What Color Cross Do You Solve and Why?

[ahmfast1]

Green, thanks Dan Brown

 

[Tarhilion]

In reality, I just solve whatever color will be the quickest to solve in that solve.

 

[Edward]

Green, then blue, then Color Neutral, then White.
Now I'm an Orange bottom (not always cross) solver. Sometimes red.

I might call on my CN past if I see something juicy

 

[Jaycee]

90%white, yellow if I remember to look at yellow cross and it's good.

At my new school I've come across 6 people who could solve the cube in a few minutes, and all but one used orange cross. Weird.

 

[Himandthatguy]

I started out solving the green cross first because I began with the pogobat video, but then I became color neutral after starting to get sub-1 minute solves. My friend always starts with the green cross, despite his efforts to become color neutral.

 

[rj]

started on green, switched to CN when I averaged over 2 minutes

Ben! Welcome back!

I'm reverse CN on white.

 

[ianliu64]

White. And only white.

 

[YddEd]

When I used CFOP, I was CN. I don't do crosses anymore.

 

[tx789]

started on white switched to CN when I averaged 25-30 2 years ago. I favor white. I avg 20ish now. My singles range from 16-25

 

[Frubix]

Ben! Welcome back!

I'm reverse CN on white.

That's called opposite neutral

 

[szalejot]

I use white.
Because I started from it (when learning LBL) and I am not CN.

 

[mDiPalma]

I use yellow EOLine because I solve in WCA scrambling orientation (less rotations, easy to share scrambles with other ZZ-ers).

This translates to a yellow cross when I do CFOP.

As a side note, yellow and green are theoretically the easiest colors to see with the human eyes. I suppose that gives yellow and green cross-makers a slight advantage.

I would like to see some analysis of sub-10 CN solves, where the user notes which color cross they used beside the time. Maybe with 10,000+ data points from the same user, we can identify some pattern of preference or advantage to a single cross color.

 

[TheRedCuber]

I start with the white cross and my PB is 39.85. I average around 45.
do you recommend to switch to CN? Why?

 

[sneaklyfox]

As a side note, yellow and green are theoretically the easiest colors to see with the human eyes.

Where do you get this? Link to proof or article?

 

[Clarkeeyyy]

Green thanks to Pogobat.

 

[~Adam~]

Yellow and Black (always white cubes).

Lance TBK suggested it would be a good idea to only solve 1 cross colour in the intuitive F2L video I watched, I was previously CN.

At about 25 secs I went to opposite neutral but didn't spend enough time trying to go CN.

 

[PianoCube]

Started on white, switched to W/Y opposite neutral when I reached around 30 seconds.
I guess I use white around 60-70% of the time.

 

[BoBoGuy]

CN but easiest is yellow.

 

[rj]

That's called opposite neutral

As well as reverse CN, yes.

 

[mDiPalma]

Where do you get this? Link to proof or article?

The wavelengths of yellow and green are towards the center of the visible light spectrum (ROYGBIV). They are factually easiest for the human eye to detect. This is why road-workers wear green/yellow uniforms with white reflective strips.

Red and purple are slightly more difficult to identify, especially in low light situations.

The effect on cubing would be minimal presumably, but still potentially existent.