Is there a difference between black and white?

[Glow]

I was looking at the puzzle shop and all the white have lower amount then black.
So I was wonder is there a difference?

 

[5BLD]

The difference is one has lighter coloured plastic than the other.

edit: black is more popular so they stock more

 

[asportking]

I remember reading about this once. I can't quite remember the reason (it was either the white plastic costs less than black, or the plastic comes in white and they have to dye it black for black cubes), but there isn't any difference performance-wise, besides one being black and the other being white.

 

[Glow]

Thanks guy,
and side question.
Are Dayan Guhongs allowed in competitions?

 

[asportking]

Thanks guy,
and side question.
Are Dayan Guhongs allowed in competitions?

Yes, unless they're the stickerless ones (the one's with colored plastic instead of stickers).

 

[Schmidt]

/\ Yes, if it is not different from what is described here.

 

[Muesli]

(or the plastic comes in white and they have to dye it black for black cubes)

Nope. It takes more colour and bleaches to make a plastic pure white as it does to make something black.

 

[radmin]

Some people believe that white plastic performs better. I tend to agree but I can't say 100% its because the plastic is better. I just know what I'm doing (as far was lube and tension) by the time I get around to collecting a white version of any particular model. Some lubes hurt performance, some lubes aren't easily removed. By the time I get white, I know what works and doesn't for a model.

You'd have to buy white and black twins to know for sure. I always get black first and white later if the model performs well.

 

[radmin]

Nope. white the white plastic Lingyun 2 is noticeably different from the black version.

Can you be more specific? Do you have both?

I bought a black Ling Yun II and it was bumpy, I tried a white one at a comp and it was gold. I'm thinking of sticking with my black Ling Yun I with torpedoes and getting a white Ling Yun II

 

[The Bloody Talon]

in my experience, white is better than black.
I don't know any reason though

 

[IamWEB]

No.

 

[somerandomkidmike]

I'm pretty sure red cubes are the fastest.

 

[Sarahjdes]

I like black 2x2 and 3x3, but I think the bigger ones look nicer in white.

 

[Cool Frog]

I have 4 white guhongs and 4 black guhongs, on average the white ones are better than the black ones.

 

[axe97]

maybe one is faster than the other, but if your recognition is better on one, then i'd choose that one

 

[gundamslicer]

i dont know why, but my white lun hui is better than my black one
But what counters this idea is that my black guhong is better than my white one

 

[The Bloody Talon]

Ah yes, I was looking for something like this instead of just one white cube is better than one black cube. Seems weird though, I can't think of anything that would make white better.

my white guhong is better than my friends black guhong and
my white SS5 is better than my black SS5
i never seen a black cube better than a white one.

oh well, still don't know why.

 

[tx789]

It something in the plastic a difference the dye or whatever is used to colour the plastic

 

[Toquinha1977]

There is a difference, although it's not absolute. If you compare the white coloured (although more like cream coloured, but they call it "original colour") ZanChi (http://lightake.com/detail.do/sku.3x3x3_DaYan_V_ZhanChi_Magic_Cube_DIY_Kit_Original_Color-44613) with a black one (http://lightake.com/detail.do/sku.3x3x3_DaYan_V_ZhanChi_Magic_Cube_DIY_Kit_Black-43885), for whatever reasons, the white tends to be a bit noisier and the plastic has a more rigid feel to it.

But like I said, not absolute, and quite possibly psychologically influenced (ie: if you want it to turn better, you'll convince yourself that it does). The first Dayan GuHongs in white tended to be a bit softer and heavier than the black ones, and with the LunHuis, there is no discerable difference in turning quality.

 

[CarlBrannen]

With the recent "Force Cube" brouhaha, I'm going to run a test.

I've also noticed that my white cubes are smoother than the black ones. That they're made out of different plastics makes sense to me.

But my recognition is better with black (and I replace the yellow side with black), so I've been sticking to black cubes.

So I've just ordered some petroleum dye on eBay. I'll see if I can dye one of my white cubes black.