BLD Mentors/Tutors

[RyanReese09]

In IRC on channel #rubik, Piecez is always available for help. No matter what it is. I'm in there frequently.

 

[cmhardw]

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.

Being interrupted like this is actually good training. If you're interrupted and have to talk to someone, then just review your memo before you attempt the solve. I recently did a solve where my roommate surprised me by shooting me with nerf darts throughout almost the entire solving phase right after I pulled down the blindfold.

If you can solve in the far less than ideal conditions of practice at home with interruptions, then you are truly a BLD solver.

As to the motivation to attempt a full solve, try just doing 1 layer BLD. Scramble the cube. Solve F2L. Memo and solve LL.

If you get good at that then scramble the cube. Solve the D layer. Memo and solve the rest.

You can work up to a full solve, you certainly don't have to just jump right into full BLD solves, unless you just want to that is.

 

[RyanReese09]

Motivation to BLD is hard. I do one solve. Just 1. I tell myself that I'll do one and just stop. But after that first solve, I continue. I talk to other cubers and they do the same thing. Even after 1, they are like "hey, I'm already BLDing, might as well continue"

I love getting people motivated to do BLD by telling them not to b**ch out. I'm an a**hole when it comes to stuff like that.

 

[chardison1980]

learning OP isnt that bad i forced myself to sit down with youtube, and watch videos over and over again then i finally clicked.
i would start by sloving you bottom layer first so all you have to do is work on the top 2 layers solve a few corners first so all you have to do is maybe a few edges, when i get that down and its fluid, then add a few more and keep going till you eventually working all the edges, training your brain to blind solve in batches or groups of 3 since there are 12 edges move on to 4 then 6, 8 and so on, and only do the edges first then uncover your eyes then work on the corners.
i hope that helps, and you can label your edges and corners to help memorize better, it is easier to remember a single letter or number than somthing like UR or FDL
and each letter can represent a word put into a sentence theres a bunch of videos on youtube that futher explain this.

 

[chardison1980]

somthing else that helped me was that i started with a solved cube, and used OP to piece by piece scramble the cube till i had like 4-6 pieces then memorized them and worked to put them back, trust me it helped with learning set up moves, which they are what gave me my most problems at the begining, and now im blind sloving with avarage under 10 mins, and started my first multi bld attempt tonigh, first cube 100%, second cube jack all up lol.
number 1 thing patience.

 

[curtishousley]

I'm currently working on solving BLD using Old Pochmann, wondered if anyone has any tips for the problem I am having. When I shoot a corner to its place and the buffer piece ends up in its own place, I would start a new cycle, but I have a problem visualizing how the buffer piece will end up and with what orientation. I can easily do all the corners BLD if I only have to do one cycle, but I have not been able to do it once where there was more than one cycle. Any suggestions?

 

[Cubenovice]

I sort of agree with Daniel. You gotta put some effort in.

I learned OP from Joel van Noort's tutorial, never watched a video tutorial. This tutorial and some reading through the BLD subforum is all you need. All questions on memo systems, dealing with parity and breaking into new cycles have already been answered. Multiple times...

Feel free to ask additional questions but always make sure to search first and (preferably) show in your post /PM that you've already put some thought into it.

 

[chardison1980]

to help you on the corners i found a video on youtube the guy taught how to permute the corners first, with the white, and yellow stickers being on top and or bottom, i learned to do my corners that way, then all u have to do is remember where they go and the correct setup move and the undo set up move. as i incorperated numbers to my corners i only have to memorize numbers 1-8 as they are labled on my cube, the alg for this is as follows its for the left top front corners, along with the left back top corner. (you only have to look at the left top front cubie the back cubie will fix its self when at the corners are permuted correctly.)
RUR'U' RUR'U' L' URU'R' URU'R' L this will rotate the corner clockwise
URU'R' URU'R' L' RUR'U' RUR'U' L this will rotate the corner counter clockwise
so just mess around with those algs and i hope they work for you.

 

[Yuxuibbs]

uh... i watched some blindfold tutorials and i still don't really understand it? so far i just see that u can cycle pieces and use the t perm and j perms to solve???? (confused)

 

[riffz]

Look up the tutorial by badmephisto on Youtube. If you can't at least make some sense of that then I'm not sure what to say. Your question isn't specific enough for us to help you.

 

[chardison1980]

yes watch BADS video its what i learned from, its like 30mins long but go through it at least 5 times and you will get the hang of it.
believe it or not you can blindsove only using the T-PERM for the edges and corners, if your familiar and comfortable with the T-PERM, for the edges then use it for the corners too
your buffer piece becomes the UBR corner and it switches with the URF corner u just use set up moves to put UBR corner piece into the URF using the T-PERM to switch them and undo your set up move to put it back into the right position.

when i solve i dont even use A-PERM or J-PERM, only T-PERM and some M2 thats it for edges. i will be working on a video for bld solving soon.

 

[IanTheCuber]

Zane should make some BLD vids...you should know he got the 2nd place MBLD in the world. 19/21, which kills. Great job, Zane Carney. Keep up the good work.

 

[Zane_C]

Zane should make some BLD vids...you should know he got the 2nd place MBLD in the world. 19/21, which kills. Great job, Zane Carney. Keep up the good work.

Thanks, I've got many tutorials planned for after exams (Late November).

 

[blakedacuber]

Thanks, I've got many tutorials planned for after exams (Late November).

you should do a BLD for n00bs tutorial also could you do an m2 tutorial with a walk through solve please?

 

[Zane_C]

also could you do an m2 tutorial with a walk through solve please?

Yes, M2 is on my list of tutorials.

 

[collinbxyz]

Yes, M2 is on my list of tutorials.

Yessss can't wait for an Ausie tut

But seriously, I am looking forward to these. I am already subbed to you anyway. Thanks

 

[aronpm]

Thanks, I've got many tutorials planned for after exams (Late November).

I also have some videos planned - not necessarily tutorials, but just answering questions and/or explaining things.

 

[Speedmaster]

Please make a Bh corners tutorial, i don't understand the one of byu
I love the tuebo edges tutorial from zane, please make other ones too
i'm sorry for writing mistakes