Won't start

I went out there with a light and checked on the valves - one was pretty clearly compressed. I bumped it over until I got the timing mark close to zero and checked again on the position of the front valves. Looks like both are at the same height, neither appearing to be compressed - is that what I want for TDC? If so, I'm 180 degrees off, can pull the dizzy, and point it to #1 again.

-JP