adimare
Veteran
I've noticed an increase in threads of cubers asking for help which can barely be met by the amount of advisers out there, so I thought it'd be good to write down a few guidelines so you too can help those noobs improve!
1. Whatever the cuber's doing is wrong
If the cuber turns fast, tell him to slow down to improve his look ahead; if he turns slow, tell him to turn faster because that will get him better times (duh). Remember: you're not helping unless you're pointing out that the cuber's approach to solving the cube is fundamentally wrong.
2. It's all about you
You might want to help the cuber improve a little (not enough to make him faster than you though), but most importantly you want to make yourself look good in the process. Don't miss opportunities to brag about how fast you are (ie: even if no one's asking, mention that you're fit to advice because you're sub-12) and how much better you were when you knew what the cuber knows (ie: "I was already sub-18 when I started learning F2L so you shouldn't worry that much about it").
3. Discourage cubers from learning new things
Why waste time learning anything when you can mindlessly keep applying what little you already know for countless hours? This is also a good opportunity to apply guideline #2 and make yourself look good, you can say something like "you shouldn't learn 3-style for BLD yet, I'm sub-1 and I use M2/OP lololol".
4. Your way is the only way
Remember that you're wonderful, and that whatever choices you made on your way to become such an amazing cuber were definitely the best possible ones. If you started out with a Rubik's brand, started learning full OLL when you were already sub-20, and chose to become color-neutral after two years of solving white cross only, advice everyone to follow those exact same steps if they want to reach their full potential. It's up to you if you want to write down some weird rationalization as to why your advice makes sense (ie: apparently months of practice turning a Rubik's brand cube are super useful when turning a Weilong, much better than actually practicing with a Weilong).
5. Just Practice
If everything else fails, just tell the cuber to "just practice". Surprisingly, no one has ever figured out that practicing helps one improve! That's right, people that are concerned with getting better to a point where they upload videos to youtube and ask others for help aren't practicing at all! Why spend time analyzing their solves and coming up with useful advice when you can just say something obvious like "practicing will make you improve" and be done with it? As a bonus, this is yet another opportunity to make yourself look amazing: "knowing what you already know, I was able to get from ~1:30 to sub-10 with just practice in 5 weeks".
P.S. This is applies to a small minority of posters out there, most advice I've seen (TDM, Petro Leum, mDiPalma, DeeDubb, and many others) is very well thought out and extremely helpful.
1. Whatever the cuber's doing is wrong
If the cuber turns fast, tell him to slow down to improve his look ahead; if he turns slow, tell him to turn faster because that will get him better times (duh). Remember: you're not helping unless you're pointing out that the cuber's approach to solving the cube is fundamentally wrong.
2. It's all about you
You might want to help the cuber improve a little (not enough to make him faster than you though), but most importantly you want to make yourself look good in the process. Don't miss opportunities to brag about how fast you are (ie: even if no one's asking, mention that you're fit to advice because you're sub-12) and how much better you were when you knew what the cuber knows (ie: "I was already sub-18 when I started learning F2L so you shouldn't worry that much about it").
3. Discourage cubers from learning new things
Why waste time learning anything when you can mindlessly keep applying what little you already know for countless hours? This is also a good opportunity to apply guideline #2 and make yourself look good, you can say something like "you shouldn't learn 3-style for BLD yet, I'm sub-1 and I use M2/OP lololol".
4. Your way is the only way
Remember that you're wonderful, and that whatever choices you made on your way to become such an amazing cuber were definitely the best possible ones. If you started out with a Rubik's brand, started learning full OLL when you were already sub-20, and chose to become color-neutral after two years of solving white cross only, advice everyone to follow those exact same steps if they want to reach their full potential. It's up to you if you want to write down some weird rationalization as to why your advice makes sense (ie: apparently months of practice turning a Rubik's brand cube are super useful when turning a Weilong, much better than actually practicing with a Weilong).
5. Just Practice
If everything else fails, just tell the cuber to "just practice". Surprisingly, no one has ever figured out that practicing helps one improve! That's right, people that are concerned with getting better to a point where they upload videos to youtube and ask others for help aren't practicing at all! Why spend time analyzing their solves and coming up with useful advice when you can just say something obvious like "practicing will make you improve" and be done with it? As a bonus, this is yet another opportunity to make yourself look amazing: "knowing what you already know, I was able to get from ~1:30 to sub-10 with just practice in 5 weeks".
P.S. This is applies to a small minority of posters out there, most advice I've seen (TDM, Petro Leum, mDiPalma, DeeDubb, and many others) is very well thought out and extremely helpful.
I have seen a surprising amount of #3, so naturally that one made me crackup the most 
