[TheOneTrueKyle]

Took me 5 days as well, though I might have spent more than an hour on it daily. I stepped away from the cube for about 4 years and was able to pick it up again just from muscle memory.

I now use the cube as a meditative practice. For 1-3 minutes, nothing in the world matters with the exception of solving the cube. Doesn't work well as a meditation tool when you start doing other cubes however, like the megminx. It just becomes a frustration device.

[RBerenguel]

Same for me, I actually have mine (a relatively cheap speedcube) on my table at the office. When I want to clean up my mind, I scramble and solve it. I use Roux's method, which is surprisingly light to learn and satisfying to execute

[danielweber]

I now use the cube as a meditative practice

Holy cow, you've put into words what I've been thinking and practicing. Thank you.

[jen729w]

We have one in the office. My boss taught me how to do it - took about a week as everyone else has said.

We do it when we're on long phone calls. It sounds like a distraction, but I find it actually helps me focus. It's just turning cubes from rote memory, paying slight attention to where things need to go. It's far less distracting than picking up the phone and firing up Twitter.

(I was 39 when I learned, FWIW. Recommended to anybody.)

[kranner]

Same here. I have one on my desk to solve whenever I find myself procrastinating out of anxiety. Not only does solving it quell the anxiety, it has helped me get better at detecting the anxious state before I get sucked into another, more distracting activity for relief.

[heinwintoe]

Same here. One problem thought is having someone else to scramble it again. Doing both scramble and solve by myself kinda feel like cheating.

[kranner]

You could leave it scrambled after finishing a solve. I would never be able to remember the scramble by the next session.