BLD Mentors/Tutors

[MrSpike]

Greetings all Blindsolvers.
Blindsolving is a difficult task and has always been high on my priorities to learn however i couldn't find the direct support to do so. I thought a place in the forums directly formed for finding a mentor / student for blindsolving would not only help the community spirit but also help more cubers become blindsolvers as they would have an experts help. As well as providing experts a challenge.

My own request is for an experienced blindsolver who can help motivate me by keeping in touch via mail, possibly do Skype sessions for fun and who can provide advice for me to continue my journey in blindsolving. Thank you.

Maybe you are not an expert and also want to learn, post here if you also think you would like to keep contact with an expert blindsolver.

 

[kinch2002]

Remember, it is also possible to learn bld without the help of an expert mentor. If you aren't willing to put the effort in to try to learn by yourself, then I don't think have the mentality to become a decent bld solver. I'm not trying to put you off bld - I just get the feeling that you want to be spoon-fed rather than putting in effort yourself

EDIT: I'm always willing to help people, unless they're not trying as hard as they can themselves

 

[MovingOnUp]

Hmm.. Seems neat. Kind of seems impractical, however.

 

[cmhardw]

I would be interested in helping out new blindsolvers with questions they may have. I could help out with Old Pochmann, M2, 3OP, free-three cycle, or BH.

I would probably not be available by skype, and would mostly be available by PM or in this thread. I know that's not much, but if anyone just has a quick question or something of that sort then I'm always interested to help out.

 

[24653483361]

Well if I ever had questions on bld, I'd probably re-watch a tutorial, search the forums, or ask a friend who can bld.

 

[JonnyWhoopes]

I can also help with Old Pochmann, M2, and BH corners. I do know Turbo for edges, but I am not quite fluent in it yet, and the same goes for free-three cycle edges.

 

[blakedacuber]

emm i confident i can do bld but the middles layer confuses me in m2 could anyone make a few walkthrough solves please?

 

[cubernya]

I would highly recommend Chris if it's just for a quick question. He is amazing at BLD, having a 95%(?) success rate, and having completed 6x6 and 7x7 BLD. I personally contacted him a couple weeks ago asking him the orientation rules for edges (with what I was defining orientation as) and he messaged me back giving me very clear, easy to follow rules for orientation. My definition was correct, but very time consuming to do for all the edges.

In short, PM Mike or Chris if you have a quick question that can be written out in text...otherwise you might go for others if you want to go on Skype or an IM chat.

 

[kinch2002]

Or use this
Then if the wonderful Chris/Mike aren't sitting at their computer at the time, someone else can help

 

[cubernya]

Yeah mine wasn't really an urgent question, and he responded pretty quickly

 

[PandaCuber]

I am really interested in BLD solving, but I just can get myself to learning the method. I learn easy, but its very hard. I am really interested into having a mentor or someone I can talk to in specific. Via email? Thanks.

 

[MrSpike]

The idea was not to be spoonfed but to have somewhere directly for people like myself to find the bld experts to pm. I am relatively new to the forums and therefore know nothing of the people whom do different things. In terms of my help even just a blindfold solver who I can talk to regularly, even if its not about blindsolving. Just for the support. If anyone wants a general chat just pm me, as I'm more than willing to learn alone or with aid. If finding the best resources to learn comes from an expert, why do it alone?

 

[PandaCuber]

The idea was not to be spoonfed but to have somewhere directly for people like myself to find the bld experts to pm. I am relatively new to the forums and therefore know nothing of the people whom do different things. In terms of my help even just a blindfold solver who I can talk to regularly, even if its not about blindsolving. Just for the support. If anyone wants a general chat just pm me, as I'm more than willing to learn alone or with aid. If finding the best resources to learn comes from an expert, why do it alone?

Yeah I mean the same as this guy. Help would be nice

 

[danthecuber]

The idea was not to be spoonfed but to have somewhere directly for people like myself to find the bld experts to pm. I am relatively new to the forums and therefore know nothing of the people whom do different things. In terms of my help even just a blindfold solver who I can talk to regularly, even if its not about blindsolving. Just for the support. If anyone wants a general chat just pm me, as I'm more than willing to learn alone or with aid. If finding the best resources to learn comes from an expert, why do it alone?

aronpm is on #rubik

 

[asportking]

Yea, I've always wanted to do bld solving, and I've learned the method and everything (I think its old pochmann, can't be sure though), but every time I sit down to attempt it, I just can't get enough motivation to memorize the whole cube. Not sure if anyone but myself can help with that, but I think the idea is great for people who just aren't getting it. The mentors could even be watching the person do a bld solve, and let them know if they make a mistake, although that might only work for people just working on solving it blindfolded, and not really going for speed.

 

[wontolla]

If an experimented bld solver is going to put some effort and spend hours teaching a single person, I guess he/she sould make a tutorial for everybody instead.

 

[cubernya]

If an experimented bld solver is going to put some effort and spend hours teaching a single person, I guess he/she sould make a tutorial for everybody instead.

You mean experienced?

 

[wontolla]

You're right. That was my Spanglish speaking.

 

[Sakarie]

Yea, I've always wanted to do bld solving, and I've learned the method and everything (I think its old pochmann, can't be sure though), but every time I sit down to attempt it, I just can't get enough motivation to memorize the whole cube. Not sure if anyone but myself can help with that, but I think the idea is great for people who just aren't getting it. The mentors could even be watching the person do a bld solve, and let them know if they make a mistake, although that might only work for people just working on solving it blindfolded, and not really going for speed.

Just do it! Spend an hour if that's what it takes! Then do it again, tomorrow, and the kick of being faster that yesterday wil probably take you at least somewhere.

 

[asportking]

Just do it! Spend an hour if that's what it takes! Then do it again, tomorrow, and the kick of being faster that yesterday wil probably take you at least somewhere.

I'll try, but considering the amount of motivation it takes for me just to ATTEMPT a bld solve, I have a feeling I'll want to give up after failing so many bld solves. Another problem I seem to have is that no matter how many times I tell people not to interupt me, I can never seem to have a full hour to myself for a bld solve. Heck, I have trouble just doing a 5x5 solve without having to get up and do something.