How It Works

The main workout runs about an hour. After that, anyone who wants to stay can spend another hour on the discussion.

Warmup

We open with about ten minutes of warmup exercises, a short problem sheet with simpler questions to prime your brain before you get to the hard stuff.

The booklet, part one

After the warmup, everyone gets a booklet of ten more challenging problems covering math, science, language, logic and reasoning. You work in silence for the first twenty minutes. Phones away. No talking. Just pen, paper, and your mind.

You're not expected to get through all ten problems. Pick the ones that interest you and work at your own pace.

We'll have a calculator and a printed dictionary on the table.

Break

Five minutes. Stretch, grab a snack, breathe.

The booklet, part two

Back to the problems for another twenty minutes. This time, talking to the people around you is allowed. You can ask questions, think out loud, or compare approaches. You can also continute to work quietly on your own. Whatever you prefer.

Discussion

When time is up, you'll get the solution booklet. Each solution comes with full working, so you can see one way to think through the problem.

Different corners of the room are marked for different questions. Move around to wherever the problems you're curious about are being discussed. You can mark your own sheet, compare answers, argue about approaches, or just listen. This part is optional, but it's usually where the best conversations happen.

Both booklets are yours to keep.

Want to try it on your own?

The shop has PDF problem sets from past sessions. Or if you want to start smaller, Mind Club Weekly sends one problem to your inbox every Friday.