Originally Posted by fly4miles
Try Nicolas Flamel. It worked for me. I finished the last of the cryptex ciphers in 10 minutes + in 22 tries. I opted out for 2 more attempts and let the first one fly. Good luck! ^
The cryptex is a crap shoot. If the opening one gives you lots of yellows and greens to work with, you have a chance. But if you're like me and mostly get reds and yellows at the beginning, there isn't a hope of ending in a decent time. My best was 9 tries in 10 minutes - definitely not good enough.