[VaSteve]

There's no magic here. None. when I was 8 and the Rubik's Cube was all the rage, there was a book out on how to solve it. My dad bought a copy and once he "solved" it, revealed the secret that he had the book.

I memorized the book and would "solve" them for the other kids on the bus and school for a quarter.

The trick is that you have to get one side done. Then you just work a pattern that allows everything to pop into place. Its all about the pattern... it makes everything line up.