wca regulations query

[ccchips296]

i was wondering, i know that the green and see-through diys and certain others arent allowed in competition but are the white diys allowed? im not too sure and was wondering whether those new white diys with the little notches on the end of the pieces are worth getting. i read the wca rules but couldn't find anything and wasn't too sure if i missed something.

 

[Inusagi]

I had the same problem a while ago. But it was allowed with DIY's. So I used my yellow one... as you said, the see-through is not allowed, but I think the green one is...

 

[Pedro]

just the transparent ones are not allowed...any other color is fine

 

[ccchips296]

oh ok thanks

 

[Brian Le]

Green cubes are allowed... I used mine in competition.

 

[hinges]

why are the transparent ones not allowed ?

 

[adragast]

because you can use it to see stickers that you would not see with a non-transparent cube

 

[Inusagi]

You can see those stickers that is on the D and B face.

 

[ExoCorsair]

I believe the problem was seeing the pieces, not the stickers. After all, you'd only "see" the backs of those stickers anyway.

 

[hinges]

cant really understand how that would help...

 

[Lucas Garron]

cant really understand how that would help...

But if anyone else does, that's not good.

 

[shelley]

cant really understand how that would help...

I can. Imagine that you're solving your F2L and you're looking for a blue/red edge. You see that the UL and UB edges have a blue sticker visible to you. If you currently only see the U, F and R faces, you'd have to tilt the cube to check which of these is the edge piece you're looking for. If you have a transparent cube and stickers that are the same color on the front and the back you wouldn't have to.

Granted, it's a very small advantage for a specific case (though I'm sure there are others), but it's an advantage nonetheless.

 

[hinges]

hmmm that makes sense...