Welcome to Crokinole, the greatest game you’ve never heard of.
Technically speaking, they each flicked a 3.2cm disc 30cm across a board into a 3.5cm hole (just 9% wider than the disc itself) eight times in a row. In game terms, they made eight open 20s each.
The mesmerizing 56 seconds above were captured at the semifinals of the 2024 World Crokinole Championship, where Connor Reinman defeated Jason Slater. A matchup not unlike Magic vs. Bird, or Swift vs. Eilish.
How rare was this feat of perfection? Was this one of those obscure new Olympic events? You may even be wondering, wtf is Crokinole?
If you are from the southern region of the Canadian province of Ontario, you may already be well-versed in Crokinole due to its Canadian origin. For the uninitiated, Crokinole is like a mashup of shuffleboard and curling, played on a tabletop board. It’s been around since the 19th century but has seen a steady rise in global popularity in recent years.
The main objective is to flick your discs into higher-scoring regions. The center hole is worth 20 points. Be careful, though—eight pegs surround the fifteen-point region.
