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I still see him practicing in between classes to overcome the one obstacle that prevents him from improving, which is himself. And yet I can't even find the diligence in me to even complete my homework at times. Perhaps true enjoyment is the product of perseverance, instead of being a catalyst.

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Talking to Steve, I couldn't help but specifically admire his diligence to cubing. From the notable achievements to being heavily involved in the community, it's obvious that for him, cubing is a clear part of his life. In the seconds that take him to solve a cube, we don't see the thousands of hours he has invested into minimizing this time. When the cube is directly in front of him, he can already envision the algorithm he will need perform to align all of the colors in the most efficient amount of turns.

However during the interview, I couldn't help but compare myself to him. I have given up many hobbies for simple reasons such as a lack of interest or even being frustrated. There had to been a period of time where he found himself at a loss in improving his time. Although he may have spent months or even a year still at the same level, he persevered to eventually have the fastest solve time in history.

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A complete beginner, my only experience with the Rubik's cube was of torn stickers from me attempting to cheat by realigning the colors. Although I wasn't able to solve the cube in my childhood, I firmly believed, however, that with an online guide this would be a piece of cake.

And of course, I was terribly wrong.

As I was reading the guide, I realized that there is a lot of terminology that describes the pieces on the cube and also the direction the cube needs to be turned. To add onto this, there are many algorithms that moves certain pieces to another location on the cube. To solve the cube, I realized that I would have to memorize tens of these algorithms just perform the feat in one particular method. To simply memorize the algorithm, I would practice during my classes, occasionally having to bring out my phone to remember a particular algorithm. Although I would eventually be able to solve the cube with the guide, I was indefinitely humbled by the deceptively simple process.

Fast forward to my humanities class, we were given an assignment to interview anyone that interests us in some type of manner. At this moment, I knew that another conversation with Steve was needed. I found this humanities project as an outlet to reaffirm my curiosities and also display his knowledge in a platform that can be shared to others.

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I've known Steve Cho from the beginning of high school as a fellow student who was in a couple of my classes every year. Although I had occasionally talked to him, I didn't know much about him until I found a certain post on Reddit about someone setting the world record for the Rubik's cube at 4.59 seconds. While watching the video, I realized that the very student that had been sitting next to me in my Economics class performed something incredible. This feat would garner mass media attention, with features on various online news websites and also on the Oracle.

I didn't get the chance to actually have a conversation with him until I saw him practicing in the library. I ended up sitting adjacent to him, watching him solve the cube consistently under 10 seconds. We started to talk, and he told me that he would bring in a Rubik's cube for me to solve. I ended up completely forgetting about this until the next day where he handed me a cube, completely sealed in its package. I took the cube graciously, although at first a bit confused on how I would be able to solve it.