Oops, I guess I didn't read carefully enough ^^; I just googled D-Cross and found that.. cause some of your pages are gone..
--- In [email protected], "mackymakisumi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > <no_reply@> 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/
