Almost everyone in the world has played with a Rubik’s Cube and walked away frustrated. Not a lot of people know there is an actual scientific way to solve a Rubik’s Cube.

The freshmen boys Rubik’s Cube Club are experts at cracking the problematic code. Their next meeting is this coming Monday during Liberty Hour in room 200. New members are invited.

“Rubik’s Cube Club is where, I believe, six of us get together with our favorite puzzles we want to bring,” freshman Harrison Hewitt said. “We time ourselves, race for fun, we experiment with other people’s puzzles and sometimes try and learn different algorithms.”

Learn how to solve a Rubik’s Cube here

This club is fairly new and is always welcoming new members who know how or are interested in learning the Rubik’s Cube. “I think this club has only been around since about the end of September,” teacher Todd McDonald said. Upperclassmen know that algorithms are challenging math units in precalculus. These freshmen already have algorithms down to a science. “You learn to solve a three by three, which isn’t necessarily difficult,” Hewitt said. “You just learn the standard algorithms of a layer by layer method, which is what I use.”

The boys in this club wanted a time during the week where they can hangout together with their friends and practice at their favorite hobby. “Whenever I’m in a class with one of my friends that can solve a cube and we have time, we race and see who can solve it faster,” freshman Brandon Barksdale said. “We would always have to stop so now in this we can do it for the entire Liberty Hour and we don’t have to constantly stop.”

This club is a great way to assist your brain in functioning on the first and, arguably, the longest day of the school week. “The club members bring in all of their different types of Rubik’s Cubes of different sizes and styles and they basically practice timing how long it takes them. They also prepare themselves for competitions they could go to,” McDonald said.

Rubik’s Cubes may seem mind blowing, but the majority of the club insists they are not as demanding as they appear. Learn more about Rubik’s Cube here

“I ordered one in March off of Amazon and I just kind of spent the entire afternoon teaching myself from videos and guides online,” freshman Sean Sullivan said. “My best solving time is 16 seconds.”

A good attitude is the best thing a person could do for any activity they enjoy doing. No one is going to win every time, so staying positive and never giving up is the key to having fun.

“My goal is kind of the same as everyone else’s. Just to get faster and have fun while doing it,” Barksdale said.