I picked up my Rubik’s cube two or three years ago at a summer camp for teenagers at the U of O, but didn’t learn to solve it until later. I’ve done it for talent shows, had a few cube-offs, gone through three cubes so far (stickers peeling off, speed-cubing and cube snaps apart, etc.) but I just can’t get my time under 30 seconds. So far, 40 is my best.

Let it also be known I can solve a 2×2x2 in under 25 seconds, and a 4×4x4 in under five minutes, with the best circumstances (still working on that one).