Yes and No.. the actual steps doesn't use much beyond year 10 advanced maths + complex number knowledge, roughly:
1. divide through by 2.
2. let z = x - 1/2, substitute and you will get the equation: x^3 + 13/4 x + 3/4 = 0
3. do another subsitution, letting x = w - 13/(12w) you will get...