X-Cross

[raizer]

This thread is about X-cross.I have just becoming more interested about it,when i've seen few PRO cubers on the internet.What do you think can muchly increase your time,the x-cross or the normal cross?,what's the difference?
And where can I find the best tutorial for it?(just in your own opinion).
As now,i don't know how to do it but i know what is it.So i experimented something,that forming first the 2 edges(white cross),and doing F2L on between the 2 white edges-with the right F2L pairs.And it works!!,but i think it's not the x-cross,that i made.So what do you think

 

[rahulkadukar]

I dont know much but I think that depending on the case that you get you have to decide whether you want to do a X-Cross or a Normal Cross.

If you start using X-Cross always then you may try to get a X-Cross where a normal cross would have been much easier. So learn the concepts of this method.

As now,i don't know how to do it but i know what is it.So i experimented something,that forming first the 2 edges(white cross),and doing F2L on between the 2 white edges-with the right F2L pairs.And it works!!,but i think it's not the x-cross,that i made.So what do you think

What you mentioned as X-Cross is not X-Cross. In X-Cross you make the cross in such a way that by the time your cross is done you have already slotted in the first of the F2L pairs. So it is a simultaneous process of making a cross and inserting the first F2L pair.

Check this
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11421&highlight=X-Cross

 

[Raffael]

As now,i don't know how to do it but i know what is it.So i experimented something,that forming first the 2 edges(white cross),and doing F2L on between the 2 white edges-with the right F2L pairs.And it works!!,but i think it's not the x-cross,that i made.So what do you think

I think I remember Chris Hardwick mentioning exactly this a few days ago around here as his method of practicing the x-cross.

 

[chimpzi]

i have a question about x-cross too.

what is the first thing/s you are trying to find that makes you decide if you will do an x-cross or not?..
1. an easy [probably one move?] cross edge and corner pair-up?
2. an already paired cross edge and corner?
3. consider the amount of moves to make a 1x2x2 block[two adjacent cross edges and a corner]?

 

[Johannes91]

What do you think can muchly increase your time,the x-cross or the normal cross?,what's the difference?

It's hard to say in general. If you're just starting to use X-Cross, it will almost certainly be slower. But if you practise it a lot, in the long run it should be a bit faster than normal cross, at least in easy scrambles.

And where can I find the best tutorial for it?(just in your own opinion).

In my opinion, there's no need for a tutorial.

So i experimented something,that forming first the 2 edges(white cross),and doing F2L on between the 2 white edges-with the right F2L pairs.And it works!!,but i think it's not the x-cross,that i made.

It would probably help if you practised solving first a 2x2x2 block and then adding the two cross edges. When you can do that well, try solving the whole X-Cross directly in one step.

 

[JLarsen]

It would probably help if you practised solving first a 2x2x2 block and then adding the two cross edges. When you can do that well, try solving the whole X-Cross directly in one step.

I would like to see that. That and some direct 2x2x3's =D

 

[lotsofsocks]

why an x-cross just do your first pair...unles you have an easy x-cross

 

[stiwi griffin]

http://www.speedcubing.com/chris/ec-strategy.html

this is chris page about x-cross