Oh and we got featured by Apple. That's what drove the initial sales.

Is there a pattern similar to an actual rubik's cube that allows for "speed" solves?

Yes sir. You can YouTube it as some people have posted the algos they discovered. :)

I assumed since it's the same-ish principle. I find it fun how people will strive to work so hard to "ruin" a game, but it is definitely impressive to see how they go about to learn the solve. That should be a Show HN in and of itself.

Oh definitely, the whole arduous process of finding a solution and then getting the best time possible is fascinating. We actually wrote a bit about it here in terms of the Rubik's cube itself: https://www.eclidus.com/our-story.html

(Speedcuber here)

This looks awesome, downloaded and going to try it out.

Cheers!