For DWRPG, Zelgadis might as some weird skill he picked up. He might even be able to do it without looking, if Rezo was the one who built it (in which case, the markings on the cube would be raised numbers or something, not colors).
Penric might learn, but Des would probably break them if she got bored or they needed to burn off some chaos. So more likely to carry intricate mechanical puzzles for 'hey, entropy sink'.
Sounds about right. Especially if she was just handed one and expected it to be easy. (And probably gets annoyed when she learns there's an algorithm.)