Learn how to solve a Rubik’s Cube easily

“I picked up a Rubik's cube about two months ago after a friend showed me a sub-minute solve. I love pen-and-paper puzzles (think: Cracking the Cryptic on Youtube) and I thought a Rubik's cube couldn't be too hard to figure out: kids solved these in the 80's! It was a lot harder than I'd expected! I'd rank this as equivalent to the hardest 5 star problems you'll find on a site like Logic Masters Germany. The solve time was probably about 10 hours over multiple weeks, and the final few turns were incredibly satisfying.”

“The first layer was easy enough - maybe 30 minutes of playing around. The second layer took a bit more trial and error. I eventually came up with a sequence that would swap two edge pieces without disturbing the bottom layer. [...] The third layer is really tricky.”

“My challenge for the month of October was to practice the Rubik’s Cube every single day for a month, and today I successfully completed that challenge. I started out the month completely clueless. The very first time I solved it took me almost 3 hours. Now I can consistently solve it in 2-3 minutes. My record is 1 minute, 58 seconds.”