I remember when this plaything first came out, I was eager to get my hands on one of the(geek since birth??) but I never actually got to solve it. I have such a short attention span, which I still haven't gotten rid of until now, that I'd always just solve the top layer, as in just have one color in one square, and literally give up. I just didn't know how to go from there, and never really had much interest to solving it, since it required too much thinking time. I'm just too restless for these kinds of toys.
College came, my fascination for it came back because of Alex. He taught all of us from the Straight MS programs how to solve the cube. It was only then that I knew that the top layer was the first you have to solve, but not just have all the colors on top, but also have the edges on the right places. He taught us for solution for the 2nd layer, and I got to memorize it quickly, but again was not patient enough to study the 3rd layer. I remember Alex even created a 3d rubix cube application for his graphix class, and was able to solve it repeatedly without any sweat.
Now I'm working, and again I'm faced with an officemate who's intensely addicted to Rubic's Cube. He'd solve one of his cubes at least once a day. The 3x3, 4x4, or 5x5. But he hasn't solved our very own 2x2 yet ;). I finally got to finish until the final layer, and I've actually memorized them without a cheat sheet! Hooray for me!
Now I just want to know, if there's someone out there I personally know, who've actually solved the Rubics Cube without using a cheat sheet? When and How? Was it luck, or can you do it again? :D
