Sometime this year I was standing on the New Balance sales floor passing the time chatting with a few of my co-workers.

I’m not sure exactly when since most of those days blended together so monotonously that I often didn’t know at the time what day it was.

We started talking about the Rubik’s Cube, spurred by one of the manger’s interest to solve the puzzling array of colored blocks. Having toyed with the RC a few times as a kid at my grandparents’ house, I was of the seemingly majority opinion that to solve the cube was a major feat.

But one of the other managers said his brother could blow through one, and all you needed to know was a set of patterns.

Little did I know just how easy it is to solve a RC.

One of the most common questions I get these days from friends is about what I do on weekend mornings, when my body allows me to “sleep in” to 3 or 4 a.m. Last Saturday, the answer was to learn the RC pattern.

A simple YouTube search brought up a ton of tutorials on how to line up the rainbow of squares. I watched videos and plodded along spinning rows on my RC for about an hour, getting down the basics of how to move particular squares in certain directions.

By noon on Saturday, I could repeatedly solve my RC in five minutes—solidifying in my mind that this really was not a great feat.

But as long as the word doesn’t spread too far, I think a majority of people would still find it impressive. If only they knew. Someday they’ll get the internet too.

And if you want to pass some time in a potentially humbling way…put your geography skills to the test! Honestly, some of these you are lucky if you can hit the right continent. I’ve gone as far as level 10 so far, and I think it’s definitely the kind of thing that will bother me enough that I will do it a thousand times until I beat the damn thing.