Does Lighting Affect Solving?

[cannon4747]

for me, inspection and case recognition is 70% of the solve speed. If you have good recognition you have a better solve. This means you need adequate lighting, stickers that have recognizable colors and even the shape/size of the sticker and the piece. I really love the haiyan's haiyan not merely because of turn quality (which I sometimes prefer to dayan cubes) but because the stickers go almost all the way to the edge of the piece and is honestly the best cube I own for recognition. I just wish dayan could do this...
but yes, I love a lot of light for solving. I have 3 lights in my room on whenever I do solves.

 

[tx789]

it the brightness that matters for me

 

[ottozing]

I'm too used to cubing in daytime with bright stickers. So I'm pretty much useless anywhere that isn't even evenly and well lit.

 

[ChrisBird]

I really need good lighting to solve at my normal speed (14-17 seconds). I use a bright set of stickers to aid in darker places as well, sometimes competitions aren't well-lit or the lighting is weird.

I bought a specific lamp to use when cubing which is what I have gotten used to over the past couple years. So I guess that says something about how important lighting is to me =p

~Chris

 

[Stefan]

I'm definitely better with good light, got this one as ceiling lamp a while ago which is neutral white (4000K) and 60 watts. Comparable to 250-300 watts of regular light bulbs, my room is by far the brightest in our flat and I like it a lot.

 

[Smiles]

it does affect my speed, but not so much now that i have half bright stickers.
now the lights just interfere with the contrast and there's some glare on them too. i prefer moderately bright rooms now.