What I wrote was about the rest of the solve, not the cross itself. Do most people solve the cross on bottom from the start now? I remember it being pretty rare in 2002-3.
Macky --- In [email protected], smgfreak_dk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, most people keep it on the D face, AKA "D-Cross." That way, you > don't have to flip the cube over and you can go straight to F2L etc. > not necessarily better.. depends on your own preference: e.g. Jean > Pons solves it on top. > > From Macky's site: > > Q5: > Will it really make a difference if I put the cross on the bottom / > left instead of on the top? > I don't feel like throwing away the eight algorithms I memorized. :( > A5: > I use to do F2L with cross on U-face, but switched to D-face after > getting sub-35. And trust me, it really makes a big difference, as I > got a sub-30 average within a week after making that change. > > Here are a the two big advantages of D-cross F2L in speedcubing: > 1. You use a lot of U and R moves, which allows you to execute algs > quickly using FSC's(Finger Short Cuts). For example, one alg in > U-cross F2L is FDF', but using D-cross F2L, it can be done as RUR' in > about 0.3 second. ( ! ) Dan Knight's Speedcubing Page has some good > FSC videos. See how Dan turns the cube using just one finger? That's > what you will want to be doing if you want to average sub-20. > > 2. By using D-cross F2L, you can look for the second corner-edge pair > while you're doing the first, third when doing the second and so on, > so that you can turn the whole F2L non-stop. It takes a lot of > practice to be able to do this, and I think it's not too much to say > that this non-stop F2L is what separates sub-20 cubers from the rest. > Oh, and yeah, try turning the algs from www.speedcubing.com and then > you can learn the ones that you like. > > One more thing: GO SLOWLY ON F2L! This is the best advice anyone can > give you. > If you go too fast, you won't be able to see the next corner-edge > pair, so you'll have to > stop and search for the next pair, which is definitely not a good > thing in speedcubing. > > Darren > > --- In [email protected], "Stacie Wood" > <pawsnwhiskers@> wrote: > > > > Greetings. > > > > When solving the cube using a cross method, what is the typical > > orientation of the cross face (white for instance)? Do most people > > hold the cube with white on the D face or solve it on the upper face > > then flip over? Thanks. > > > > Roger Wood > > > 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/
