Solving Rubik’s Cube in freefall while skydiving

On Sunday, May 4th, 2003, I jumped tandem (with an instructor) from 12,000 feet. This gave me only 30-40 seconds of freefall before we had to open the chute, which would be plenty of time in my living room, but it’s a different story when you’re hurtling toward the earth at 130 miles per hour (209 Km per hour)! I drilled a hole in one of the corner pieces, and tied the cube to my wrist in case I couldn’t hold on to it. I trained a few times by leaning out of a car at 80 MPH on the highway. This was my first