Eli5: How do rubiks cubes work and how do some solve them so quickly while others can’t?

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Answer 1

If you really want to understand, buy a cube and learn to solve it.

I like this tutorial: [https://ruwix.com/the-rubiks-cube/how-to-solve-the-rubiks-cube-beginners-method/](https://ruwix.com/the-rubiks-cube/how-to-solve-the-rubiks-cube-beginners-method/)

Once you memorize that method, look into the faster methods. You will start to see why most people can learn to do it the slow way, but far fewer will learn a fast method.