"Oh my god, I made it!"

Well, the deed has been done - I spit my gum into the bucket from a distance of about 4 feet.

The actual piece of gum - isn't it beautiful?

It actually happened yesterday just before 2:00pm. The gum ball hit the rim of the hole a little bit before falling through and as soon as I was sure of it, I reflexively yelled "Oh my god, I made it!". It was a proud moment in my life.

Just after it happened.

Even though I always knew deep down that I would win, I was surprised it happened so quick. Jake had been getting close on some of his last few tries so I was getting slightly worried but now that I won, all is as it should be. I have to say, I'm ridiculously pleased with my success.

Of course, like a good scientist, the next step is to be able to reliably reproduce the results. That may take some time.

 

Lots and lots of practice.