There are other not-so-obvious advantages to solving the Rubik's cube that will indirectly help your brain become sharper. For one, it betters your eye-hand coordination. It improves your concentration in general and ensures that you can process your thoughts faster.

It has both physical & mental benefits.

Physical:

• Improves your reflexes as you keep solving it.
• It gives finger dexterity & agility.
• It improves your hand-eye coordination.

Mental:

It has been found that engaging your brain in mental activities like solving puzzles, cognitive games can help keep the mind sharp in old age. So when you get old(really old), and your friends have faded into obscurity, you can still be sharp because you fed right things to your brain.

A few of mental benefits are:

• Problem-solving skills
• Optimisation
• Re-framing problems (from an outsiderâ??s view)
• Breaking multiple tasks into easy steps

It also teaches you life lessons like perseverance, patience, ability to focus, concentration etc.

If you havenâ??t learned to solve a Rubikâ??s cube, I suggest you learn it. Some take a long time to learn, and some learn quickly. Regardless, the joy & satisfaction of solving a cube is unparalleled & unmatched. Gift your brain a Rubikâ??s cube & you will thank yourself in future.