What colour is your main speedcube?

[MorrisKid101]

I have been thinking about getting a different coloured cube because people say look ahead is better and stuff like that. Feliks used a white cube to break the world record for 4x4, and many records are being broken with white bodied cubes. I was wondering, does the body colour affect your solving speed? And I also wanted to see if more people used black, white, stickerless or other coloured cubes. And I also thought: is it "wrong" or "bad" if your main cube is a stickerless? Everyone knows stickerless cubes tend to feel better whilst turning, but as most people also know they are not allowed in official WCA comps. I can get much better times with a Stickerless Guhong than I can get with a black zhanchi. This basically makes me achieve slower times in competitions. so I wondered if anyone else has a stickerless main.

If only stickerless cubes were legal......

 

[Kirjava]

Purple.

 

[MorrisKid101]

Sorry, I forgot to add a poll lol

 

[Cubenovice]

Stickerless guhong

 

[axis]

I use a black one. I get really bad times on white. People just use the colour they are used to.

 

[ben1996123]

black but I'm trying two make my zhanchi better atm wich is white

 

[TDM]

I only have black cubes (except my white V-cube 5 which I never use and my Pyramorphix which I also never use).

 

[Wassili]

The majority of cuber prefers black cubes because for them colors are easier to recognize, however, for some it's vice versa.

People don't use stickerless cubes as their main because they will become used to it, and then when their at a competition they won't necessarily be getting the same times on a black/white cube since it would feel and look different for them.

 

[waffle=ijm]

white for life

 

[SirWaffle]

I only own black cubes. But I will be getting my first white one in a few days.

 

[IanTheCuber]

I have been thinking about getting a different coloured cube because people say look ahead is better and stuff like that. Feliks used a white cube to break the world record for 4x4, and many records are being broken with white bodied cubes. I was wondering, does the body colour affect your solving speed? And I also wanted to see if more people used black, white, stickerless or other coloured cubes. And I also thought: is it "wrong" or "bad" if your main cube is a stickerless? Everyone knows stickerless cubes tend to feel better whilst turning, but as most people also know they are not allowed in official WCA comps. I can get much better times with a Stickerless Guhong than I can get with a black zhanchi. This basically makes me achieve slower times in competitions. so I wondered if anyone else has a stickerless main.

If only stickerless cubes were legal......

Stickerless cubes are legal...if you dye them. They have softer plastic, allowing them to turn more smooth and have a wider range of corner cutting. This is stated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KymTVz12yvQ.

 

[Renslay]

Currently I use black, but once I had a white cube as my No.1. My experience is that the only thing matters is what you (your brain and eyes) get used to. The stickers are more important than the "background color".

 

[Yellowsnow98]

Cube colour doesn't make much of a difference for me. My main is a white Huanying but if I'm in the mood to use my black Zhanchi or my stickerless Guhong, I have no problems adjusting.

 

[BaMiao]

I like white cubes for speedcubing because I can use black stickers for better contrast with yellow. For general puzzle collection, I prefer black, because I think it looks better.

 

[Wassili]

You could always use grey instead of yellow on a black cube if you have trouble distinguishing the colors.

 

[KongShou]

You could always use grey instead of yellow on a black cube if you have trouble distinguishing the colors.

Because grey against black has a higher contrast that yellow on black

#logic

 

[Wassili]

No, the contrast between white/yellow and white/grey.

 

[MorrisKid101]

Stickerless cubes are legal...if you dye them. They have softer plastic, allowing them to turn more smooth and have a wider range of corner cutting. This is stated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KymTVz12yvQ.

But isn't that just making it a black cube? Stickerless cubes have two qualities:
Awesomeness
Cool looking
If you dye them you lose one of those qualities. Also watch the conclusion of the video. He says "it just feels like a regular zhanchi". In other words, the experiment didn't work.

 

[KongShou]

on a black cube

hullo?^

 

[jayefbe]

I have lots of different colored cubes (black, white, green, purple, primary), but have found that my recognition is much better on black. So I primarily use black for this reason, and to remain as consistent as possible. I recently switched from my Dayan back to my Wittwo for 2x2, which is white. I also only have a SS 6x6 in white. Everything else is black. All new cubes that I plan on using for competition speedsolving, as opposed to collection or goofing around purposes, will be black.

I also do not own a stickerless, and I will not be purchasing a stickerless any time soon. I do not want to fall in love with a cube that I can't use at competition.