(upbeat, fast-paced drumming)
- Hi, Ashley. - No, no.
- Ashley told me she's always wanted
to learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube,
so I'm gonna pressure her to do that
using any and all resources available to her.
She'll have one week to figure it out.
On the seventh day, I'm gonna give her a mixed-up cube
and see if she can solve it by herself.
That means no notes or guides of any kind.
Can she do it?
Let's find out.
(happy clapping music)
- So Logan just came by and gave me this,
and at first, I was really excited,
and now I'm really scared.
It's gonna be my little baby.
I'm gonna bring it everywhere.
It's gonna destroy me.
Here we go.
I'm gonna play with this for a while
and just see if I notice any patterns happen.
This is such a tease because I'm so close, just by chance,
and then it's like,
"How the fuck am I gonna get the rest of those?"
So obviously, I can hop on Google,
find a million tutorials on how to get this thing solved,
but I don't wanna take the easy way out.
I think I'm going to consult the power of the people
on craigslist.com, put an ad out there,
and see if anyone in New York City
will teach me how to crack this code.
"Can you solve a Rubik's Cube?
If someone could teach me..."
(upbeat clapping music)
Guys, it's day two and I have a huge update.
Last night, I solved it.
Just kidding, I fucked up all the progress I made
and I'm starting from scratch, again.
♫ I thought we were over
♫ I thought we were done
♫ You took my heart and made it colder
♫ I took my soul and tried to run
- Someone responded to my ad on Craigslist.
Gotta find out who this person is.
Tone Viera.
He's a real person.
Alright.
Let's do this.
Guys, this is my new best friend, Tone Viera,
and he is gonna show me how to solve this.
Apparently, he can do it in under 90 seconds?
(Tone agreeing off-mic)
Can we see you do it?
- Yeah.
- Go. - Okay.
(tango music)
It wouldn't take 90 seconds.
- I'm shook.
Tone's gonna show me how to feed the fish.
- It's a really simple technique.
It requires seven quick moves.
The most important thing is, you see right there?
Little fishy.
(laughing)
See, there's his food right there.
We just gotta put it in his mouth,
so this is how you do it.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
- [Ashley] One more move, and then we're...
- One more move and we're done.
(exhaling)
- The finish line's in sight.
Let's do it.
Final transformation.
- That's it.
And that's the final move, which I will show her.
- I mean, that was an explosive final move.
- Yeah, it was, it was.
(peaceful guitar music)
- Just to do a time track.
It's 4 pm, we met at 11, so we've had five hours together
with a quick lunch break in between.
Back up and...
- You just witnessed history.
- I just solved my first Rubik's Cube after six hours
of learning it step-by-step, twist-by-twist,
and taking very diligent notes.
I feel like I'm studying for finals or something.
- Yeah.
- I feel like in the seven-day challenge,
I didn't show up to class all semester
and I have a final next week
on a topic I know nothing about,
and I have to show up
and I have to get an A or I fail college.
(easy, inspirational music)
It's the beginning of day four
and I just did this on the train ride to brunch,
a perfect top two layers.
Still a little hazy if it's time
for the H move, feeding the fish,
and when the final transformation comes into play,
but I just texted Tone a picture of this
to see if he can help me in my next steps,
and I think I can get this thing solved
by myself by the end of the day.
So, I did not solve it.
I can do the white side and the first two layers perfectly,
but getting the rest of it done
without messing up all of my progress is questionable.
It's really time to knuckle down, though,
because I have two days left to learn
all of the different possibilities that happen next, and...
I know I can do it, but I need to focus.
(slow rock music)
I've done these top two layers
probably about 50 times now.
I have this muscle memory down,
but I think I might have written
a couple of notes down wrong.
This will not make sense to anyone else but me,
in terms of what's going on here.
(upbeat clapping music)
- Hello?
- Where'd you go?
- So, sometimes what happens is,
we'll write down the notes, right?
And everything's correct, but we're just doing it
from the wrong perspective.
It happens, it happens.
- We said solving the cube, getting the lingo right,
and then getting our perspectives right,
and then having the mirrors of all those perspectives,
and me and you need to be working so in-tune together,
to be speaking the same language as we're solving this.
- Let's feed the fish.
So, you're going down.
- Yep, yep, that's what I got.
(gasping)
(easy, reflective music)
Yes!
Yes.
That was without notes.
I did that whole thing without notes.
- America, are we proud of her or no?
Let us know in the comments below, okay?
- I'm feeling so many things right now.
You were...
- So, do you see why everything was working here?
- Yes, yeah, yeah. - Okay.
I'm proud of you and I got you a little gift.
- What?
- Yeah, I got you a little gift.
Look, I got you this. - What are you talking about?
- Okay?
(laughing)
- I want you to carry it always, okay?
- Oh, you're the best.
(pumped, building power ballad)
Okay.
- [Logan] Good luck.
- Thanks.
Really nervous, I feel like I'm about to run a marathon.
But I got this.
I got this.
Alright, let's do it.
Goes up, lit goes right, realign, solved.
- Yes, yes, yes, yes!
That's my new record.
And I have to beat it again.
Yes, yes, yes.
I feel like I'm on cloud nine right now.
I'm absolutely shaking.
It's like I just finished a marathon.
I committed myself to doing this,
and there were moments when
I didn't think I was gonna be able to,
but Tone really helped me push through.
He was the angel on my shoulder.
You're my hero.
You're my pep-talk.
You're my guiding light.
- Heroes wear hoodies, okay?
- Heroes wear hoodies.
- I feel like I can do anything now.
I can solve any puzzle
and I'm ready for the five by five.
(laughing)
(victorious violin music)