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All the courses conducted by RTB have helped Mehak develop skills like lateral thinking, forward thinking and surely enhanced her memory. She has thoroughly enjoyed these programs and I especially appreciate the flexibility of the faculty in pacing the program as per the child’s requirement.

My son, Kabir, has been very fond of cubing for the last six months. He could solve the Rubik's cube (3x3x3) in under 1 minute. Having enrolled him with "Rack the Brain", has broadened his horizon. He can now solve the 3x3x3 using various techniques. He can also solve a variety of cubes- Snake Cube, Rubik's Twist, Megaminx, Floppy cube etc. On the Snake Cube, he was able to achieve a time of 7.5 seconds (blindfolded) & 5.8secs otherwise (unfortunately, these are not video-recorded). I have posted a video of him solving the Snake Cube in 8.5 secs blindfolded.

My son, Pranav is an avid cuber now and it has improved his mental agility. It is a passion for him now and hopefully becomes a hobby. I really find it a better (healthier as well as constructive) way to keep children away from today's IT world of computers, TV etc.

Well, when I started cubing a year back, I was only taught the first two layers initially. After which I was addicted to it so much that I couldn't wait to learn how to solve it completely. Due to holidays & subsequent exams, my friend couldn't teach me for one whole month, but determined as I was, I learnt it from him over the phone one day. Once I had solved it, it was truly satisfactory. I have not come across such an exciting puzzle in my whole life. I went on to teach my friends at college, colleagues at work and my family members, and we all love it. So, basically this is how cubing has impacted me.

It started out as an extracurricular activity for my 6 yr old daughter who is an out of box thinker but finds it hard to sit still and focus on any one activity. However, very quickly cubing has evolved into a family pastime for us. It is very common for my husband, daughter and myself to compete at beating one another’s timing. As such, I see it as another channel to creatively engage with my daughter and an ingenious way to shut the world out when I want to catch a quiet moment. Anisha says to me ‘Mamma, I don’t know how a smile comes to my face each time I finish the cube. Does it happen to you as well?’ This says it all. It is rewarding to see her focused on an activity and deriving immense satisfaction and pleasure out of it. The sense of achievement that she gets each time she solves the cube is unmatched. I have not seen such passion in her for anything else but TV.

I have rediscovered my son. One of the most important lesson for me was to observe my child from very close quarter. So far when ever we teach our kid we already have an acquired knowledge. Our legacy knowledge precedes our teaching ability. Cubing gave us an opportunity where in both of us started learning together and I could very well appreciate my child's acumen and speed for grasping new things. I also understood the limitation that I have compared to my kid. It was an awesome experience. Aryaman has become very confident and likes to showcase his newly acquired talent wherein others dont have the required knowledge to solve cubes. People do appreciate this mathematical puzzle and its complexity and also understand at what level the child operates now.

Cubing a good mental exercise. I came to this program for Prakhar (my son), who wanted to learn the cubing but now it has become a good bonding game for us. Generally we have fun doing this together. I recommend this to everyone who is looking for a simple yet complex game for good mental exercise and for something which almost each of your family member will enjoy. Another reason is Abhinav, who is a wonderful human being and a very expert cuber himself. If anybody wants to learn cubing then it would a very difficult to find a better teacher than Abhinav.

I am addicted to it. I am cubing in my car, sometimes in the flight, before sleeping! On a positive note, this has been a great diversion for the mind and above all a “family binding” agenda.

Cubing is a mind game. Such brain teasers are very helpful for the mental development of not only young impressionable minds but is also a good stress buster for adults. Such mind games should be a part of the regular teaching curriculum in our schools. Puzzle solving should not only be restricted to jigsaw puzzles in preschool but cubing can be started as early as then to encourage more use of brain than rote learning. As far as how cubing impacted me and my 10year old daughter- to say the least both of us have got addicted to it. Cubing has not only increased her confidence level but it has also inculcated in her a desire to solve more such puzzles.

I would recommend cubing for everyone as it helps in improving concentration and memory. Cubing has brought improvement in my studies and school results .I spend most of my free time cubing rather than watching T.V.

My children Runit and Anira have become stars in their schools. In fact Anira was applauded during a recent Talent hunt in Singapore for being a very young cuber and solving a cube with amazing speed. Cubing has helped them get over TV, Gaming and above all their self esteem has really gone high. If fact their academics have shown improvement. I wish RackTheBrain "All the best" for their success.