Dad taught me when I was 10, in 2 hours. When u find one at a friend’s house I’m surprised I still know how to do it!

Yes! Like this: https://lar5.com/cube/

looked up the algorithm

Yes, I carefully off the stickers and placed them where they should be.

Yes, by looking up how to do it and then practicing until I could actually implement the instructions.

That Rubik himself figured it out with no guide is impressive as hell.