What Color Cross Do You Solve and Why?

[dChan]

Also could you say why? Like: "Because that's how my friend taught me", "Its my favorite color" , etc.

 

[csfield]

Where's pink on the list?

 

[ExoCorsair]

Whatever color's quickest to form the cross.

 

[Erik]

Since I solve on at least 3 colors (white, yellow, green) i consider to be more a 'neutral' than a 1 color sover

 

[dChan]

Originally posted by csfield@Apr 2 2007, 09:53 PM
Where's pink on the list?

Pink? So does that mean red is across from pink or is it orange?

I would have my own custom colors but right now I'm trying to get fast, so changing my stickers would be stupid considering I'm a month away from my first comp.

Sometimes I'm tempted to solve whatever color is the quickest(e.g. 3 edges are already placed) but once I'm done with the cross I'm lost. So for me it is better to have slow cross + fast f2l rather than fast cross + slow f2l. I say F2L only because I can solve LL of any color fast, but for some reason I can't solve F2L of any other color fast.

BTW, I solve green cross. That's how I learned to do it from my solution book. But now I do it the speedcuber way of course(cobo edge placing or fastest way).

 

[Arakron]

I'm color neutral, because I wasn't introduced to the idea of deciding on the cross color before the solve until well after I had started cubing. It was a problem when I first started figuring out Fridrich F2L, but now I never have issues with it.

 

[pjk]

I solve white since that was the way I learned.

 

[KJiptner]

I start on Green since it's my favourite color. (Have a look at my video in my signature. you'll see)

It's funny I didn't know so many others do this as well

 

[Fireman32]

I solve the green side first as that is how I learned how.

 

[AvGalen]

I used to be color neutral 20 years ago. Once I started speedcubing I decided to switch to white.

On 2x2x2 and 5x5x5 I am completely color neutral. On 4x4x4 I have a preference for white, yellow, any other color.

My niece uses orange and my nephew starts at green, because that are their favorite colors. They don't have internet so they can't vote here.

Is being color-neutral an advantage or disadvantage for blindfolded.
Advantage: Start on easiest color
Disadvantage: Slower to decide where each piece should go

 

[Inferno.Fighter.IV]

Originally posted by AvGalen@Apr 3 2007, 06:15 AM
I used to be color neutral 20 years ago. Once I started speedcubing I decided to switch to white.

On 2x2x2 and 5x5x5 I am completely color neutral. On 4x4x4 I have a preference for white, yellow, any other color.

My niece uses orange and my nephew starts at green, because that are their favorite colors. They don't have internet so they can't vote here.

Is being color-neutral an advantage or disadvantage for blindfolded.
Advantage: Start on easiest color
Disadvantage: Slower to decide where each piece should go

I don't know too much about blindfolded cubing but I''m pretty sure you don't start out by doing a cross. I believe for most methods you first orient the corners then edges, and once there oriented then you permute them in the same order.

I use white for my cross but I'm working on being neutral. I see it as a disadvantage to have to be locked into using one color. I chose white simply because it stands out the most, and I'm also colorblind (I mainly with get mixed up with red and green) so if I tried to use red or green I'd get really messed up, ha ha .

 

[dChan]

Wow, 28% so far solve green! And the obvious would be most people solve white- that's what Tyson and a whole bunch of other cubers do.

And your bld description is a little off InfernoFighter.IV.

 

[Inferno.Fighter.IV]

Originally posted by dChan@Apr 3 2007, 12:28 PM
Wow, 28% so far solve green! And the obvious would be most people solve white- that's what Tyson and a whole bunch of other cubers do.

And your bld description is a little off InfernoFighter.IV.

I was also surprised that so many people use green. Ha ha, sorry about the BLD explanation, I don't really know much about Blindfold cubing. I should have thought before I posted about it.

Does anyone know if any of the top cubers use a color other than white?

 

[dChan]

That's alright, man. BTW, most cubers solve BLD like this: Orient all pieces. Then permute all pieces that are not already in their place. This is usually 4-steps. It is a bit more complicated, but that's basicallywhat it is.

And I believe Lars Petrus doesn't use white, but he doesn't use a cross either so I don't know if that counts, lol.


Power to the GREEN CROSSERS!

 

[tenderchkn]

I don't know if color neutralness helps or hurts for BLD, but I think the fact that most (if not all) BLD solvers start with the same U and F colors speak for itself. There's no way you can memorize the cube in a decent amount of time if you had to think about colors. Besides, it only helps with orientation which doesn't take that long - the permutation cycles are the same no matter what.

 

[dbeyer]

I'm color Neutral. I voted orange, as it's my favorite color. I'm really good with orange and red. I'm working on yellow and white. I'd have to say opp color neutrality is an awsome concept proposed by Richard Patterson.

 

[AvGalen]

dbeyer: Why did you vote orange, there is an option for neutral.

tenderchkn: That's what I meant for blindfolded color neutrality. Not for a cross, but for the starting position.

 

[aznblur]

I always do white, since I started cubing on white, and I'm used to it.

 

[ArminK]

I use white Both because I learned it that way, but also because I think it is the colour which is easiest to spot

 

[Lt-UnReaL]

I use white just because that's how I learned on teh internetz.