[djmcmath]

I found a book on Rubik's patterns. It took it all apart mathematically, explained why everything worked, then showed sequences of moves that would perform operations on the cube. If you think about it like it is, as a series of inter-related matrices, it's really a lot simpler. Even so, to do it right (ie not memorized patterns) and solve it mathematically took me like 6 weeks.

Dan