For me, the question has never been wether it's a good a bad thing to start with either white or yellow. The question is, why don't all Fridrichians (who cube with such a color scheme) use it?
Gilles. --- In [email protected], cmhardw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > Not to keep bringing this up, but I really am incredibly excited about > what Opposite color solving has been doing for my times. It took a > while for Richard Patterson to convince me to try it, but now I don't > think I'll ever go back to solving just one color. > > My old average average used to be about 17.5-17.6 seconds. My best > 100 cube average with one color solving was 17.55. Well I just did a > 100 cube average now that I am fairly comfortable with inspecting both > colors in 15 seconds, and my new 100 cube average is 16.83 seconds! > > I dropped about 0.7 second from my average, and I haven't changed any > new algs, nor have I been using any ZB tricks in my Fridrich solving > other than the occasional ZBF2L with all flipped edges (maybe 1/50 > solves). The only major change is opposite color solving. > > I know that for years the view has been that solving the same color > always provides enough color recognition to make your times superfast. > Well I think that is too restrictive. By solving opposite color you > always solve the same F2L edges, that is only restriction. I mean > think about it, does changing the the first layer sticker color on the > corner really change that much when looking for an F2L c/e pair? Well > I say no! > > So anyway, I've gotten the feeling that some people are trying this, > let me know what you think! I've also gotten the feeling that people > think this is a weird thing to do since it is different from the > accepted belief that solving the same color is best. > > Well I'm trying to break that belief! Try opposite color solving! It > is so amazing, that I will never switch back from it! Don't be afraid > of it being different, it is so amazingly worth it! > > Just my views and opinions of course, but I sincerely hope everyone > gives it a try for a short time to at least see what you think. > > Chris > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 1.2 million kids a year are victims of human trafficking. Stop slavery. http://us.click.yahoo.com/WpTY2A/izNLAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
