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Boy Plays Piano And Solves Rubik’s Cube At The Same Time

So did you spend your free time in lockdown during the Coronavirus Pandemic productively?  Did you learn a new skill?  Take up a new language?  Volunteer for a charity organization?…

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So did you spend your free time in lockdown during the Coronavirus Pandemic productively?  Did you learn a new skill?  Take up a new language?  Volunteer for a charity organization?

Or, did you learn how to solve a Rubik’s Cube while playing piano?

Well, 18-year-old Jimmy Liu, a self-proclaimed 11-year piano veteran who’s also been “cubing” since the seventh grade, did just that.  He started making videos to stave off boredom during the coronavirus quarantine.

So one day, when his descendants say, "Grandpa, how did you spend 2020?"

He can whip out a TikTok? <g>

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.