

Am I correct in saying competition cubes must have stickers? Can I ask why this is? Are there any funny rules like how big the stickers have to be in relation to the pieces or no bits missing (when I used to play table tennis in a league any bits of rubber missing had to be coloured in the same colour for example)? Do they have to be white, yellow, green, blue, red and orange?

On to the more important question, how do you pick a colour scheme? I've only really seen the Dayan stickerless colours in recent years, they seem quite bright but I like them. I occasionally find the red and orange look similar in low light. I was thinking of ordering some stickers to replace the Dayan Zhanchi 2x2 stickers when needed but have no idea how to choose. My natural inclination is to just go with what I'm familiar with.

Thanks for your help!

 

[Randomno]

WCA regulations have a lot of useful info.

You could try the Cubicle sticker scheme picker.

 

[tomg]

Basically, as long as the stickers are distinguishable from each other and is able to be scrambled it is a-ok. (Judged at a few comps in Toronto)

I picked my colour scheme from the Cubicle. You can either do a custom set of stickers, when I do, I personally prefer ordering from Cubicle, as their sticker picker is better and easier to use. However, when I want just a standard set of brights, half-brights, etc. I go to SubXX for their stickers. They are absolutely amazing, and you always get more than what you ordered, and thats a huge plus to you . The shipping is cheap, and the prices are better for full sets (You get extra shades such as pink and black), as you always get the promo pack, which are stickers that didn't pass their quality control (frankly they are virtually the same as the ones you order, except you never know what size, type or colour you will get).

Links:

SubXX http://www.thecubespecialists.com/SUBXX/en
theCubicle http://thecubicle.us/

-Tom