my friend could solve one with a guide about 3-4 years back, one day I said
"why don't you just memorize the guide, and then solve it from memory?" he
never did. so I decide I wanted to learn, but I could neverget past one side
because I had no idea that you were supposed to permute it (could solve a
side, not a layer) I forgot about the cube for a few years. and then one winter
day/night my siblings and I were bored so our parents took us to target to get
monopoly, I noticed a rubiks brand on a shelf. it said it came with a guide so I
decided I would get it (my other one broke lol) after solving it the first night i kept solving it with the guide, then I remembered what I said to my friend a
long time ago. So I got to work memorizing algs and before I knew it I was showing off my "amazing" skills of doing it in 6 minutes. later after reaching about 45-ish I pretty much stopped for an entire summer, then at school my friend said he got a 25 second solve...
that was it, I started practicing as soon as I got home. I and have been cubing since. He's still faster than me,
but we are only about 2-3 seconds apart in average (I'm 19 sec average he's 17 sec). If anyone read all that
it's probably impossible for you to die of boredom
