solve the rubik's cube

http://www.howtodothings.com/hobbies/how-to-solve-a-rubiks-cube

This is a real time consumer.
Once you solved it then you can go on to get better by timing yourself. Speed cubing its said.

I don’t know if it has any use in developing the brain. It might help in visualizing and improve the processing of the brain.

But somehow I feel its a time waster. Use it while you are waiting or can’t do anything else.

i bought a cheap-o rubik. it has sudoku numbers on it… i plan to color one side at a time and solve one side, add a color and start over, solve 2 sides, add a color and start over. until i get all 6 sides i plan to keep going. i’m going to mexico soon so if i can get the basics down i plan to try it on the plane. i remember they used to really make me mad.. grr. wish me luck!

MUAHAHAHAH!
i’ve done it!

Got the first two layers down.

My boyfriend has taught me the basics. Hopefully it only take a few days to be able to finish it.

I really want to do this before I leave Iraq.

I guess I need to get Cracking.

it took me a month to learn from my uncle and now i can do it blindfolded in less than a minute. Looking: less than 30 seconds.

I did this once when I was about 12 years old.
I’d like to say it took some concentrated effort but alas, it did not. I sat down with it for about an hour and before I knew it, it was done.
I have never been able to sit with it long enough to solve it a second time. It feels tedious and irritating. But I can not tell a lie… I have a small feeling of accomplishment, somewhere deep in my spirit. :I

I gave it a good try on the airplane. I understand how it works and what I need to do, but there is one key point I am missing. I’m getting there, though!