Questor said:
No question. The kid's way smarter than me. I wonder what life has in store for him, or shall I say what he has in store for life. Lex Luthor (evil genius) or Albert Einstein?
Not necessarily! I have solved the cube and there is a set method. There are specific moves and sequences of moves that you need to memorize. The top layer is easy - you do the edges first and then the corners. Next is the middle layer - you work on the side edges. The moves here are easy to do. The third layer can be tricky depending on where the remaining colours are. This is where you have to decide which corner to do first - because if you pick the wrong colour, you can screw yourself.
The key is that there are set moves that when performed keep certain pieces just where they where but certain other pieces get moved around. You take a look at the cube to see which pieces need to be moved. Knowing this, you can then decide which part of the cube is your starting point and also which moves to use.
I say give the kid a golf club. Teach her how to putt and drive the ball. You can't a scholarship from doing a rubik cube.